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EPISODE · Sep 26, 2025 · 1H 45M

In conversation with Michael Kurinsky | Scoob: Holiday Haunt, The Beatles, Disney, Sony, Warner Bros and more

from Film Stories with Simon Brew · host Simon Brew

Well, where do you start? Michael Kurinsky is a man whose built a career that saw him drawing enormous pictures of The Beatles, to a dream of working for Warner Bros, to years with Disney, years with Sony Pictures Animation, and then the jump to the place he was in awe of. His Warner Bros experience saw him working on the film Scoob!, and then he was offered his lifelong ambition: the director's chair. The film in question was Scoob! Holiday Haunt. The film was weeks away from completion when Michael saw a trade press article: his film was being effectively deleted, so Warner Bros could claim a tax rebate. Here, he tells his story. The longform version. It's not always easy, but it's a man whose career has some incredible stories in it, and a career moment nobody should have to go through... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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