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The Allan McKay Podcast

Allan McKay is an award winning Visual Effects Supervisor and Technical Director in Hollywood - join Allan as he interviews many of the leading experts in Hollywood about their careers, pitfalls and what they took to succeed, while also gaining a lot of core knowledge to help build your career, money and success and skills to make the biggest impact in your career AND in your life!

466 - Alex Wang, VFX Supervisor - The Last of Us - Season 2

64 hours 46 mins; July 21, 2025

465 – Jason Smith – Forging Middle-earth

42 mins; April 23, 2025

464 - Andy Boyd - JAMM VFX

62 hours 36 mins; January 09, 2025

463 - Lux Aeterna - Rob Hifle + Paul Silcox

70 hours 4 mins; December 22, 2024

462 - Faruk Heplevent - The Scope

58 mins; November 26, 2024

461 - Jason Smith - Rings of Power - VFX Supervisor

44 mins; November 12, 2024

460 - RADiCAL - Democratizing Motion Capture

41 mins; October 04, 2024

459 - Phil Cramer - Digital Domain VFX Supervisor

49 mins; September 20, 2024

458 - Nick Seavert - CEO & Founder JangaFX (Embergen, LiquiGen, GeoGen)

92 hours 14 mins; August 27, 2024

457 - Feng Zhu - Concept Designer & Art Director

94 hours 41 mins; August 06, 2024

456 - Stephan Fleet - The Boys VFX Supervisor

60 hours 42 mins; July 30, 2024

455 - Tim Carras - VFX Supervisor Barnstorm VFX "Shogun, Clipped"

74 hours 58 mins; July 16, 2024

454 - Xavier Bernasconi - VFX Supervisor for Masters of The Air

47 mins; June 14, 2024

453 - Colin Giles - Vancouver Film School - Head of School for Animation & VFX

62 hours 47 mins; June 08, 2024

452 - Shogun VFX Supervisor - Michael Cliett

66 hours 55 mins; May 28, 2024

451 - Chad Wanstreet - SWAT + Kill The Orange Faced Bear

36 mins; May 07, 2024

450 - The Sympathizer - Chad Wanstreet - VFX Supervisor

111 hours 22 mins; April 30, 2024

449 - Olivio Serikas - Your Guide To AI Art Workflows

82 hours 38 mins; April 16, 2024

448 - Director Roxana Baldovin

50 mins; April 09, 2024

447 - Important Looking Pirates - David Wahlberg

70 hours 2 mins; April 02, 2024

446 - A personal 2024 Podcast Update

37 mins; March 25, 2024

445 - GEN V - VFX Supervisor Karen Heston

47 mins; March 05, 2024

444 - Film Producer Josh Rosenbaum - Waypoint Entertainment

57 mins; February 27, 2024

443 - “NO CGI = INVISIBLE CGI” - VFX Supervisor Jonas Ussing

50 mins; February 20, 2024

442 - Infinite-Realities Founder and Director Lee Perry-Smith

59 mins; February 13, 2024

441 - Writer, Producer & Head of Writing at Vancouver Film School Kat Montagu

62 hours 13 mins; February 06, 2024

440 - Kriscoart YouTube Channel Creator Kris Truini

61 hours 6 mins; January 30, 2024

439 - VFX Supervisor Robert Nederhorst

93 hours 25 mins; January 23, 2024

438 - LAIKA - CG Supervisor Eric Wachtman

68 hours 33 mins; January 16, 2024

437 - THE LAST OF US - VFX Supervisor Alex Wang

101 hours 46 mins; January 09, 2024

436 - Freelancing in VFX in 2024

52 mins; January 02, 2024

435 - The ROI of VFX and Other Advice - Crafty Apes Co-Founder Chris LeDoux (Part II)

67 hours 2 mins; December 26, 2023

434 - The Threat of AI - Crafty Apes - Co-Founder Chris LeDoux

74 hours 25 mins; December 19, 2023

433 - HOUSE OF THE DRAGON - VFX Supervisor Mark Spindler

58 mins; December 12, 2023

432 - ReDefine - Executive VP Eric J. Robertson

70 hours 0 mins; December 05, 2023

431 - Ghost Robot - CEO Zach Mortensen & CCO Mark DePace

44 mins; November 28, 2023

430 - CG Boost - Zach Reinhardt

48 mins; November 21, 2023

429 - AI YouTube Channel Theoretically Media – Founder Tim Simmons

63 hours 15 mins; November 14, 2023

428 - Expression Scientist Melinda Ozel

62 hours 44 mins; November 07, 2023

427 - Activision Blizzard - Executive Principal Recruiter for Art in Animation & Creative Robin Alan Linn

