Kat Alioshin, Stop Motion Producer

 

Kat Alioshin likes playing with dolls, very expensive dolls. The ones that can come to life and perform in films like Nightmare before Christmas, James and the Giant Peach, Corpse Bride and Monkeybone; just to name a few.

But before she was a stop motion producer, she helped two interesting guys named Spike and Mike run their Festival of Animation screenings. She often sold tickets to the shows and then would watch the films that were being shown and also met a lot of beginning animators like, Wallace and Gromit creator, Nick Park!

She has recently created a new documentary about Spike and Mike's adventures called "Animation Outlaws". Full of clips for many of today's Animators and Directors who got their student films into the festival and started their careers in animation.

A lot of students of animation back in the late 80's got to see other animation films from all over the world whenever Spike and Mike's show would come to their towns. Many times, featured Animators were introduced to the audience and suddenly were treated like Rockstars after the audiences had enjoyed their work shown on a big theatre movie screen. Some even got to sign their printed flyers or T-shirts featuring a character from their latest animation film.

I got to meet Marv "Bambi meets Godzilla" Newland, got him to sign one of his T-Shirts which I still have, but cannot fit into. I also supported the Festival by purchasing their official Festival of Animation shirt when I visited LA one year.

This was before YouTube, back when it was a real event to see a variety of independent animated films on the big screen at your local independent movie theater or college campus.

So please enjoy the interview below about Kat Alioshin's film "Animated Outlaws" as well as learning more about her involvement with The We Know Jack podcast. A podcast filled with stories and interviews with the artists who worked on the Nightmare before Christmas.

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