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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!

067 - Changing Careers

61 hours 43 mins; October 25, 2016

066 - VFX Roundtable

62 hours 19 mins; October 11, 2016

065 - Every Tool I Use To 10x My Day

73 hours 55 mins; October 05, 2016

064 - Negotiating Creatively

65 hours 51 mins; September 27, 2016

063 - $1,000 an hour - negotiating beyond your limits

84 hours 53 mins; March 14, 2016

062 - Deconstructing the Elements with Pete Draper

112 hours 20 mins; March 07, 2016

061 - Chad and Allan talking about pointlessness to burnout and overtime

78 hours 4 mins; March 01, 2016

060 - Jami Jeffcoat from Bungie Games creators of Destiny

73 hours 51 mins; February 15, 2016

059 - Matt Conway - Avatar, Game of Thrones and Avengers

164 hours 13 mins; February 08, 2016

058 - Dreamworks Animation Character TD Omar Garcia

93 hours 3 mins; February 01, 2016

057 - Darryl Johnson - Blizzard Cinematics, Blur Studio

137 hours 34 mins; January 18, 2016

056 - Ash Thorp - Director and Designer

108 hours 32 mins; January 11, 2016

055 - Going after the unattainable

61 hours 46 mins; January 04, 2016

054 - Working Visa Advice Pt. 2

64 hours 5 mins; December 29, 2015

053 - Actionable Goals

81 hours 26 mins; December 23, 2015

052 - USA Work Visas Explained

64 hours 24 mins; December 14, 2015

051 - Programming for creatives

81 hours 19 mins; December 07, 2015

050 - IAMag Career Masterclass - Paris

89 hours 21 mins; November 30, 2015

049 - Realflow's development team Next Limit

61 hours 20 mins; November 24, 2015

048 - Turbosquid's Vice President of Business - Beau Perschall

87 hours 7 mins; November 16, 2015

047 - Refinding your path

44 mins; November 10, 2015

046 - Mitch Bowler - A case study on lifestyle design

67 hours 14 mins; August 10, 2015

045 - Marc Simonetti - Game of Thrones - Concepts and Covers

90 hours 35 mins; August 03, 2015

044 - Making money on the side

108 hours 11 mins; July 25, 2015

043 - Revisiting our 2015 goals - and learning to fail UP!

93 hours 22 mins; July 21, 2015

042 - Creating the ultimate reel to get hired

83 hours 40 mins; July 13, 2015

041 - Gears of War - Microsoft's Character Team Roundtable

83 hours 43 mins; June 22, 2015

040 - Zsolt Poczos - Career, Commercials and Independence Day 2

135 hours 35 mins; June 15, 2015

039 - DAWN of the PLANET of the ZOMBIES ...

87 hours 59 mins; June 08, 2015

038 - Delcio Gomes - Industrial Light + Magic

96 hours 54 mins; June 01, 2015

037 - VFX Roundtable - Sol Rogers, Chad Wanstreet and Hnedel Maximore

97 hours 9 mins; May 26, 2015

036 - Fred Ruff - What it takes to create your own tv show for animal planet?

124 hours 57 mins; May 18, 2015

035 - Launching your own VFX Studio

134 hours 30 mins; May 11, 2015

034 - The Importance of Finding Mentors

61 hours 47 mins; May 05, 2015

033 - Studio Insight - Rising Sun Pictures

105 hours 55 mins; April 27, 2015

032 - Becoming a LinkedIn Ninja

78 hours 52 mins; April 20, 2015

031 - Killer tools to help you get s!#% _DONE_!

80 hours 35 mins; April 14, 2015

030 - Dan Roarty - Character Artist

117 hours 39 mins; April 06, 2015

029 - Andrew Kramer - Video Copilot

84 hours 47 mins; March 30, 2015

028 - Christopher Nichols - Chaos Group

141 hours 23 mins; March 19, 2015

027 - James Bennett from Zerply

150 hours 25 mins; March 09, 2015

026 - Extreme Workflow and Productivity Hacks

112 hours 41 mins; March 02, 2015

025 - Sol Rogers - The Authority on Virtual Reality PT. 2

44 mins; March 01, 2015

024 - Sol Rogers - The Authority on Virtual Reality

70 hours 47 mins; February 23, 2015

023 - Eddie Perblerg - 3DS Max Product Manager

95 hours 58 mins; February 16, 2015

022 - Tobin Kirk - Executive Producer

119 hours 49 mins; February 09, 2015

021 - Rob Nederhorst - Compositor & VFX Supervisor

74 hours 6 mins; February 02, 2015

020 - The book 'Inside VFX' Author - Pierre Grage

132 hours 16 mins; January 26, 2015

019 - Chad Wanstreet pt. 2

100 hours 34 mins; January 19, 2015

018 - Chad Wanstreet pt. 1

141 hours 33 mins; January 12, 2015

017 - Branding and defining your niche!

43 mins; January 08, 2015

016 - Reflecting back on my successes and failures of 2014

49 mins; January 05, 2015

015 - Travel the world working

45 mins; December 22, 2014

014 - The art of Negotiating Salary and raises

73 hours 36 mins; December 17, 2014

013 - Your Morning Ritual - Sleep Hacking and Ice Baths!

48 mins; December 12, 2014

012 - Work from anywhere

99 hours 25 mins; December 10, 2014

011 - Reaching out to studios for work

42 mins; December 05, 2014

010 - Your 2015 Goals and Designing your Career Blueprint

46 mins; December 03, 2014

009 - Todd Sheridan Perry - Quit the 9-5 and work from home!

146 hours 48 mins; December 01, 2014

008 - John Brennick - Hobbit 2, Planet of the apes

87 hours 7 mins; November 24, 2014

007 - Career Advice - Breaking into the industry through the side door

34 mins; November 19, 2014

006 - Sean Ritchie - The Walking Dead TV Series

52 mins; November 14, 2014

005 - Studio Pipelines & Mango Platform (Bonus Episode)

61 hours 35 mins; November 12, 2014

004 - Mastering Interview & Communication Skills

43 mins; November 10, 2014

003 - Interview with Carlos Anguiano part 2

80 hours 58 mins; November 03, 2014

Bonus - Anselm von Seherr-Thoß - FX Technical Director

81 hours 28 mins; November 02, 2014

002 - Interview with Carlos Anguiano part 1

98 hours 38 mins; October 30, 2014

001 - Mastering your freelance career

124 hours 37 mins; October 29, 2014

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