Episode Details

Richmond native Steve Segal started animating as a young boy and his first major project was “Futropolis” (my podcast about the movie with him and co-director Phil Trumbo is linked below). After he left Richmond, his career included:
– Creating animations on early computers
– Getting to meet John Lassiter
– Scenes he animated on “Toy Story”
– Being a scene planner on “A Bug’s Life”
– Working on animation for “Pee-wee’s Playhouse”
– Directing “It’s Tough to be a Bug” at Disney World
– Controversy teaching History of Animation
– What’s next (maybe even AI)

LINKS
Steve Segal’s website
My podcast with Steve & Phil Trumbo about “Futropolis”
“Futropolis” on YouTube
My podcast with Debra Freeman about “Finding Edna Lewis”