Today on The Call Sheet, we're talking with animation director Timothy Reckart.

Tim tells us about the experience of being nominated for an Oscar for his stop motion short film, Head Over Heels, and then having to go back to work as an animator on the Charlie Kaufman film Anomalisa, as well as the Amazon series Tumble Leaf. Later, he made his feature directing debut with the animated Christmas movie The Star.

This episode is brought to you by The Anonymous Production Assistant. The theme music was written and performed by Daniel Clingman.

Chapters:
0:00 Welcome Timothy Reckart
0:30 Tim's Film School(s)
3:40 Definition of Directing
8:53 How to Come Up with a Great Short
13:54 The Path to the Academy Awards
18:12 Starting a Career, Harder Than You'd Think
23:37 Something Every Director Should Know
26:02 Working for Charlie Kaufman
30:08 Pitching The Star
34:07 Finding Balance as Working Parents
37:18 Making Films Personal

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