30: The Largest Collection of Little Guys with Luca Depardon

Luca joins the podcast to offer his insight on bug fandom being the foremost expert in the field.

Luca Ogawa Depardon is an animator and illustrator from NYC. His animations are playful fusions of traditional and experimental animation techniques, daydreams, inventive editing, and funky characters. His films have been featured internationally at places such as the New Chintose Airport Animation Festival, Centré Pompidou, the Annecy International Animation Festival, The Ottawa International Film Festival, The Bucheon International Animation Festival, La Guarimba, and the Animation Block Party at BAM. Luca has also done work for such clients as VICE, The Children’s Museum of the Arts in NYC and Adult Swim. He earned his BFA in Illustration from the Rhode Island School of Design.

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Links to points of discussion (will update shortly!):

• Luca's website
• Luca's Instagram
• The Animator's Animations
• The Animator's Playlist on Apple Music and Spotify
• TAF interview with Nayon Cho
• The Animator's Friend on Instagram
• TAF interview with David De La Fuente
• Vice
• The Animator's Favorites
• Mother's Milk
• The Sandwich Hut - RI
• New York Public Library Schwarzman Building
• Talon - NYC
• Forbidden Planet - NYC
• Eyeworks Experimental Animation Series - Worldwide
• Rockaway Film Festival - NYC
• Ottawa Animation Festival - Canada
• New York Int'l Children's Film Festival - NYC
• Nayon Cho's website
• Sideworld - East Coast

The Animator's Friend is hosted by India Lombardi-Bello, an educator based in New York City. In this series, India creates a platform where animators get to talk about themselves outside the context of their work. A questionnaire format, inspired by the 24 frames per second of animation, allows for personal, lighthearted, and unexpected conversation.

Credits:

• Recorded, produced, and edited by India Lombardi-Bello
• Digital marketing assistance from Arnesh Kundu
• Music by Cloutmeyer
• Design by Sawyer Rippon
• Special thanks to my mom and dad and Nayon Cho
• All opinions belong to the guests and do not represent any other individual or entity