Podcast appearances and mentions of hal hickel

Ian Failes from befores & afters talks to production VFX supervisor Grady Cofer and production animation supervisor Hal Hickel about season 3 of 'The Mandalorian', including the use of StageCraft, practical effects and digital effects for Grogu and IG-12, and the final jetpack battle.

For this, the second special Emmy nominees episode I got to speak with friend of the podcast and former guest VFX Animation Supervisor Hal Hickel (check out episode 68 for that conversation) along with Grady Cofer, Production Visual Effects Supervisor.We chat about their work on the show, the balance of innovation and tradition, the use of certain tools of their trade and the collaborative nature of VFX work.LinksReturn of the Jedi Timeline Book - Register your interest!Etsy Shop - Buy your Jabba print hereFilmumentaries MerchSupport the Podcast on PatreonLinktreeThis show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, if you are interested in advertising on this podcast, contact us at https://www.spreaker.com/show/5530733/advertisement

Our discussion continues with ILM Animation Supervisor HAL HICKEL! We dive deep into The Mandalorian Season 3 and talk about all the creatures. If you love learning about how movies & TV are made, this is the way.     We will also share our BEST. DAY. EVER!! May the 4th! This has truly become a Star Wars holiday. We share our experience on TV with K-ABC's coverage of Star Wars Day, Disneyland/Galaxy's Edge, and the fun time we had hosting an extra-special Star Wars Trivia Challenge at the Signal Hill Library right here in Long Beach. NEW BOOK - Skywalking Through My Fandom available now!! Order here:             View this post on Instagram                       A post shared by Skywalking Network (@skywalkingpod)   Subscribe to our YouTube Channel for more videos and fun Shorts   Like this one:   https://youtube.com/shorts/2fhDORTPtDg?feature=share   This is the Way.   Today in Star Wars History, Part 2 NOW AVAILABLE   Use code LIFEDAYFREESHIP for free shipping on 2 or more books!     Autographed Edition!!     Check out these SKYwalking NETwork Podcasts:   Classic Marvel Star Wars Comics - Delving into each issue of the Star Wars comic series 1977-1986 The Max EFX Podcast - Chronicling the 35-year Special Effects film career of Max Cervantes Neverland Clubhouse - Two sisters, and best friends, sharing Disney adventures Talking Apes - focusing on the original Planet of the Apes films and TV shows Totally Tell Me Everything - Two ladies, one topic, three questions. Sarah Woloski and Bryn MacKinnon learn, share and grow. Star Warsologies - A podcast about Science and Star Wars   SPONSORS   Small World Vacations is an official sponsor of Skywalking Through Neverland. Contact them for a no obligation price quote at www.smallworldvacations.com. Tell them Skywalking Through Neverland sent you.   SUPPORT THE SHOW   Find out how you can become a part of the Skywalking Force and unlock bonus content.   CONTACT US   Instagram: http://instagram.com/skywalkingpod Twitter: https://twitter.com/SkywalkingPod Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/skywalkingthroughneverland Send emails to share@skywalkingthroughneverland.com and follow us on Facebook.   If you dug this episode, click over to iTunes | Stitcher | YouTube and leave us a review!   Never Land on Alderaan!

Our discussion continues with ILM Animation Supervisor HAL HICKEL! We dive deep into The Mandalorian Season 3 and talk about all the creatures. If you love learning about how movies & TV are made, this is the way.     We will also share our BEST. DAY. EVER!! May the 4th! This has truly become a Star Wars holiday. We share our experience on TV with K-ABC's coverage of Star Wars Day, Disneyland/Galaxy's Edge, and the fun time we had hosting an extra-special Star Wars Trivia Challenge at the Signal Hill Library right here in Long Beach. NEW BOOK - Skywalking Through My Fandom available now!! Order here:             View this post on Instagram                       A post shared by Skywalking Network (@skywalkingpod)   Subscribe to our YouTube Channel for more videos and fun Shorts   Like this one:   https://youtube.com/shorts/2fhDORTPtDg?feature=share   This is the Way.   Today in Star Wars History, Part 2 NOW AVAILABLE   Use code LIFEDAYFREESHIP for free shipping on 2 or more books!     Autographed Edition!!     Check out these SKYwalking NETwork Podcasts:   Classic Marvel Star Wars Comics - Delving into each issue of the Star Wars comic series 1977-1986 The Max EFX Podcast - Chronicling the 35-year Special Effects film career of Max Cervantes Neverland Clubhouse - Two sisters, and best friends, sharing Disney adventures Talking Apes - focusing on the original Planet of the Apes films and TV shows Totally Tell Me Everything - Two ladies, one topic, three questions. Sarah Woloski and Bryn MacKinnon learn, share and grow. Star Warsologies - A podcast about Science and Star Wars   SPONSORS   Small World Vacations is an official sponsor of Skywalking Through Neverland. Contact them for a no obligation price quote at www.smallworldvacations.com. Tell them Skywalking Through Neverland sent you.   SUPPORT THE SHOW   Find out how you can become a part of the Skywalking Force and unlock bonus content.   CONTACT US   Instagram: http://instagram.com/skywalkingpod Twitter: https://twitter.com/SkywalkingPod Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/skywalkingthroughneverland Send emails to share@skywalkingthroughneverland.com and follow us on Facebook.   If you dug this episode, click over to iTunes | Stitcher | YouTube and leave us a review!   Never Land on Alderaan!

