

Pencils vs Pixels
Animating dreams, shifting reality.
Genres
Overview
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.
Details
Budget
$0
Revenue
$0
Runtime
72 min
Release Date
2023-06-15
Status
Released
Original Language
English
Vote Count
9
Vote Average
8.556
Ming-Na Wen
Self - Narrator (voice)
Pete Docter
Self
John Musker
Self
Tony Bancroft
Self
Jorge R. Gutierrez
Self
Seth MacFarlane
Self
Glen Keane
Self
Tina Price
Self
Lorna Cook
Self
Kevin Smith
Self
Alex Hirsch
Self
Floyd Norman
Self
Bruce W. Smith
Self
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