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The latest episode of the 21 Artist Show podcast features Sabine Heller, currently Global Head of Character Animation and Rigging at Mikros Animation. Before joining Mikros, she spent 12 years at Blue Sky Studios, until it was closed by Disney at the beginning of 2021.
During the interview, Sabine Heller talks about how her career from Junior to Head of Characters, her work on feature animation films, the last days of Blue Sky Studios.
0:00:00 – Intro
0:01:33 – Catch up
0:14:30 – Early Days
0:36:50 – Education
0:41:29 – Applying for Blue Sky Studios
0:54:19 – Coffee Break
0:54:57 – Timing and Luck
0:57:19 – Blue Sky Studios & Rio
1:09:44 – Rigging vs Animation
1:22:40 – Ice Age 4 and Epic
1:31:38 – Is scripting needed for Rigging?
1:44:00 – Lead Rigger
2:05:53 – The Peanuts Movie
2:10:28 – Outro
Part 2 (available in a few hours) :
0:00:00 – Intro
0:01:49 – Making the Peanuts Movie
0:05:34 – Character Supervisor
0:09:18 – Management Roles
0:14:46- Head of Characters
0:21:15 – PhD & Side Hustles
0:37:46 – The last 2 years
0:45:11 – Coffee Break
0:45:49 – Blue Sky Studios Closing
0:48:39 – Aftermath of the Closure
1:02:00 – Academy Member
1:05:33 – Career Tips
1:21:07 – 10 final questions
1:40:44 – Outro