Please welcome ILM Animation Supervisor HAL HICKEL, whose work you can see in The Mandalorian, The Book of Boba Fett, Rogue One, The Phantom Menace, Attack of the Clones, and more! He won an Oscar for his work on Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest. This episode contains so many fantastic stories about his work that we had to break this conversation into 2 parts. This is PART 1!   We also give you a great rundown of Disneyland After Dark: Star Wars Nite!! This special ticketed event has gotten better and better each year. Hear how Richard met R5-D4, and Sarah was twitterpated with Anakin Skywalker!!   NEW BOOK - Skywalking Through My Fandom available now!! Order here:             View this post on Instagram                       A post shared by Skywalking Network (@skywalkingpod)   Subscribe to our YouTube Channel for more videos and fun Shorts   Like this one:   https://youtube.com/shorts/2fhDORTPtDg?feature=share   This is the Way.   Today in Star Wars History, Part 2 NOW AVAILABLE   Use code LIFEDAYFREESHIP for free shipping on 2 or more books!     Autographed Edition!!     Check out these SKYwalking NETwork Podcasts:   Classic Marvel Star Wars Comics - Delving into each issue of the Star Wars comic series 1977-1986 The Max EFX Podcast - Chronicling the 35-year Special Effects film career of Max Cervantes Neverland Clubhouse - Two sisters, and best friends, sharing Disney adventures Talking Apes - focusing on the original Planet of the Apes films and TV shows Totally Tell Me Everything - Two ladies, one topic, three questions. Sarah Woloski and Bryn MacKinnon learn, share and grow. Star Warsologies - A podcast about Science and Star Wars   SPONSORS   Small World Vacations is an official sponsor of Skywalking Through Neverland. Contact them for a no obligation price quote at www.smallworldvacations.com. Tell them Skywalking Through Neverland sent you.   SUPPORT THE SHOW   Find out how you can become a part of the Skywalking Force and unlock bonus content.   CONTACT US   Instagram: http://instagram.com/skywalkingpod Twitter: https://twitter.com/SkywalkingPod Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/skywalkingthroughneverland Send emails to share@skywalkingthroughneverland.com and follow us on Facebook.   If you dug this episode, click over to iTunes | Stitcher | YouTube and leave us a review!   Never Land on Alderaan!

Please welcome ILM Animation Supervisor HAL HICKEL, whose work you can see in The Mandalorian, The Book of Boba Fett, Rogue One, The Phantom Menace, Attack of the Clones, and more! He won an Oscar for his work on Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest. This episode contains so many fantastic stories about his work that we had to break this conversation into 2 parts. This is PART 1!   We also give you a great rundown of Disneyland After Dark: Star Wars Nite!! This special ticketed event has gotten better and better each year. Hear how Richard met R5-D4, and Sarah was twitterpated with Anakin Skywalker!!   NEW BOOK - Skywalking Through My Fandom available now!! Order here:             View this post on Instagram                       A post shared by Skywalking Network (@skywalkingpod)   Subscribe to our YouTube Channel for more videos and fun Shorts   Like this one:   https://youtube.com/shorts/2fhDORTPtDg?feature=share   This is the Way.   Today in Star Wars History, Part 2 NOW AVAILABLE   Use code LIFEDAYFREESHIP for free shipping on 2 or more books!     Autographed Edition!!     Check out these SKYwalking NETwork Podcasts:   Classic Marvel Star Wars Comics - Delving into each issue of the Star Wars comic series 1977-1986 The Max EFX Podcast - Chronicling the 35-year Special Effects film career of Max Cervantes Neverland Clubhouse - Two sisters, and best friends, sharing Disney adventures Talking Apes - focusing on the original Planet of the Apes films and TV shows Totally Tell Me Everything - Two ladies, one topic, three questions. Sarah Woloski and Bryn MacKinnon learn, share and grow. Star Warsologies - A podcast about Science and Star Wars   SPONSORS   Small World Vacations is an official sponsor of Skywalking Through Neverland. Contact them for a no obligation price quote at www.smallworldvacations.com. Tell them Skywalking Through Neverland sent you.   SUPPORT THE SHOW   Find out how you can become a part of the Skywalking Force and unlock bonus content.   CONTACT US   Instagram: http://instagram.com/skywalkingpod Twitter: https://twitter.com/SkywalkingPod Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/skywalkingthroughneverland Send emails to share@skywalkingthroughneverland.com and follow us on Facebook.   If you dug this episode, click over to iTunes | Stitcher | YouTube and leave us a review!   Never Land on Alderaan!

