395 - Sir Wade Neistadt - From Animation School to Cannes

Sir Wade Neistadt is a Freelance Animator, VFX Artist and YouTube Creator. Currently, his YouTube Channel has over 205K followers.

In 2014, after his short film about a sick superhero brought him to the Cannes Film Festival, he completed Animation Mentor's Character Animation Program and got immediately hired at DreamWorks Animation as a Technical Trainer / Educator. Two years later, he left the studio to travel, work freelance and build his YouTube Channel.

Sir Wade had taught over 50 classes across our pipeline ranging from proprietary software for animation, layout, and lighting, to third-party tools such as Maya, Mari, Substance, After Effects, Nuke, etc.

In this Podcast, Allan McKay interviews YouTuber and Freelance Animator Sir Wade Neistadt about his journey from an animation school to the Cannes Film Festival, his first job at Dreamworks, launching his YouTube Channel – as well as skills artists need to launch their careers.

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