82 hours 29 mins; October 31, 2023

426 - Alkemy X - Executive Creative Director Jep Hill

52 mins; October 24, 2023

425 -- I’M A VIRGO – VFX Sups Todd Sheridan Perry & Scott Kirvan

58 mins; October 17, 2023

424 – OPPENHEIMER – Compositor and VFX Sup Marco Baratto

47 mins; October 10, 2023

423 - AI Creator Caleb Ward - Co-Founder of Curious Refuge

50 mins; October 03, 2023

422 - Ingenuity Studios - Partner Grant Miller

47 mins; September 26, 2023

421 -- FIVE DAYS AT MEMORIAL - VFX Supervisors Eric Durst & Matt Whelan

48 mins; September 19, 2023

420 - TED LASSO - VFX Supervisor James MacLachlan

31 mins; September 12, 2023

419 -- Pixar President Jim Morris

53 mins; September 05, 2023

418 -- NVIDIA -- 3D Artist David Baylis

44 mins; August 29, 2023

417 - VFX Legion - Founder & Creative Director James David Hattin

72 hours 7 mins; August 22, 2023

416 - VFX Sup Martin Hall - RABBIT HOLE

54 mins; August 15, 2023

415 – André Luis – Trojan Horse was a Unicorn

54 mins; August 08, 2023

414 - Alkemy X - Executive Creative Director Jep Hill

50 mins; August 01, 2023

413 - Barnstorm VFX - Co-Founders Cory Jamieson and Lawson Deming

74 hours 2 mins; July 25, 2023

412 – John Romero – Legendary Game Designer of DOOM and Co-Founder of id Software

58 mins; July 18, 2023

411 - Digital Domain - Global President and COO Lala Gavgavian

49 mins; July 11, 2023

410 - Gabriel Aguiar - YouTube Creator & Unity Expert

39 mins; July 04, 2023

409 - From Self-Doubt to Self-Discovery: Pursuing Your Personal Legend

15 mins; June 27, 2023

408 - THE MENU - Crafty Apes Dishes on the Film's VFX

57 mins; June 20, 2023

407 - ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT's VFX Supervisor Frank Petzold

48 mins; June 13, 2023

406 – How to Make More Money

27 mins; June 06, 2023

405 - SMILE - The-Artery Talks About the Film's Epic Visuals

49 mins; May 30, 2023

404 - ARwall - Co-Founder and CEO Rene Amador

46 mins; May 23, 2023

403 - Wonder Dynamics - Co-Founder and CEO Nikola Todorovic

52 mins; May 16, 2023

402 - Breaking Barriers in Motion Capture - Move.ai Co-Founder Anthony Ganjou

53 mins; May 09, 2023

401 - VFX Sup Colin Strause - Creating Fire Sequences for FIRE COUNTRY

62 hours 29 mins; May 02, 2023

400 - ANNIVERSARY EPISODE - Ash Thorp Interviews Allan McKay

56 mins; April 25, 2023

399 - Unleashing Unreal Potential - UE Expert and 3D Artist William Faucher

54 mins; April 18, 2023

398 - Revolutionizing AI - Interview with Pindar Van Arman

47 mins; April 11, 2023

397 - Crush Your Next Interview: Pro Tips for Nailing the Job

89 hours 5 mins; April 04, 2023

396 - Important Looking Pirates Co-Founder Niklas Jacobson

64 hours 56 mins; March 28, 2023

395 - Sir Wade Neistadt - From Animation School to Cannes

43 mins; March 21, 2023

394 - Chris Zammit Talks TOP GUN: MAVERICK VFX

78 hours 24 mins; March 14, 2023

393 - 2023. Is This the Year VFX Dies?

49 mins; March 07, 2023

392 - How Hollywood is Using Voice Cloning with Respeecher AI

49 mins; February 28, 2023

391 - The Future of VFX - Lon Molnar of MARZ

52 mins; February 21, 2023

390 - Stable Diffusion's Creative Director

50 mins; February 14, 2023

389 - Should I Go to a VFX School?

23 mins; February 07, 2023

388 - Brendan Kane - One Million Followers

36 mins; January 31, 2023

387 - Stop Sabotaging Your Career!

33 mins; January 24, 2023

386 - Productivity Expert Chris Bailey

57 mins; January 17, 2023

385 - Fighting the Seeds of Doubt

17 mins; January 10, 2023

384 – Tim Miller’s Advice for Artists

21 mins; January 03, 2023

383 - AI Art is Taking Over

66 hours 17 mins; December 27, 2022

382 - ActionVFX CEO + COO: Building a Business

74 hours 44 mins; December 20, 2022

381 - Everypoint - Jonathan Stephens

41 mins; December 13, 2022

380 - Positive Outcomes of COVID-19

12 mins; December 06, 2022

379 - CTO Epic Games - Kim Libreri

89 hours 51 mins; November 29, 2022

378 - Advice for Entry Level Artists

73 hours 59 mins; November 22, 2022

377 - VFX Supervisor Christopher Zammit

64 hours 23 mins; November 15, 2022

376 - Cinematographer Darin Moran

59 mins; November 08, 2022

375 - Deepfake Expert Chris Ume

55 mins; November 01, 2022

374 - LOVE DEATH + ROBOTS D374 - LOVE DEATH + ROBOTS Director Emily Deanirector Emily Dean

42 mins; October 25, 2022

373 - How To Stand Out from Competitors

26 mins; October 18, 2022

372 - YouTuber Evan 372 - YouTuber Evan Carmichael - How to Get 3 Million+ SubsCarmichael - How to Get 3 Million+ Subs

29 mins; October 11, 2022

371 -- CRUSHING Your Bigger Goals

41 mins; October 04, 2022

370 - Zoic Studios - Virtual Production Sup for the Real Time Group - Scott Rosekrans

70 hours 46 mins; September 27, 2022

369 – DI4D – Colin Urquhart & Douglas Green

37 mins; September 20, 2022

368 – YouTuber and VFX Artist Eloi Andaluz Fullà

57 mins; September 13, 2022

367 – Magnopus - Co Founder / CEO Ben Grossmann

72 hours 4 mins; September 06, 2022

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