For this episode, number 68 I spoke with an animator at ILM, namely Hal Hickel. Now, if you're on twitter you'll know that Hal is a prolific tweeter. I've had a number of conversations with him online. Recently in one conversation it transpired that Hal had done some of the work on the 2004 version of Star Wars (A new hope), particularly on the redone Jabba scene. A redo of the 1997 special edition release. My friend Drew of Star Wars Visual Comparisons. So I decided to approach Hal to come on the podcast and talk about that scene as well as many of the films he's worked on over the years. Looking at my notes here for the keywords I'll add to the podcast, we talk about Toy Story, Jurassic Park, Rogue One, The Life Aquatic and many more inbetween.Filmumentaries Merch!Support the Podcast on Patreon

Ian Failes from befores & afters chats to Rose Duignan and Hal Hickel, who both appeared in the 'Light & Magic' documentary, about the early days of ILM, the practical-to-digital transition, and the latest innovations at the studio.

Join us for a very special episode as we welcome ILM Production Supervisor Rose Duignan and ILM Visual Effects Supervisor Hal Hickel to Making Tracks to discuss their careers at ILM, the Disney Plus Documentary Light & Magic and events both past, present and future. Remember to tune in to Good Morning Tatooine, LIVE Sunday evenings at 9.00pm UK, 4.00pm Eastern and 1.00pm Pacific on Facebook and YouTube and check out our Fantha Tracks Radio Friday Night Rotation every Friday night at 7.00pm UK for new episodes of The Fantha From Down Under, Planet Leia, Desert Planet Discs, Start Your Engines, Collecting Tracks, Canon Fodder and special episodes of Making Tracks. You can contact any of our shows and send in your listeners questions by emailing radio@fanthatracks.com or comment on our social media feeds: www.youtube.com/channel/UCZ7LZotr3rQhVJwpO3b2ELw www.instagram.com/fanthatracks www.facebook.com/FanthaTracks www.twitter.com/FanthaTracks www.pinterest.co.uk/fanthatracks/ www.fanthatracks.tumblr.com/ www.tiktok.com/@fanthatracks

As Lawrence Kasdan's 6-part documentary series Light & Magic lands on Disney Plus we celebrate its arrival by delving into the archives and bringing conversations with a slew of ILM legends. Dennis Muren, Phil Tippett, Lorne Peterson, Hal Hickel, Bill Kimberlin and Nelson Hall give us a flavour of what challenges lay ahead while creating the magic, from the earliest days of ILM right up to the present day and The Mandalorian. Get comfy under the learning tree on this very special episode of Making Tracks. Remember to tune in to Good Morning Tatooine, LIVE Sunday evenings at 9.00pm UK, 4.00pm Eastern and 1.00pm Pacific on Facebook and YouTube and check out our Fantha Tracks Radio Friday Night Rotation every Friday night at 7.00pm UK for new episodes of The Fantha From Down Under, Planet Leia, Desert Planet Discs, Start Your Engines, Collecting Tracks, Canon Fodder and special episodes of Making Tracks. You can contact any of our shows and send in your listeners questions by emailing radio@fanthatracks.com or comment on our social media feeds: www.youtube.com/channel/UCZ7LZotr3rQhVJwpO3b2ELw www.instagram.com/fanthatracks www.facebook.com/FanthaTracks www.twitter.com/FanthaTracks www.pinterest.co.uk/fanthatracks/ www.fanthatracks.tumblr.com/ www.tiktok.com/@fanthatracks

