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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!

167 -- Rory McGregor, CEO of cineSync

38 mins; November 13, 2018

166 -- Master Negotiator Brandon Voss

61 hours 13 mins; November 06, 2018

165 -- Weta’s Compositing Lead Cameron Smith

79 hours 45 mins; October 30, 2018

164 -- Justin Leduc -- Going Viral, Part II

64 hours 21 mins; October 25, 2018

163 -- Justin Leduc -- Going Viral, Part I

63 hours 36 mins; October 23, 2018

162 -- Optimized Learning

42 mins; October 16, 2018

161 -- The Hustler’s Mindset

31 mins; October 09, 2018

160 -- The First Step to Your Dream Job

51 mins; October 02, 2018

159 -- Interview with the Creator of Jar Jar Binks

58 mins; September 25, 2018

158 -- How to Change Careers After 30

29 mins; September 18, 2018

157 -- The Hyper Focus Method

91 hours 32 mins; September 11, 2018

156 -- The One Thing More Effective Than Your Reel

36 mins; September 04, 2018

155 -- Directors of the Feature Film KIN

54 mins; August 28, 2018

154 -- Q & A with Allan McKay

50 mins; August 21, 2018

153 -- Ryan Connolly -- Making of Short Film BALLiSTIC

87 hours 35 mins; August 14, 2018

152 - More Than One Kind of Demo Reel

25 mins; August 07, 2018

151 -- Insights into Hiring with Realtime UK

76 hours 7 mins; July 31, 2018

150 -- How to Stalk People (and Get the Contacts)

63 hours 39 mins; July 24, 2018

149 -- Should I Be a Generalist or a Specialist?

60 hours 4 mins; July 17, 2018

148 -- Kevin Baillie -- Atomic Fiction

68 hours 37 mins; July 10, 2018

147 -- Bobby Chiu -- Schoolism -- PART II

69 hours 49 mins; July 03, 2018

146 -- Framestore’s Recruiter Kathleen Ruffalo

82 hours 19 mins; June 26, 2018

145 -- HALON Entertainment -- Brad Alexander

49 mins; June 19, 2018

144 -- Soho VFX -- Berj Bannayan

67 hours 26 mins; June 12, 2018

143 -- Scanline VFX Sup Ivo Klaus -- PART II: Industry Advice

98 hours 33 mins; June 05, 2018

142 -- Kat Evans -- Discussing 15 Years in VFX

51 mins; May 29, 2018

141 -- Sony Pictures Imageworks -- Senior Layout Sup Adam Holmes

77 hours 51 mins; May 22, 2018

140 -- MPC's Animation Sup -- Catherine Mullan

76 hours 5 mins; May 15, 2018

139 -- Sony Pictures Animation -- Ovi Nedelcu

38 mins; May 08, 2018

138 -- Allan McKay -- Ask Me Anything

56 mins; May 01, 2018

137 - The Ultimate Guide to Demo Reels

24 mins; April 24, 2018

136 -- Scanline FX Sup Ivo Klaus

31 mins; April 17, 2018

135 -- FXGuide Founder Mike Seymour

48 mins; April 10, 2018

134 -- Pixar’s Bob Scott -- From Traditional Animation to CGI

65 hours 59 mins; April 03, 2018

133 -- Director Ryan Connolly -- Film Riot

79 hours 52 mins; March 27, 2018

132 -- Kat Evans -- Exiting the Industry

36 mins; March 20, 2018

131 -- Thierry Lafontaine -- From Wine Expert to Master Artist

79 hours 33 mins; March 13, 2018

130 -- Bobby Chiu -- Schoolism

48 mins; March 06, 2018

129 -- id Software’s Character Lead Jason Martin

78 hours 39 mins; February 27, 2018

128 -- Willy Sussman -- Work Permits in New Zealand

73 hours 58 mins; February 20, 2018

127 -- Kat Evans -- Women in VFX

63 hours 31 mins; February 13, 2018

126 -- Self-Investment

54 mins; February 06, 2018

125 -- Chris Do -- Founder of Blind

80 hours 18 mins; January 30, 2018

124 -- Michael Wortmann -- VFX Supervisor -- Black Panther, Game of Thrones, Atomic Blonde

