In this week’s episode of the Black Girl Nerds podcast, we welcome the animation team behind the upcoming Disney adventure Wish.
Segment 1: Jennifer Lee (Exec Producer), is the chief creative officer of Walt Disney Animation Studios (WDAS) and is the writer/director of Frozen and Frozen 2 the latter of which continues to be the highest-grossing animated feature ever released.
Segment 2: Chris Buck (Director), previously directed Frozen 2 and the Oscar®
winning Frozen, along with fellow director Jennifer Lee, and both films went on to become the top two highest-grossing animated features ever released.
Fawn Veerasunthorn (Director): was previously head of story for
the Academy Award®-nominated Raya and the Last Dragon from Walt Disney Animation Studios. Veerasunthorn joined the Studio as a story artist in 2011 and has since contributed her talents to the Oscar®-winning feature films Frozen and Zootopia, as well as Moana, Ralph Breaks the Internet and Frozen 2.
Host: Jamie
Music by: Sammus
Edited by: Jamie Broadnax
Wish premieres in theaters Nov 22nd.