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Pencils vs Pixels

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Pencils vs Pixels

Animating dreams, shifting reality.

8.6

1h 12m

2023

“Animating dreams, shifting reality.”

Synopsis

A documentary told from the voices of the "second golden age" of animation in the 1990s and 2000s about the rise, fall and rise again of hand-drawn animation. They were trained by animation masters that created the principles of animation, they took animation to heights no one dreamed of - and then came the computer.

Director

Phil Earnest

Bay Dariz

Trailer

Documentary

hand drawn animation

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Cast & Crew

Ming-Na Wen

Ming-Na Wen

as Self - Narrator (voice)

Pete Docter

Pete Docter

as Self

John Musker

John Musker

as Self

Tony Bancroft

Tony Bancroft

as Self

Jorge R. Gutierrez

Jorge R. Gutierrez

as Self

Seth MacFarlane

Seth MacFarlane

as Self

Glen Keane

Glen Keane

as Self

Tina Price

as Self

Lorna Cook

Lorna Cook

as Self

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