On this remixed, re-edited version of our Super Mega Show from 2021 featuring Krystina Arielle (Star Wars High Republic Show), Hal Hickel (Industrial Light & Magic), Ash Crossan (ScreenRant) and Clayton Sandell (Newsly and "Star Wars Timelines") we bring you an unprecedented roundtable of Star Wars A-Listers and took them through a unique set of 9 Questions that range from the serious to the absurd. It is almost 90 minutes of laughs and great perspectives from people who bring their own spin to the saga.Share this or any ATGcast podcast before June 3, 2022 with the hashtag #ATGRONIN for a chance to win a Mandalorian Mei Sho Movie Realization Ronin Mandalorian and Grogu figures!8:50 - When I say “Star Wars,” what's the first thing that comes to mind?13:30 - What's your favorite Star Wars memory?24:45 - Name an actor you'd like to see in a Star Wars project.31:50 - Favorite non-Star Wars movie?43:00 - If you could go on vacation with any Star Wars character, who would it be?49:30 - Who do you want to see get a Star Wars spinoff series?56:25 - If you could have any Star Wars critter as a pet, what would it be?62:30 - What is one collectible you'd love to have in your collection?69:20 - Who is on the Mount Rushmore of Star Wars CharactersATGcast.comPatreon.com/ATGcast@ATGcast(c) 2022 Pete in the Seat Studios

Hal Hickel | Visual Effects Animatorhttps://www.imdb.com/name/nm0382579/Hal Hickel joined Industrial Light & Magic in 1996 as an animator for The Lost World: Jurassic Park. On his next production, he was promoted to lead animator and given responsibility for the animation of several characters in Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace. In 2000, Hickel was moved up to animation supervisor, teaming up with multi-Academy Award winning visual effects supervisor Dennis Muren on Steven Spielberg’s A.I. Artificial Intelligence.His special interest in animation lies in the challenge of integrating fantastic characters and creatures into live-action films. Hickel has since supervised the animation work on Star Wars: Episode II Attack of the Clones, Iron Man and the first three films in the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise.In 2007, his work on Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest was recognized with both an Academy Award ® for Outstanding Achievement in Visual Effects and the BAFTA for Best Achievement in Visual Effects.Hickel was the Animation Supervisor on Guillermo del Toro’s sci-fi epic, Pacific Rim for which he received his fifth BAFTA nomination and a Visual Effects Society Nomination for Outstanding Visual Effects. Prior to that, he was the Animation Director on ILM’s first  feature, Rango which received the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature. In 2016, Hickel took on the task of animating the epic battle between orcs &humans in Warcraft. He served as Animation Supervisor in a galaxy far, far away for Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, which earned him, Oscar, BAFTA and VES award nominations for visual effects. More recently he supervised animation in the train heist sequence in Solo: A Star Wars Story, and is now Animation Supervisor on Lucasfilm’s first live action Star Wars TV show, The Mandalorian.Originally from Portland, Oregon, Hickel studied Film Graphics at California Institute of the Arts before being hired by Will Vinton Studios as a clay animator and motion control operator for commercials and television specials featuring the California Raisins, amongst other characters. Hickel left Vinton in 1994 to join Pixar as an animator on their first  animated feature, Toy Story. Upon completing Toy Story, Hickel was hired at ILM.

Recorded LIVE this was the biggest Star Wars conversation to hit the web so far in 2021! The Around the Galaxy Super Mega Episode featuring Ash Crossan of Entertainment Tonight, Krystina Arielle of the High Republic Show, Hal Hickel animation supervisor for #StarWars The #Mandalorian and Rogue One and former ABC reporter and creator of the "Force of Sound" documentary, joined us for a roundtable of 10 questions that reminded us that #StarWars is fun. Follow us on twitter: @ATGcast Join us for exclusive perks like being part of the "virtual studio audience" when our episodes are recorded at www.Patreon.com/ATGcast --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/atgcast/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/atgcast/support

Episodio 219 de Star Wars en cortoIniciamos la semana con un tema de que se ha hablado muy poco, inclusive fue omitido en el capitulo de segunda temporada de Disney Gallery, de la mano de Hal Hickel encargado de los efectos especiales sabemos un poco más de la participación del maestro Jedi en el final de temporadaLa información en Star Wars News Net:https://www.starwarsnewsnet.com/2021/03/star-wars-visual-effects-supervisor-hal-hickel-goes-deep-into-a-lot-of-behind-the-scenes-stories-from-lucasfilm-and-ilm.htmlCanal de YouTube de Star Wars en corto:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCG_04YUoyL0M-DUjKx_-39gMis redes sociales:https://twitter.com/MartinVolumenhttps://www.instagram.com/martinvolumen https://www.facebook.com/MartinVolumen

On this episode we are joined by Hal Hickel, the animation director of ILM! Hal has been working with Lucasfilm and Star Wars since The Phantom Menace. He shares stories from throughout his career, spanning back to working on the original Toy Story for Pixar. There are a lot of heartwarming, charming, and hilarious stories here, including how Hal inadvertently pissed off George Lucas once because of an edit he made to a notable scene, Mark Hamill's return as Luke in The Mandalorian, working with Favreau and Filoni, and an absolutely wonderful story about a letter he wrote to Lucasfilm as a kid. The Resistance base is open to all, so spread the word about our Star Wars podcast and join us! Be sure to subscribe free to the show on your preferred platform!

