The Bancroft Brothers Animation Podcast The Bancroft Brothers

The Rise of Glen Keane!  In this episode, the Brothers Bancroft discuss one of their favorite topics: the legendary animator Glen Keane!  But, they don't discuss the part of his career that is what eveeryone know him from - the The Little Mermaid to the present day- BUT they do a deep dive (okay, more shallow and not researched) in THE EARLY DAYS OF GLEN KEANE!  We talk about the first 4-5 films that he was involved in and how he got noticed at Disney.  This is the MAKING of Glen Keane episode!  You WILL learn something new!  

"Running a worldwide drawing challenge" with Whitney Pollett and Lauren Barger.  We are wrapping up May, but not without talking to Tom's partners in "MerMay", the amazing Whitney Pollett and Lauren Barger!  Tony and Tom dig into how MerMay became the second largest drawing challenge on the internet and a worldwide phenomenon, what are the changes happening with the event, and how Whitney and Lauren plan on growing it!  Also, we discuss their careers in Toy Design and Character Design and how they make it all work!  

In this Flashback Friday- we go back to episode 20- the Eric Goldberg interview!  In this classic, the Disney Legend speaks about his love for 2d Animation,  his masterpiece work on the Genie in Aladdin, and what’s missing in CG animation today.  

Flashback Friday with Victoria Ying

The twins are crazy busy this week so we dive back to the archives for a Flashback Friday episode with Disney Legend Floyd Norman!  Hear him recount stories of meeting Walt Disney himself and being one of the first black Disney artists back in the 60s!  Enjoy!

The long awaited “AI discussion” episode is here!  The Bancroft’s talk all things artificial intelligence and animation with special effects guru and YouTuber Niko Pueringer of the Corridor Crew channel!  They discuss the ins and outs of the issues behind the technology that is potentially changing the animation industry. Is there a way to use it as a tool, is there a hopeful future living in the new AI world, or are we all doomed?  Let’s start the discussion!