TAG Interview with Disney Animator Nik Ranieri

Here's another great interview from The Animation Guild. It features Disney veteran animator extraordinaire Nik Ranieri. 

You can view more examples of Nik's work over on the Living Lines Library blog. Also, check out his Facebook page for more behind the scenes pictures and pencil tests - Nik Ranieri - Animator.





Nik Ranieri Demo Reel 'TheWorks'






Hand-drawn test for “Wreck-it Ralph” from Living Lines. Nik Ranieri was asked to animate the character of Ralph, as a guide for the animation of the character in the film.

There's another great interview with Nik over on The Animation Podcast:

// Nik Ranieri Interview on The Animation Podcast

TAG Interview with DreamWorks Animator Kathy Zielinski

Here's a great interview with former Disney animation supervisor and current DreamWorks animator Kathy Zielinski via the TAG blog.

Interview with Kathy Zielinski

Part 1

Part 2

Interview with Disney writer/director Ron Clements

The TAG blog posted this great interview with Disney director Ron Clements a few months ago. It's an extensive interview covering Ron's early days as a TV animator in Sioux City, Iowa to his influential career at Disney.

For more interviews checkout the TAG blog and the  Animation Guild YouTube Channel .

Also you can follow TAG on Twitter @AnimGuild