JAM PACKED @SaintsTwitPod ep where we bring together @ILMVFX Visual Effects Director @halhickel and Cosmologist @Astropartigirl to talk all things Star Wars, #Mandalorian S2, SciFi, Space, Mars, diversity in the industry, and more!

Alice White (@alicewhitethp) and Buddy Duquesne (@buddy_duquesne) have the amazing honor to present this interview with industry legend and ACTUAL Rogue One crew member: Hal Hickel! Hal Hickel is a four time Oscar nominee for Achievement in Visual Effects (including for his work on Rogue One!), winning once for his work on Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest. He is an animation director at Industrial Light and Magic, is responsible for the movement of the Droidekas, and is currently the animation supervisor for The Mandalorian. Hal was so kind to come on our show and talk about his background in animation, his thoughts on stop-motion and claymation, and his work on our favorite movie. He talks about the creation of K2-SO, the reshoots and post-production challenges, and what it means for a boy from a farm in Colorado to work on and create for Star Wars. Don't forget to join us at the end of the month for our discussion of part 1 (chapters 1-13) of Catalyst: A Rogue One Novel by James Luceno. Follow Hal on twitter here! If you'd like to support the show please visit our Patreon! Follow the show on twitter @RogueFunPod and let us know what you think. Support Rogue Fun: A Podcast Story by donating to their Tip Jar: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/roguefun Find out more at https://roguefun.pinecast.co This podcast is powered by Pinecast.

In dieser Sonderfolge zum Jahresende freue ich mich über Hal Hickel, Animation Supervisor bei Industrial Light & Magic. Ich spreche mit Hal detailliert… Der Beitrag Sonderfolge: Hal Hickel, Animation Supervisor erschien zuerst auf Hinter der Kamera.

Adam and Ryan have the honor of chatting with Hal Hickel, Animation Director of projects such as Star Wars The Mandalorian, Rogue One, Phantom Menace, Attack of the Clones, Iron Man, Toy Story, and more! We dive deep into how he got into that industry, working in Star Wars projects, Mandalorian, developing Grogu (Baby Yoda) and more!Become a Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/saintstwitterpod

This week we talk to legendary Academy and BAFTA award winning ILM Animation Supervisor Hal Hickel. Hal has been the Animation Supervisor on numerous films like Iron Man, Pacific Rim, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, and Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest. Most recently he is acting as the Animation Supervisor on The Mandalorian. We pick Hal's brain and get an in depth look at how The Mandalorian is made and what it takes to make it look as great as it does. This discussion is a must listen for Star Wars fans and film industry nerds. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/thenerdosphere/support

Hal Hickel is the Oscar winning Animation Supervisor at Industrial Light and Magic who, among many other things, has been leading #VFX work on #BabyYoda in #TheMandalorian. In this second part of a two part conversation we talk about bringing #Grogu to life, #JonFavreau's vision of the Child, The Volume impact on VFX and #RogueOne 0:00 - Intro 3:00 Being asked to join the Mandalorian 6:15 - Response as a fan 11:25 - Did you think Grogu would be this big? 14:00 - Favreau’s vision for Grogu 17:15 - Mandalorian Season 2 Approach 22:30 - The Volume and it's impact on animation 29:00 - What makes Star Wars Star Wars? 34:00 - Star Wars entry points 40:30 - 10 Questions 51:00 - Rogue one talk Around the Galaxy, the Star Wars Fan Talkshow drops new episodes every Tuesday with authors, personalities and super fans. Follow us on Twitter @ATGcast From the ILM website: Hal Hickel joined Industrial Light & Magic in 1996 as an animator for The Lost World: Jurassic Park. His special interest in animation lies in the challenge of integrating fantastic characters and creatures into live-action films. He was promoted to Lead Animator on his second film and was responsible for animating several characters in Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace. In 2000, Hickel moved up to Animation Supervisor, teaming up with multi-Academy Award®-winning visual effects supervisor Dennis Muren on Steven Spielberg’s A.I. Artificial Intelligence. In 2007, his work on Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest was recognized with both an Academy Award® for Outstanding Achievement in Visual Effects and the BAFTA for Best Achievement in Visual Effects. Hickel was the Animation Supervisor on Guillermo del Toro’s sci-fi epic, Pacific Rim, for which he received his fifth BAFTA nomination and a Visual Effects Society Nomination for Outstanding Visual Effects. Prior to that, he was the Animation Director on ILM’s first animated feature, Rango, which received the Academy Award® for Best Animated Feature. Originally from Portland, Oregon, Hickel studied Film Graphics at the California Institute of the Art before being hired by Will Vinton Studios as a clay animator and motion-control operator for commercials and television specials featuring the California Raisins, amongst other characters. As a trusted source for Star Wars reporting, opinion, and conversation, you can find your new episodes with ease on www.BeyondTheBlastDoors.com Keep up with all the latest Star Wars news, reviews, and the Beyond the Blast Doors shows at www.BeyondTheBlastDoors.com Follow us on Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/BeyondTheBlastdoors Follow us on Twitter - https://twitter.com/BTBD_PodcastFollow us on Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/beyondtheblastdoors Do you like #BeyondTheBlastDoors and want more? Consider supporting the BTBD guys on Patreon! You can help guide how they create more content, and have it tailored to what you like. Check it out! #Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/BeyondTheBlastDoors --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/atgcast/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/atgcast/support

