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Podcast EP 205: How Anik Rosenblum Started Dancing Line Productions

Vancouver-based 2D animation director shares his journey from Lithuania to Israel and finally Vancouver in pursuit of an artistic career.

Check out Terry Ibele’s Animation Industry Podcast featuring a new podcast every week focusing on the stories of today’s animation professionals - how they got to where they are and what they learned along the way. Now home to 205 episodes, the podcasts cover all areas of the industry, including storyboarding, writing, animating, directing, visual development, and game design. Guests have included Aaron Augenblick, the notorious JJ Villard, Spike & Mike’s Spike Decker, Disney Director John Musker, Sony Lead Animator Humberto Rosa, Cuphead’s Tina Nowracki, Frederator’s Fred Seibert, Tumble Leaf’s Scarlet Nelson, and many others from major animation studios all over the world.

Episode 205: How Anik Rosenblum Started Dancing Line Productions in Vancouver

This episode features Vancouver-based 2D animation director Anik Rosenblum, who has, over the years, won multiple awards for his commercial work with brands like General Motors, Tim Hortons, and Pfizer. In this chat, Rosenblum shares his journey from Lithuania to Israel and finally Vancouver in pursuit of an artistic career.

Tune in to Ibele and Rosenblum to hear:

  • How Rosenblum founded his own animation studio
  • Rosenblum’s number one piece of advice for clients looking for commercial animation
  • What 10 years of experience working on TV shows taught Rosenblum before starting his studio

Ibele has begun to publish the interviews as videos as well – you can find previous interviews here!

Social Links:

  • Check out Dancing Line Productions’ website
  • Follow Dancing Line Productions on Instagram

Ibele, himself a stop-motion animator (see AWN’s Fresh Takes piece on his whimsical short, The Silly Duck Wizard, deftly digs into all manner of topics, encouraging interviewees to share insights and opinions on a wide range of topics like pitching shows, marketing your work online, key skills studios look for when they bring on talent in storyboarding, vizdev, character design, and animation.

In 2018, Ibele, who lives in Toronto, decided to quit his career as a Marketer and pursue his love for animation. Since then, he’s become well known for his viral animation productions, which include the previously mentioned Silly Duck Wizard, which is how AWN first came to know him and his work.

Learn more about Ibele’s work and podcast by visiting terryibele.com. You can find all The Animation Podcast episodes on his Soundcloud site: https://soundcloud.com/animation-podcast.

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Debbie Diamond Sarto is news editor at Animation World Network.