74 hours 33 mins; January 23, 2018

123 -- Tomasz Wyszolmirski -- Dabarti Studio Director

62 hours 53 mins; January 16, 2018

122 -- Brandon Jarratt -- Disney Technical Director

88 hours 5 mins; January 09, 2018

121 -- Sergio Páez -- Director, Lucasfilm

77 hours 33 mins; January 02, 2018

120 -- Breaking Bad Habits

20 mins; December 29, 2017

119 -- Self-Audit 2017

29 mins; December 27, 2017

118 -- Justin Goby Fields -- IronKlad

55 mins; December 26, 2017

117 -- Your Social Capital

17 mins; December 22, 2017

116 -- Mastering a New Skill

14 mins; December 20, 2017

115 -- Unit Image

39 mins; December 19, 2017

114 -- Front Loading Your Pay Raise

23 mins; December 15, 2017

113 -- Jumping on New Trends

18 mins; December 13, 2017

112 -- In-Ah Mellor -- Senior Animator

100 hours 43 mins; December 12, 2017

111 -- Creating Mass Opportunity

14 mins; December 08, 2017

110 -- Your 90-Day Year

25 mins; December 06, 2017

109 -- Philip Trott -- U.K. Immigration Lawyer

46 mins; December 05, 2017

108 -- Finding Your Purpose

34 mins; December 01, 2017

107 -- Dave Walvoord -- VFX Supervisor, DreamWorks

73 hours 53 mins; November 28, 2017

106 -- Redshift Renderer

47 mins; November 21, 2017

105 -- Ruben Mayor -- Senior FX TD at Weta Digital

62 hours 46 mins; November 14, 2017

104 -- Victor Navone -- PIXAR: Making Your Short Films Go Viral!

63 hours 23 mins; November 07, 2017

103 -- Forced Exile

62 hours 53 mins; October 31, 2017

102 -- Bay Raitt, Reflecting on the Genesis of Gollum

115 hours 16 mins; October 24, 2017

101 -- Ben Snow, ILM VFX Supervisor -- Iron Man, The Mummy, Star Wars, mother!

77 hours 11 mins; October 17, 2017

100 - Interview with Allan McKay

103 hours 3 mins; October 10, 2017

099 - Interview with Designer Christina Burton

146 hours 34 mins; October 03, 2017

098 - Interview with Senior CG Animator Nicolas Prothais

68 hours 21 mins; September 26, 2017

097 - Interview with Nerdstrong Gym Founder Andrew Deutsch

54 mins; September 19, 2017

096 - Interview with Motion Graphics Designer and Director Niels Prayer

42 mins; September 12, 2017

095 - Interview with Concept Artist Nathan Fowkes

83 hours 5 mins; September 05, 2017

094 - Interview with Productivity Expert and Bestselling Author David Allen

39 mins; August 29, 2017

093 - Interview with Matte Painter and Art Director Nikolai Lockertsen

121 hours 38 mins; August 22, 2017

092 - Interview with Filmmaker Freddie Wong

80 hours 1 min; August 15, 2017

091 - Round Table with Image Engine's Creature Supervisors

59 mins; August 08, 2017

090 - Interview with VR and Mixed Reality Artist Patty Rangel

60 hours 50 mins; August 01, 2017

089 - Interview with Oscar-Winning VFX Supervisor Scott Stokdyk

69 hours 12 mins; July 25, 2017

088 - A Live Career Intensive with Allan McKay

105 hours 10 mins; July 18, 2017

087 - Arman Yahin, Main Road Post's CEO

112 hours 30 mins; July 11, 2017

086 - Laura Vanderkam, Bestselling Author of "What the Most Successful People Do Before Breakfast"

36 mins; July 04, 2017

085 - Philippe Leprince, Pixar's Senior Field Engineer

63 hours 41 mins; June 27, 2017

084 - Dennis Mejillones, Bethesda's Senior Character Artist

83 hours 11 mins; June 20, 2017

083 - Catherine Sas - Work Visas in Canada

48 mins; June 13, 2017

082 - Edwin Braun - Thinking Particles & Film Production

97 hours 57 mins; June 06, 2017

081 - Wirginia Romanowska - FX Lead on DOOM, id Software

113 hours 52 mins; May 30, 2017

080 - Live VFX Hardware Q&A

108 hours 1 min; May 23, 2017

079 - How to learn and retain information from tutorials, books, talks and podcasts

66 hours 29 mins; May 16, 2017

078 - Jeff Okun - VFX Supervisor - 38 Years in Hollywood

91 hours 46 mins; May 09, 2017

077 - Action VFX - Shooting Pyrotechnics and High-End Stock Footage

57 mins; May 01, 2017

076 - Andrew Schmidt - Director at Dreamworks Animation

81 hours 55 mins; April 24, 2017

075 - Jason Scheier of Warner Bros | Disney | Dreamworks

77 hours 44 mins; April 18, 2017

074 - Joaquin Baldwin - Disney's Wreck-It Ralph, Moana, Frozen, Zootopia

56 mins; March 28, 2017

073 - Pixologic on Z-Brush Live

106 hours 22 mins; March 03, 2017

072 - Mike Blum - From Disney to Directing

59 mins; February 20, 2017

071 - The Value of Mentors (and how to find them)

39 mins; December 06, 2016

070 - Ash Thorp - Deconstructing The Film 'Lost Boy'

102 hours 43 mins; November 28, 2016

069 - Andre Cantarel - Independence Day Resurgence

76 hours 17 mins; November 15, 2016

068 - Pricing Yourself as an Artist

59 mins; November 01, 2016

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