Hal Hickel is the Oscar winning Animation Supervisor at Industrial Light and Magic who, among many other things, has been leading #VFX work on #BabyYoda in #TheMandalorian. In this first part of a two part conversation we talk about a letter he wrote as a child to #Lucasfilm that drove him to achieve his dream of working at #ILM. We talk about his work on #ToyStory, his development of #BossNass and the climactic battle in #AttackOfTheClones. Around the Galaxy, the Star Wars Fan Talkshow drops new episodes every Tuesday with authors, personalities and super fans. Follow us on Twitter @ATGcast From the ILM website: Hal Hickel joined Industrial Light & Magic in 1996 as an animator for The Lost World: Jurassic Park. His special interest in animation lies in the challenge of integrating fantastic characters and creatures into live-action films. He was promoted to Lead Animator on his second film and was responsible for animating several characters in Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace. In 2000, Hickel moved up to Animation Supervisor, teaming up with multi-Academy Award®-winning visual effects supervisor Dennis Muren on Steven Spielberg’s A.I. Artificial Intelligence. In 2007, his work on Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest was recognized with both an Academy Award® for Outstanding Achievement in Visual Effects and the BAFTA for Best Achievement in Visual Effects. Hickel was the Animation Supervisor on Guillermo del Toro’s sci-fi epic, Pacific Rim, for which he received his fifth BAFTA nomination and a Visual Effects Society Nomination for Outstanding Visual Effects. Prior to that, he was the Animation Director on ILM’s first animated feature, Rango, which received the Academy Award® for Best Animated Feature. Originally from Portland, Oregon, Hickel studied Film Graphics at the California Institute of the Art before being hired by Will Vinton Studios as a clay animator and motion-control operator for commercials and television specials featuring the California Raisins, amongst other characters. Keep up with all the latest Star Wars news, reviews, and the Beyond the Blast Doors shows at www.BeyondTheBlastDoors.com Follow us on Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/BeyondTheBlastdoors Follow us on Twitter - https://twitter.com/BTBD_Podcast Follow us on Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/beyondtheblastdoors Do you like #BeyondTheBlastDoors and want more? Consider supporting the BTBD guys on Patreon! You can help guide how they create more content, and have it tailored to what you like. Check it out! #Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/BeyondTheBlastDoors --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/atgcast/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/atgcast/support

Episode 41 of Making Tracks is here as we head over to San Francisco for our final chat with ILM Animation Supervisor Hal Hickel as he discusses his ILM career, we take a look at Disney Gallery episode 6, the latest additions to the Rancho Obi-Wan Virtual Museum and take a listeners question. Be sure to come back tomorrow for the 4th episode of Canon Fodder. You can contact any of our shows and send in your listeners questions by emailing radio@fanthatracks.com or comment on our social media feeds: www.youtube.com/channel/UCZ7LZotr3rQhVJwpO3b2ELw www.instagram.com/fanthatracks www.facebook.com/FanthaTracks www.twitter.com/FanthaTracks www.pinterest.co.uk/fanthatracks/ www.fanthatracks.tumblr.com/ www.tiktok.com/@fanthatracks

