Originally Posted By AutoPost This topic is for Discussion of: <a href="http://www.laughingplace.com/w/blogs/alex-movie-blog/2014/03/04/directors-of-animation-then-and-now/" target="_blank"><b>3/4/14 Alex's Movie Blog: Directors of Animation Then and Now</b></a>
Originally Posted By FerretAfros Really interesting article! I definitely recognize a lot of those names from the credits, but really didn't know anything about them It's a complete side note, but I didn't realize that they started making the "How To" Goofys because they didn't have a voice for him. What a clever solution, that led to some of his most iconic roles! It's also interesting to see how much things have changed since Walt's time. It sounds like Lasseter is much more interested in groupthink and focus groups, rather than an individual vision. It's also interesting that they appeared to be pretty upfront about swapping out directors midway through a feature, as has happened recently with mixed success >>Walt’s name appeared before every production, so if it was good he was known for getting all of the credit...Walt hated directors who tried to take all of the credit due to the heavy team work required to produce animation.<< Please tell me I'm not the only one who see the irony in this (though it's pretty standard for any leader)
