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Get Enchanted! Chapter One: Screenwriter Bill Kelly, the one that started it all!

In the first of our exclusive Enchanted interviews, Jeremie Noyer speaks to scriptwriter and project instigator Bill Kelly!

Dalmatians 101: “Spotting” fun facts with Andreas Deja

Animator and Disney villain expert Andreas Deja looks back on the production of One Hundred And One Dalmatians with Animated Views’ Jeremie Noyer!

Dalmatians 101: Lisa Davis’ “puppy love” for a dog-gone Disney classic

Disney’s One Hundred And One Dalmatians‘ Anita – Lisa Davis herself – speaks to Animated Views’ Jeremie Noyer about seeing spots and working with Walt!

Dalmatians 101: Marc’s wife Alice Davis talks about her Legendary husband

Jeremie Noyer talks to legendary animator Marc Davis’ wife, the equally legendary Alice Davis, about her husband’s Cruella contribution to One Hundred And One Dalmatians!

Dalmatians 101: “Spot”-light on songwriter Mel Leven

Animated Views speaks to William Leven, son of One Hundred And One Dalmatians‘ villain Cruella de Vil’s theme writer Mel, about his legendary songwriting career!

Madame Tutli-Putli vs. The Crazy Locomotive

Animated Views’ Jeremie Noyer speaks to Marciek Szczerbowski, co-director of the Oscar-nominated Madame Tutli-Putli!

Jan Pinkava reveals “les ropes” of Ratatouille

Jeremie Noyer talks to Jan Pinkava about his Pixar short Geri’s Game and his original version of the feature film Ratatouille!

Michael Giacchino cooks up tasty tunes for Ratatouille!

Jeremie Noyer talks to Oscar-nominated composer Michael Giacchino about cooking up his themes for Ratatouille!

Jonatha Brooke and Joel McNeely: the Pixie-Powered Music of Return To Neverland!

Animated Views’ Jeremie Noyer speaks to Return To Neverland composers Jonatha Brooke and Joel McNeely!

Scales and Arpeggios: Richard M. Sherman and the “mewsic” of The AristoCats!

Animated View speaks to the legendary Richard Sherman about composing for Disney’s most pampered pets, plus a few thoughts from Toulouse himself, Gary Dubin!

Floyd Norman: Story Of A Storyman

Disney Legend Floyd Norman speaks to Animated Views about his career at the Disney Studios, including his experiences working on Walt’s final animated classic The Jungle Book.

Michael Giacchino: not so short on ideas for Pixar Shorts!

Michael Giacchino speaks to us about creating his creatively entertaining music scores for Pixar’s recent short films One Man Band and Lifted.

How director Steve Anderson met The Robinsons!

Meet The Robinsons‘ director Steve Anderson talks to Animated Views about creating his first feature and how personally the film’s story resonated with him.

Chatting with The Chestnut Tree Creators

With her film The Chestnut Tree nominated for the 35th Annie Awards, Animated Views speaks to the film’s creator Hyun-Min Lee and colleagues Jennifer Cardon Klein and Bert Klein.

Cartoons Then and Now: Jerry Beck talks Woody, Popeye and More!

Animated Views talks to animation historian Jerry Beck on his many projects, including the recent releases of classic Woody Woodpecker and Popeye The Sailor cartoons on DVD!

A Conversation with Ben Balistreri

The character designer of Fairly Odd Parents, Danny Phantom, Foster’s Home and various Disney video projects, Ben Balistreri, speaks exclusively with Jeroen Van Zwol about his career and upcoming publication of Seaweed!

Phil Nibbelink talks Romeo & Juliet: Sealed With A Kiss

Phil Nibbelink discusses the traditionally animated Romeo & Juliet: Sealed with a Kiss, which he single-handedly wrote, directed and animated.

Enrico Casarosa on storyboarding Ratatouille

Enrico Casarosa talks to Jérémie Noyer about his career, artistic interests, and storyboarding Ratatouille.

Fred Grandinetti: Talking With Popeye’s No. 1 Fan

We speak to Fred about Popeye’s long-awaited debut on official DVDs of the Fleischer material, plus we look at Fred’s Popeye book and discuss Popeye’s long trek to DVD in an archive interview.

Mike Scully on The Simpsons Movie

Mike Scully comments on his time as writer and producer for The Simpsons Movie, while also referring to his work with the Simpsons television series.

Mark Smith talks Art of Flash

Mark Smith talks about his latest book, The Art of Flash Animation: Creative Cartooning, while also reminiscing about his career thus far.

Directors Buck and Brannon on Surf’s Up

Chris Buck and Ash Brannon chat about their latest directorial venture, Sony Pictures Animation’s Surf’s Up.

Directors Miller and Hui on Shrek the Third

Animated Views talks to directors Chris Miller and Raman Hui about their collaboration on DreamWorks’ latest Shrek outing, The Third

Deja and Henn on the return of The Goof!

Animated News & Views’ Christian Ziebarth exclusively talks to celebrated Disney animators Andreas Deja and Mark Henn about Goofy’s new short How To Hook Up Your Home Theater!

Director Kevin Munroe on TMNT

Animated Views talks with Kevin Munroe, the director of TMNT, about the Turtles’ highly anticipated return to the big screen.

Kellyann Lamb, Scott Gagner on A World of Barriers

Animated Views speaks with Kellyann Lamb and Scott Gagner of Visual Resource, regarding their promotional video A World of Barriers for Adobe.

Raketu CEO Greg Parker on John K. collaboration

Animated Views talks to Greg Parker, CEO and Founder of Raketu Communications, Inc., about his company’s marketing collaboration with Ren & Stimpy creator, John Kricfalusi.

Beaumont and Kerry: Peter Pan‘s Leading Ladies

Animated Views talks to two very important ladies in Peter Pan‘s life: Wendy vocalist Kathryn Beaumont and live-action Tinker Bell model Margaret Kerry.

Director Roger Allers on The Little Matchgirl

Animated Views talks to director Roger Allers about his Oscar-nominated, traditionally animated short, The Little Matchgirl.

Director Torill Kove on The Danish Poet

Kove talks about the 2007 Oscar-winner for Best Animated Short.