It's not only The Empire Strikes Back that's hitting the big 4-0, our studio episodes of Making Tracks are also appraching middle-age as we spread out into the galaxy for the second part of our chat with ILM Animation Supervisor Hal Hickel to discuss Jon Favreau, his favourite directors and more as well as looking at Disney Gallery Episode 5, the ILM Empire at 40 video and The Black Series new figures and packaging refresh. All this on episode 40 of Making Tracks. Be sure to be back here on Thursday 4th June for our conversation with BB-8 performer Brian Herring from Farthest From 22 LIVE. You can find us on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Stitcher, Android, Spotify, Soundcloud, TuneIn IHeart radio and Spreaker. You can find us on Smart Speakers such as Amazon Alexa, Apple HomePod, Google Home, and Sonos. We are also available in your car with Apple CarPlay and Android Auto, on your gaming console, and television; and of course you can find us on the Fantha Tracks App. For all the details on how to listen in and subscribe, check out our dedicated page for Fantha Tracks Radio. You can contact any of our shows and send in your listeners questions by emailing radio@fanthatracks.com or comment on our social media feeds: www.youtube.com/channel/UCZ7LZotr3rQhVJwpO3b2ELw www.instagram.com/fanthatracks www.facebook.com/FanthaTracks www.twitter.com/FanthaTracks www.pinterest.co.uk/fanthatracks/ www.fanthatracks.tumblr.com/ www.tiktok.com/@fanthatracks

Join us on a special episode of Making Tracks as we talk with ILM Animation Supervisor Hal Hickel. From The Phantom Menace right through to The Mandalorian, we take a walk through this Oscar winners time in the Star Wars galaxy in this hour long special. You can find us on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Stitcher, Android, Spotify, Soundcloud, TuneIn IHeart radio and Spreaker. You can find us on Smart Speakers such as Amazon Alexa, Apple HomePod, Google Home, and Sonos. We are also available in your car with Apple CarPlay and Android Auto, on your gaming console, and television; and of course you can find us on the Fantha Tracks App. For all the details on how to listen in and subscribe, check out our dedicated page for Fantha Tracks Radio. You can contact any of our shows and send in your listeners questions by emailing radio@fanthatracks.com or comment on our social media feeds: www.youtube.com/channel/UCZ7LZotr3rQhVJwpO3b2ELw www.instagram.com/fanthatracks www.facebook.com/FanthaTracks www.twitter.com/FanthaTracks www.pinterest.co.uk/fanthatracks/ www.fanthatracks.tumblr.com/ www.tiktok.com/@fanthatracks

We're almost at the big 4-0 ourselves, and as we present the 39th studio episode of Making Tracks we welcome ILM's Animation Supervisor Hal Hickel for the first of a 3-part chat here on the show. We discuss episode 4 of Disney Gallery: The Mandalorian, look back at the 40th anniversary of The Empire Strikes Back, discuss more rumours swirling around The Mandalorian and remember Ken Nightingall and Charles Lippincott. You can find us on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Stitcher, Android, Spotify, Soundcloud, TuneIn IHeart radio and Spreaker. You can find us on Smart Speakers such as Amazon Alexa, Apple HomePod, Google Home, and Sonos. We are also available in your car with Apple CarPlay and Android Auto, on your gaming console, and television; and of course you can find us on the Fantha Tracks App. For all the details on how to listen in and subscribe, check out our dedicated page for Fantha Tracks Radio. You can contact any of our shows and send in your listeners questions by emailing radio@fanthatracks.com or comment on our social media feeds: www.youtube.com/channel/UCZ7LZotr3rQhVJwpO3b2ELw www.instagram.com/fanthatracks www.facebook.com/FanthaTracks www.twitter.com/FanthaTracks www.pinterest.co.uk/fanthatracks/ www.fanthatracks.tumblr.com/ www.tiktok.com/@fanthatracks

Hello and welcome to episode 8 of The Closing Credits Podcast. Today, I interviewed Academy Award winning Industrial Light & Magic Animation Supervisor, Hal Hickel. In this episode, we spoke about his different work on various films, working on his first television show, The Mandalorian, when does one decide to use practicals vs VFX or a mix of both, animating digital humans, and if deep fakes are helpful to the industry.   Hal Hickel IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0382579/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0   Disney Gallery: The Mandalorian: https://disneyplusoriginals.disney.com/show/disney-gallery-the-mandalorian   Hal Hickel Twitter: https://twitter.com/halhickel   Industrial Light & Magic: https://www.ilm.com/ To find out more information, please go to www.closingcreditspod.com or @closingcred on Twitter and Instagram. Please also let me know of any jobs in the film industry you'd like to know more about or who you'd like to be interviewed!   Theme song is by Christopher Findlaytor, the logo is by Steve Mehallo, and special thanks to everyone who sent in questions and who have been supporting the podcast. Thanks again for tuning in!

