In the course of a career spanning four decades, Tim Walker has worked on more animated features and television shows than anybody in the history of the medium.
(And if he hasn't, then he's running a close second.) ...
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Currently a supervisor and director at Warner Bros. Animation, Tim started in the cartoon business in the late sixties, starting as in-betweener and assistant, slowly working his way to full-fledged animator.
I was born in Hollywood, California; the cradle of animated film. To this day I have a vivid memory of being five years old and watching cartoons at my Grandmother’s house.
That was it, I was hooked on animation. ...
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Another great interview, and even if I did listen at two o'clock in the morning.
Mr. Walker, you're the best. Thanks for a great career.
Floyd, don't you ever sleep?
I'm still shocked that Warner Bros. Animation is still around.
"I'm still shocked that Warner Bros. Animation is still around.
I'm pretty sure you're just confusing it with Warner Bros. Feature Animation.
I'm pretty sure you're just confusing it with Warner Bros. Feature Animation.
Oh that's right, they horrifying studio that gave us Space Jam and Quest for Camelot. I love The Iron Giant, though.
Hey, Steve. I couldn't sleep because I'm in Arizona. It's too damn quiet here. Just the tumbleweeds rolling past.
Go lasso a Gila Monster. That should enliven things.
Hi Tim, what you say we ride our bikes after school to H.B. We can jump into the dumpster and see what we can stuff into our backpacks. See you after school.
Hey Tim and Robert. Wait until I get back in town. I'll come with you.
Tim's an true icon in animation! But then again so is Robert Alverez. He taught me how to slug and do sheets! I think Tim used to date Minnie Mouse back at the original Hyperion Studio. Of course Robert was always a Clarabelle man. ;-)
Noticed Tim talked about working on "Metamorphoses" for Sanrio. That was sort of a US effort for them as they set up a studio somewhere near LA (I saw credit someplace identifying Pebble Beach where they had a studio at). The main character in it that Tim ID'd as "Perseus" was one of several names given to a boy figure who was playing different roles based on Ovid's tales. Originally this kid didn't have a name so to speak, though when Metamorphoses was re-edited/re-arranged into "Winds of Change", the character was called "Mr. Wondermaker". More on "Winds of Change" in a future comment on Jerry Eisenburg by me!
"The Mouse and His Child, though produced at Murakami-Wolf Films, was also a Sanrio co-production with that studio. Both Winds of Change and Mouse and His Child had home video releases in the 80's, though they can probably be found on YouTube these days.
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