Working with Steamroller the past year as a Supervisor and Animator has been blissful in so many ways. If Spacestation fanned the flame of artist leadership in my heart, Steamroller made it into a bonfire!Our team animated half of the emotes contained in this video. Working with Epic was a remarkable experience. https://youtu.be/cnflOok7esc?si=E3f6kdRABPLwoZKE And more and [...]

Before I knew this would land on episode 50 of the Directing Animation Livecast, I set out to create 5 more feature film pitches and push myself even further as a storyteller. The first 10 pitches opened so many doors. I became a director at Spacestation Animation, almost got a full greenlight for "The Unsingable Song" [...]

As evidenced by the 30+ Million views we've had so far on youtube, the past 9 months have been a crazy, wild ride. Before Nathan Riddle (producer) and I came on in August, the small talented team Shonduras and Jordan Nguyen assembled to animat the 1st episode of A for Adley had been churning for over [...]

When I say my goal is to direct an animated feature, I'm NOT messing around! And fortunately for me, there has hardly ever been a time when the public was more hungry for original animated content! As I share my 2021 New Years' resolution here. I hope you'll share yours with me down in the comments! [...]

What's the next step on my journey to directing a feature film? A live interview show with producers, executives, and experienced directors, of course! The 1st episode launched September 10th and several more monthly interviews are coming soon! Here's the first episode: https://youtu.be/oMrfdY_w66w In episode was, we discuss: Tony Bancroft's book, Directing for animation - would [...]

[Edit: Now Available on Amazon] Without any introduction, because the Kickstarter page explains everything Here's the link: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/scottwiser/cirque-de-solitude-an-all-ages-illustrated-novel On the first day, we were the most popular in the fiction section. As more news comes, I'll post it below! [Edit: So far, reviews have been glowing. Buy your copy on Amazon!]

In Developing "Layers" with former heads of animation from Dreamworks at Nimble Collective, I thought making this film would be a smoother path. Nimble ran out of budgets, but I didn't give up. The Kickstarter didn't fund and I still didn't give up. I applied and presented for a grant and ... I've got news! (more…)