LCJ Q&A Podcast

Back To You Podcast Ep #1: "Pilot"

The debut episode of the Back To You Podcast - the inside story of the Greatest One-Season Sitcom in Television History. Host Lights Camera Jackson provides the series' backstory and discusses the Pilot, which originally aired on Sept. 19, 2007.

Guest: Julie Michaels - #StandUpForStunts

Hollywood stunt coordinator Julie Michaels ("SEAL Team", "How to Get Away with Murder") is leading charge on a campaign to get an Oscar category for stunt performers: #StandUpForStunts

Guest: Dean DeBlois - Director 'How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World'

Dean DeBlois co-directed the original "How to Train Your Dragon" (2010) before flying solo on its 2014 sequel. Now he's back to conclude the critically acclaimed DreamWorks Animation trilogy with "How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World".

Guests: Andrew Chesworth, Bobby Pontillas and Shaofu Zhang - 'One Small Step'

These three former Disney animators decided to start-up their own animation house, Taiko Studios. And now, they've got an Oscar nominee on their hands with Best Animated Short Film contender 'One Small Step'.

Guest: Steven Knight - Director "Serenity"

Steven Knight co-created the original, British version of 'Who Wants to Be A Millionaire?" before transitioning to screenwriting. He earned a Best Original Screenplay Oscar nomination for 2002's "Dirty Pretty Things" and directed 2014's acclaimed drama "Locke" starring Tom Hardy. Matthew McConaughey and Anne Hathaway headline Knight's latest film, the romance thriller "Serenity", which opens this weekend. We talk about it all on this LCJ Q&A Podcast Episode.

DreamWorks Animation's "Bilby" Directors

After years of producing award-winning feature-length films, DreamWorks Animation announced they were getting into the "shorts" business in November 2017. And this year their first two short films have made it onto the finalists list for the Best Animated Short Film Oscar. One of the entries is "Bilby", which emerged from the DWA feature "Larrikins", a casualty of Universal's purchase of DWA back in 2016. On this episode of the LCJ Q&A, "Bilby" directors JP Sans, Liron Topaz and Pierre Perifel reflect on their amazing journey with this story of two unlikely friends. 

Louise Bagnall - Director "Late Afternoon"

Cartoon Saloon is the studio behind Best Animated Feature Oscar nominee 'The Breadwinner'. Their latest short film is directed by Louise Bagnall. 'Late Afternoon' is one of the 10 finalists in contention for a Best Animated Short Film Academy Award nomination.

Trevor Jimenez - Writer/Director "Weekends"

Pixar story artist Trevor Jimenez worked on his Annie-nominated short "Weekends", on and off, for the past 10 years. Some would call that a 'passion project'. But for the Canadian filmmaker, this story of a young boy dealing with life following the divorce of his parents is even more personal than that.