The Pixar Podcast

A review of "Coco" and a special announcement.

Conor Hilton joins the podcast to help review the new Pixar film, "Cars 3."

In this episode, we'll hear a presentation about finding the story for "Cars 3" with writers Mike Rich, Bob Peterson and Kiel Murray and story supervisor Scott Morse. They'll discuss, among other things, social barrier-breaking real racers who inspired the story, the background of Cruz Ramirez, and how the team dug into the audio archives for Paul Newman and Tom Magliozzi.

In this episode, I share my reaction to the footage of "Cars 3" that I saw a couple weeks ago, and we dive into the film with director Brian Fee, producer Kevin Reher and co-producer Andrea Warren.

In this episode, I chat with Pixar artists Alan Barillaro & Marc Sondheimer ("Piper") and Andrew Coats & Lou Hamou-Lhadj ("Borrowed Time"). Both pairs are up for the Best Animated Short Oscar on Sunday.

In this episode, I speak with Pixar veteran Sharon Calahan about place, her long career at Pixar and creating the "painterly realism" of "The Good Dinosaur."

In this episode, I meet up with some Pixar-adjacent folks at the 2017 Sundance Film Festival.

In this episode, two voice actors from "The Good Dinosaur" -- Raymond Ochoa (Arlo) and A.J. Buckley (Nash) -- join the podcast.

With the opening of "Moana," we dive deep into 'Moana' with a conversation with story artist David Derrick and animation co-head Hyrum Osmond, as well as will a full review of the film with Brooke Parker and Aaron Parker.

In this episode, Davey Morrison Dillard, Brooke Parker, Colin Hatch and Greg NIchols join the podcast to discuss Pixar's latest film, "Finding Dory."

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Andrew Stanton and Lindsey Collins join the podcast to discuss their latest film, "Finding Dory."

How did "Aladdin" and "Toy Story 2" create the seeds of passionate Disney Hate? Listen to today's story to find out.

Director Peter Sohn joins the podcast to discuss his film "The Good Dinosaur."

In Episode 131: Mychael & Jeff Danna on Composing The Good Dinosaur, I spoke with Good Dinosaur composers Mychael Danna and Jeff Danna and played a segment of a live performance. This is a bonus episode featuring the entire performance and full Q&A.

Composers Mychael Danna and Jeff Danna perform selections from and discuss their excellent score for The Good Dinosaur.

On today's special episode, I talk about the coming year of The Pixar Podcast.

Jim Hill and Hunter Phillips join the podcast to discuss the challenges -- and the artifacts -- of The Good Dinosaur's film life.             

Super-geniuses at both Pixar and Khan Academy have teamed up to deliver free online instructional materials covering many aspects of the animation studio's creative processes.

In Episode 128: Dino Data, I spoke with Good Dinosaur effects supervisor Jon Reisch and sets supervisor David Munier.  This is a bonus episode featuring those unedited interviews.

We go behind the scenes of The Good Dinosaur's effects and sets, including a conversation with a representative of the USGS.

Davey Morrison Dillard joins the podcast again for a deep dive conversation on Toy Story for its 20th anniversary.

Listen to our in-depth (and at times contentious) review of Pixar's latest, The Good Dinosaur, featuring Brooke Parker, Scott Parker, and Sarah Waldron.

Reviews of several new Pixar and Pixar-related products on the market right now. Plus, a conversation with the founder of Pixar's Studio Store.

We're diving into conversations with Pixar animators in this two-part series. In this second episode, we speak with THE GOOD DINOSAUR animators Kevin O'Hara and Rob Thompson.

We're diving into conversations with Pixar animators in this two-part series. In this first episode, we speak with INSIDE OUT animators Jamie Roe, Tony Fucile, Shawn Krause, and Victor Navone.

Denise Ream worked at ILM for 13 years before joining Pixar, where she is now producing THE GOOD DINOSAUR.

I sit down with actress Kaitlyn Dias to discuss her starring role as Riley in INSIDE OUT.

Ben from Everything Pixar and Dan the Pixar Fan join the podcast to give a report on all the Pixar news that came from this year's D23 Expo event.

Nick Pitera is a Pixar artist and has gained a huge following for his singing. In this episode, we learn about his first vocal performance in a feature film and his successful career in both music and animation.

Learn about the story process on Pixar's film INSIDE OUT with co-director Ronnie del Carmen and story supervisor Josh Cooley.

Davey Morrison Dillard and Maddy Forsyth join the podcast to discuss Pixar's newest film, INSIDE OUT.

Special correspondent Hunter Phillips interviewed Pete Docter and Jonas Rivera when they made a visit to Utah earlier this year. Here is that interview!

In this episode, we review Brad Bird's TOMORROWLAND.

In this episode, we talk with Academy Award winner Ralph Eggleston.

In this episode we sit down with Angelique Reisch to learn about the challenges of lighting Inside Out.

In this episode we go behind the scenes of Pixar's upcoming short film, LAVA, with writer/director James Ford Murphy. Also, we get a rare look inside Pixar's storied Studio Store.

I sat down with producer Jonas Rivera and director Pete Docter to talk about their upcoming film, Inside Out.

This week we review the new Disney film Frozen.

This week we take a look at Pixar's recent layoffs and the bright state of Disney animation.

Find out how the Pixar story process works with MU story supervisor Kelsey Mann.

In this episode, it's time to talk about the future of Pixar, and see what extracurriculars those crazy talented Pixar artists have been up to.

In this episode, I review the new Monsters University blu ray set and the TV special, Toy Story of Terror!

Join us in two conversations all about The Blue Umbrella with writer/director Saschka Unseld.

Germain Lussier of /Film joins the podcast to review Monsters University.

Monsters University producer Kori Rae answers questions about the film.

Monsters University director Dan Scanlon answers questions about the film.

We celebrate 100 episodes of the podcast by looking back at the best scenes from Pixar films, chosen by us and by you.

We close out our Animation Student Series with Scott Nicholson, an independent animator working on his first film.

Step inside a press event at Pixar, and hear Greg and Derrick's reaction to The Blue Umbrella and Monsters University.