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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!

366 – VR Entrepreneur - Sally Slade

56 mins; August 30, 2022

365 – BUCK – Creative Director Orion Tait

49 mins; August 23, 2022

364 – Filmmaking in Unreal – Aaron Sims

56 mins; August 16, 2022

363 – Director Carlos Stevens – LOVE DEATH + ROBOTS

39 mins; August 09, 2022

362 -- Henrique Reginato – NOX Visual Effects

66 hours 15 mins; August 02, 2022

361 – ILM – David Vickery

52 mins; July 26, 2022

360 – Fred Ruff – Running a VFX Studio

80 hours 58 mins; July 19, 2022

359 -- VFX Supervisor Bilali Mack - Alkemy X

63 hours 11 mins; July 12, 2022

358 – Tim Miller – Founder of Blur Studio

79 hours 41 mins; July 05, 2022

357 - EmberGen CEO - Building a Business

50 mins; June 28, 2022

356 -- Channel Makers – Nate Black

58 mins; June 21, 2022

355 -- NFT’s and Other “Hacks” -- Clinton Jones

53 mins; June 14, 2022

354 – Ian Spriggs - Photoreal 3D Character Portraits

51 mins; June 07, 2022

353 – ILM – Manager Emerging Talent – Kim Paris

40 mins; May 31, 2022

352 – Activision Blizzard – Executive Principal Recruiter for Art in Animation and Creative Robin Alan Linn

65 hours 15 mins; May 24, 2022

351 – CBS VFX – Ava DuVernay's ONE PERFECT SHOT

64 hours 0 mins; May 17, 2022

350 - F is for Family - Showrunner Mike Price

51 mins; May 10, 2022

349 - Blur - Head of Character Effects Kemer Stevenson

54 mins; May 03, 2022

348 - Foundation - DNEG’s VFX Sup Chris Keller

49 mins; April 26, 2022

347 – Perfectionism is the Enemy

42 mins; April 19, 2022

346 – DNEG’S VFX Supervisor Tom Proctor – Last Night in Soho

55 mins; April 12, 2022

345 -- Women in VFX

66 hours 0 mins; April 05, 2022

344 -- Women in Leadership Round Table

89 hours 11 mins; March 29, 2022

343 -- Molecule VFX Sup Tehmina Beg

48 mins; March 22, 2022

342 -- THE MATRIX: RESURRECTIONS – DNEG's VFX Sup Dan Glass

51 mins; March 15, 2022

341 -- CRUSHING Your Bigger Goals

43 mins; March 08, 2022

340 -- Zoic's Executive Creative Director / Co-Founder - Andrew Orloff

68 hours 6 mins; March 01, 2022

339 -- Perception – Co-Founders Jeremy Lasky & Danny Gonzalez

64 hours 53 mins; February 22, 2022

338 -- Executive Business Advice - Louis Castle

66 hours 47 mins; February 15, 2022

337 -- My Experience Looking for a Staff Position

55 mins; February 08, 2022

336 -- Cinecom -- Jordy Vandeput

39 mins; February 01, 2022

335 -- VFX Legend Richard Edlund -- Part 2

60 hours 11 mins; January 25, 2022

334 – Activision Blizzard – Senior Director Creative Talent Robin Alan Linn

73 hours 24 mins; January 18, 2022

333 -- NO TIME TO DIE -- VFX Sup Charlie Noble & Special Effects Sup Chris Corbould

