The animator, director, and writer shares her journey that led from a shed rental in New Zealand to partnering with Kristen Bell and ultimately scoring a deal with Nickelodeon.
Check out Terry Ibele’s Animation Industry Podcast, featuring a new podcast every week focusing on the stories of today’s animation professionals - how they got to where they are and what they learned along the way. Now home to 240 episodes, the podcasts cover all areas of the industry, including storyboarding, writing, animating, directing, visual development, and game design. Guests have included returning guest Aaron Augenblick; the notorious JJ Villard; Spike & Mike’s Spike Decker; Disney Director John Musker; Sony Lead Animator Humberto Rosa; Frederator’s Fred Seibert; Tumble Leaf’s Scarlet Nelson; and many others from major animation studios all over the world.
Podcast EP 240: Rachel Larson & How She Made ‘The Tiny Chef Show’
This episode features animator, director, and writer Rachel Larson, who has worked on several stop-motion productions, including Coraline, Anomalisa, Tumble Leaf, and Kiri and Lou. Most notably, Larson is known for creating the “Tiny Chef,” which is followed by millions across social media, and the popular Nickelodeon preschool series The Tiny Chef Show. In this chat, Larson shares her journey from renting a shed in New Zealand to partnering with celebrity Kristen Bell and finally landing a deal with Nickelodeon.
Tune in to Ibele and Larson to hear:
- Why the “Tiny Chef” character has become such a success.
- The ins and outs of being a first-time showrunner producing a show.
- How to create authentic animated characters
Ibele has begun to publish the interviews as videos as well – you can find previous interviews here!
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Ibele, himself a stop-motion animator (see AWN’s Fresh Takes piece on his whimsical short, The Silly Duck Wizard, deftly digs into all manner of topics, encouraging interviewees to share insights and opinions on a wide range of topics like pitching shows, marketing your work online, key skills studios look for when they bring on talent in storyboarding, vizdev, character design, and animation.
In 2018, Ibele, who lives in Toronto, decided to quit his career as a marketer and pursue his love for animation. Since then, he’s become well known for his viral animation productions, which include the previously mentioned Silly Duck Wizard, which is how AWN first came to know him and his work.
Learn more about Ibele’s work and podcast by visiting terryibele.com. You can find all The Animation Podcast episodes on his Soundcloud site: https://soundcloud.com/animation-podcast.
Debbie Diamond Sarto is news editor at Animation World Network.
