#54 - Andrew Chesworth ~ Disney Animator become Director of The Brave Locomotive ~Livecast

Originally Streamed on YouTube Live Jan 19, 2024. Audio Edited by Kiara Horowitz.

Andrew Chesworth is an Oscar-nominated filmmaker living in Burbank, CA. You can see his latest project, The Brave Locomotive at:    • The Brave Locomotive  

​He co-wrote and co-directed the short film One Small Step ​at Taiko Studios.

He was an animator for Disney on Frozen, Zootopia, Moana, Big Hero 6, Wreck-It Ralph, Feast, Get a Horse!, Inner Workings, and Olaf's Frozen Adventure​. Previously, he was a director of commercials and short films at Make in Minneapolis. From 2016-2017, Andrew taught fourth-year Character Animation at CalArts. He was an instructor for the online CG animation school Animsquad from 2014-2022. In 2019, he was a character animator on Netflix's Klaus for Sergio Pablos Animation Studios. Recently, he was both Character Design Supervisor and Supervising Animation Director on the Netflix animated series My Dad the Bounty Hunter.​

Andrew spent the tale end of his 3 years at Netflix Feature Animation as a Head of Character Animation and has now become the Character Lead at Flying Bark Productions designing for yet another upcoming project.

http://www.andrewchesworth.com/  / bravelocomotive  

Interviewer Scott Wiser is currently supervising at Steamroller Studios and has written and directed for Spacestation Animation. He is the creator of 15 deeply meaningful feature film pitches and counting. 3 of these are Kickstarted Books and one is a short film. Any producers or executives interested in collaborating or funding on Scott Wiser's projects can peruse these pitches through the application at:

www.scottwiser.com/collaborate