42 mins; January 11, 2022

332 -- Foundry -- Jen Goldfinch, Senior Director of Industry Marketing

66 hours 35 mins; January 04, 2022

331 -- Crushing Success

29 mins; December 28, 2021

330 -- Eran Dinur -- Photorealism for VFX

65 hours 24 mins; December 21, 2021

329 -- VFX Legend Richard Edlund -- The History of STAR WARS

55 mins; December 14, 2021

328 -- Cinesite Lead FX TD -- David Adan

94 hours 24 mins; December 07, 2021

327 -- Pricing Strategy

25 mins; November 30, 2021

326 -- Artist Burnout

52 mins; November 23, 2021

325 -- Becoming a Content Creator -- Sam Wickert

70 hours 11 mins; November 16, 2021

324 -- Erika Burton -- DNEG -- President, Global VFX Production

46 mins; November 09, 2021

323 -- DUNE VFX Supervisor -- Paul Lambert

73 hours 46 mins; November 02, 2021

322 -- Raise Your Value -- Raise Your Rates

28 mins; October 26, 2021

321 -- Manufacturing Hit Commercials -- Harmon Brothers

57 mins; October 19, 2021

320 -- Niche Down to Stand Out

23 mins; October 12, 2021

319 -- F9 VFX Supervisor - Peter Chiang

53 mins; October 05, 2021

318 -- How to Raise Your Prices

35 mins; September 28, 2021

317 -- FOR ALL MANKIND -- VFX Supervisors

67 hours 29 mins; September 21, 2021

316 -- Linus Tech Tips' Editor - Taran Van Hemert

71 hours 20 mins; September 14, 2021

315 -- Becoming a TD

42 mins; September 07, 2021

314 -- Corridor Digital -- Wren Weichman

92 hours 32 mins; August 31, 2021

313 -- Sh*t I Wish I Knew When I Was Younger

23 mins; August 24, 2021

312 -- UNDERGROUND RAILROAD — VFX Supervisor

29 mins; August 17, 2021

311 -- How to Land Projects Through Your Brand

13 mins; August 10, 2021

310 -- CHALK WARFARE Director -- Sam Wickert

70 hours 46 mins; August 03, 2021

309 -- Why You’re Not Landing Clients

20 mins; July 27, 2021

308 -- Stuart Lippincott -- Landing Work Through Social Media

85 hours 52 mins; July 20, 2021

307 -- Clinton Jones -- Leaving Corridor Digital

47 mins; July 13, 2021

306 -- Taking Pride in Your Work

28 mins; July 06, 2021

305 -- Tarsier Studios -- Little Nightmares

61 hours 8 mins; June 29, 2021

304 -- MAZE RUNNER Director Wes Ball

76 hours 27 mins; June 22, 2021

SPECIAL EDITION -- UNDERGROUND RAILROAD — VFX Sup Dottie Starling

27 mins; June 17, 2021

303 -- BossLogic

72 hours 55 mins; June 15, 2021

302 -- The Courage to Level Up -- Matthew Encina

62 hours 28 mins; June 08, 2021

301 -- How to Land Your Dream Job

26 mins; June 01, 2021

300 -- Janda & McKay

78 hours 21 mins; May 25, 2021

299 -- Undercover Billionaire -- Glenn Stearns

53 mins; May 18, 2021

298 -- Zack Snyder’s JUSTICE LEAGUE -- Scanline VFX

47 mins; May 11, 2021

297 -- Platige -- The Witcher

32 mins; May 04, 2021

296 -- Blowing Up Your Freelance Prices

24 mins; April 27, 2021

295 -- DOOM ETERNAL - Hugo Martin

32 mins; April 20, 2021

294 -- Dickinson VFX Supervisor - Lotta Forssman

75 hours 23 mins; April 13, 2021

293 -- Unreal Fellowship -- Brian Pohl

89 hours 27 mins; April 06, 2021

292 -- Marty Neumeier

64 hours 12 mins; March 30, 2021

291 -- NFT & Crypto Art Explained -- Rhett Dashwood (aka Mankind)

84 hours 28 mins; March 23, 2021

290 -- Digital Domain — Doug Roble

63 hours 28 mins; March 16, 2021

289 - EmberGen

30 mins; March 09, 2021

288 -- Lux Machina

79 hours 40 mins; March 02, 2021

287 -- The Sky’s the Limit

26 mins; February 23, 2021

286 -- 90% of Artists Fail

20 mins; February 16, 2021

285 -- Beeple -- Mike Winkelmann

70 hours 0 mins; February 09, 2021

284 -- Stand Out!

21 mins; February 02, 2021

283 -- Hugo Guerra

60 hours 57 mins; January 26, 2021

282 -- Building Bigger Goals

33 mins; January 19, 2021

281 -- David Tanaka

88 hours 57 mins; January 12, 2021

280 -- Evercast

65 hours 32 mins; January 05, 2021

279 -- Your Next Pay Rise

35 mins; December 29, 2020

278 -- F*** 2020!

32 mins; December 22, 2020

Episode 277 -- JEFFREY -- The Creative Team

70 hours 41 mins; December 15, 2020

276 -- Mark Toia -- Director

71 hours 32 mins; December 08, 2020

275 -- KeenTools Founder Roman Belov

70 hours 28 mins; December 01, 2020

274 -- Mike Janda and Tom Ross -- The Business of Design

82 hours 56 mins; November 24, 2020

273 -- When Clients Refuse to Pay

46 mins; November 17, 2020

272 -- VES Handbook Round Table

83 hours 43 mins; November 10, 2020

271 -- Quixel Megascans

54 mins; November 03, 2020

270 -- Crafty Apes -- Aldo Ruggiero and Matt Akey

88 hours 15 mins; October 27, 2020

269 -- Andrey Lebrov

76 hours 48 mins; October 20, 2020

268 -- Hasraf "HaZ" Dulull -- Film Director

91 hours 47 mins; October 13, 2020

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