Animation director Saul Blinkoff and I met 10 years ago when we were both on staff at Walt Disney Animation Studios. I’m the proud casting director for several projects he’s directed, including “The Numberlys,” a new animated pilot on Amazon.
Jen: How did you get into animation?Saul: I grew up in New York and wanted to be an artist. When I saw the movie “E.T.,” I knew my dream was to be a film director and filmmaker. I started making movies every weekend with my siblings and kids in the neighborhood. But when I saw the movie “The Little Mermaid,” that’s when I knew animation was for me because it combines my two passions: filmmaking and drawing. I knew by the time I graduated high school that I wanted to be a Disney animator. I got an internship for Walt Disney Feature Animation after I graduated the Columbus College of Art and Design. After the internship, I worked on “Pocahontas,” “The Hunchback of Notre Dame,” “Mulan” and “Tarzan.” From there, I directed a show at MTV called “Spy Groove,” returned to Disney directing a bunch of movies including “Winnie the Pooh: Springtime with Roo” and “Kronk’s
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