Animation Career Community

Katherine

The Animation Career Community Podcast where we answer your questions on how to grow, maintain and transform your animation career at every stage.

Episodes

  1. May 27

    ACC Podcast - Surviving Stop Motion - Eileen Kohlhepp & Sarah de Gaudemar

    In this episode of the ACC we’re talking with two very special guests, Eileen Kohlepp and Sarah De Gaudemar, both are experts in the specialized world of Stop Motion Animation. Eileen is a producer and animator, who’s worked on projects like Anomalisa and Marcel the Shell.  Sarah is a Director and Animator who has worked on projects like Coraline and Robot Chicken, among many others. We talk about the challenges of a career not just in entertainment but in such a highly focus style, navigating the industry now, and how both have changed and shaped their careers as the industry has evolved.

    1h 18m

  2. May 13

    ACC Podcast - S001 - E010 - Jeff Dickson

    In our latest episode “Opportunity Knocks”, Katherine MacDonald and John Lei speak with retired veteran Jeff Dickson. From a start on the floor at the stock exchange, to cinematic craft at Disney on films like “Beauty and the Beast”, “The Lion King” and “Mulan”, Jeff shares his cool and offbeat journey. So grab your snacks and get comfy, this is another fun one!

    1h 12m

  3. Apr 29

    ACC - Podcast - S001 - E009 - Navigating Layoffs with J&K

    In this episode of the Animation Career Community Podcast, John and Kathy discuss how they have navigated the many type of layoffs that artist can encounter in their careers.  They discuss the lows and surprisingly some of the highs of working in a contract based career.  It's time to get to the nitty gritty of what moving jobs and projects regularly can be like.

    1 hr

  4. Apr 15

    ACC Podcast - S001E008 - Alicia Eisen

    In this episode of the Animation Career Community podcast we chat with professional Animator and Creator Alicia Eisen.  With years of experience working the stop motion space both as an artist and studio owner. Alicia shares what her career has been like and how working as an independent creator, creates unique challenges and partnerships.

    1h 13m

  5. Apr 1

    ACC Podcast - S001E007 - Perry Shulak

    In this Episode we chat with Perry Shulak, who operates his studio, Critical Fusion, out of Edmonton, Canada.  We talk about what the community is like in less talked about regions of the country and how diversifying his productions has helped him build his dome films and distribute them world wide. https://www.criticalfusion.com/

    57 min

  6. Mar 18

    ACC Podcast S001E006 - Festival Talk

    On this episode John and Kathy chat all things Festivals.  We discuss what it's like to be someone selling a project, navigating industry events to the creative side of showing films and making new connections.

    1h 5m

  7. Mar 3

    ACC Podcast -S001E005 - Jason Thompson

    In this episode we chat with the incredible Jason Thompson.  From his start in the business world, his pivot to animation and now his own strategic storytelling company helping people of all professions tell their stories.  Pivoting careers is a hot topic right now and we cover a wide range of topics from AI to Jason’s one man show “The Art of the Dad".  Join us for this uplifting and hopeful conversation. Get tickest to Jason’s one man show in May here: https://www.jasonthompson.ca/art-of-dad

    55 min

  8. Feb 18

    ACC Podcast - S001E004 - Kathy & John

    In this episode John Lei and Kathy MacDonald, the ACC hosts, discuss their own careers working in animation and why they started the Animation Career Community.  We cover how we got into the industry, what it's like working in it now, Canadian Tax Credit system to our own personal challenges working in an ever changing field.  Stick around to the end for a short Q&A from our audience.

    1h 18m

  9. Feb 4

    ACC Podcast - S001E003 - Lance LeFort

    In this Episode we chat with Lance LeFort who is the founder of LeFort Talent Group, Lance consults internationally across creative and emerging tech industries. We chat about his beginnings as a creative, where he see’s things in the industry right now and what his company does in the talent acquisition space.

    1h 10m

  10. Jan 21

    ACC Podcast - S001E002 - Tarun Padmakumar

    In this episode of the Animation Career Podcast we chat with Filmmaker and Animator Tarun Padmakumar.  We talk about how he moved from an artist working in the studio system, making his own creative projects to now producing his own content for television.  We cover a wide range of topics from working in India to his own creative process.

    1h 13m

  11. 10/07/2025

    ACC Podcast - S001E001 - Jamie Presement

    In this episode we talk with Animator Jamie Presement about what networking in animation is like now, and how it's changed over time. Find her work here : https://jamiepresement.com/

    40 min
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About

The Animation Career Community Podcast where we answer your questions on how to grow, maintain and transform your animation career at every stage.

Information

  • Creator
    Katherine
  • Years Active
    2025 - 2026
  • Episodes
    11
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © 2026 Animation Career Community
  • Show Website
    Animation Career Community