Your Creative Push

Cinzia Angelini is a veteran story artist, animator and director with more than 20 years working in the animation industry.  She has worked both in 2D as well as CG and is currently a story artist for Illumination Pictures.  She has worked on films such as The Prince of Egypt, The Road to El Dorado, Meet the Robinsons, Bolt, and Spider-Man 2. Her latest project is titled, Mila.   In this episode, Cinzia discusses: -A bit about her professional background and how she got to the point she now finds herself in her career. -The inspiration behind Mila. -How she attributes the team of 250 people from 25 countries wanting to work on Mila because of its powerful theme. -How animation artists typically work on happier projects intended to make children laugh, but the chance to work on such a strongly themed project made many of them want to jump on it. -Some of the challenges that come from working with a large team from all over the world in a virtual environment. -How she is happy that she was somewhat ignorant of