One of the best things about THU is having so many world-class experts in one place — something Chris took advantage of when he assembled this panel for a discussion on digital humans. The superstar lineup consisted of digital Rembrandt Ian Spriggs, CG pioneer Paul Debevec, ILM’s chief re-animator Hal Hickel, acclaimed anatomy artist Scott Eaton, and Naughty Dog lead character artist Frank Tzeng. This debate tracks the evolution of digital characters through movies such as Spider-Man 2, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Wall-E, and The Incredibles. Chris and his guests tackle the challenges of building realistic digital humans, the shortcuts games take to present convincing characters on limited hardware, and how subtle artistic decisions can help inject personality and story. They also talk about the ethical conundrums of creating virtual people, and how the film stars of tomorrow might be AI-driven algorithms.

Recorded at THU, this week’s podcast guest is ILM Animation Director Hal Hickel. Inspired by Star Wars and Ray Harryhausen’s stop-motion work on King Kong, Hal became an animator on hugely successful California Raisins advertisements of the 1980s. Despite initial reservations, Hal switched clay for computers on Pixar’s breakthrough CG movie Toy Story, then moved to ILM for the Star Wars prequels, A.I. Artificial Intelligence and Rango. Thanks to his wealth of experience in character animation, Hal has become an expert on digital humans. He goes into detail on how ILM created a CG Grand Moff Tarkin for Rogue One and explains why, in this case, there were no ethical issues with digitally recreating the late Peter Cushing. He also talks about the tiny tweaks his team made to make the character look as real as possible and the dangers of getting stuck in the swamp of opinions at the bottom of the uncanny valley. This podcast serves as a concise guide to how digital characters have evolved — and where they’re headed next.

Today's guest, Hal Hickel, is an Animator Supervisor at Industrial Light & Magic, working on everything from The Phantom Menace (Boss Nass and the Droidekas) and Attack of the Clones (the Droid Factory and Battle of Geonosis) to Rogue One, helping to pioneer the incredible effects that brought Tarkin, Leia and K-2SO to the big screen.  Mr. Hickel has had a fascinating career, from Toy Story to Iron Man to his award winning work on Davy Jones and Pirates of the Caribbean. And we talk about it all, don't worry. For more behind-the-scenes stuff, as well as a link to some of our other in-depth interviews, check out: Website: www.TalkingBay94.com Twitter: www.twitter.com/TalkingBay94 Instagram: www.instagram.com/TalkingBay94

Dinner is served and it’s fitting for a band of marooned mutinous crew on the infamous island of Dead Man’s Chest. Join us for minute 77 of Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest as we discuss Wyvern’s incredible CG animation and detail, his likeness to the archaeological find the Tollund Man, his uncanny ability to rival Captain Jack Sparrow in circle talking, a comparison of Davy Jones and Wyvern, Hal Hickel’s animation team and Industrial Light and Magic, and the real origin of Robert Louis Stevenson’s song “Dead Man’s Chest” as found in his novel Treasure Island and its connection to Edward Teach, Blackbeard. Thank you for listening to this episode of The Black Pearl Show (Pirates of the Caribbean Minute)! If you enjoyed it, please like and share on Twitter and Facebook. We’d also be VERY grateful if you could rate, review, and subscribe to Pirates of the Caribbean Minute (Black Pearl Show) on iTunes. You can also listen and review via Stitcher, Tune In, and Google Play. For questions or comments, you can call the show at 86-37-PIRATE or send an email to podcast@blackpearlminute.com. We just might feature your questions on future episodes. Your support helps a lot in ranking this show and would be greatly appreciated. If you’re looking for a podcast that discusses Disney’s Pirates of the Caribbean film franchise (in a movies by minutes format), integrates historical pirate and the golden age of piracy facts, analyzes and entertains, then Pirates of the Caribbean Minute is for you. Website: http://blackpearlminute.com Facebook: https://facebook.com/PiratesoftheCaribbeanMinute Twitter: https://twitter.com/blackpearlmin Instagram: https://instagram.com/blackpearlshow Cursed Listeners’ Crew (A Pirates of the Caribbean Minute Facebook Group): https://www.facebook.com/groups/272990339778981/

The holy grail for many animators is to create digital humans that can pass for the real thing -- in other words to cross the "uncanny valley." The problem is that the closer they get to realism, the more those almost-real humans repulse us. Blame evolution for that. I talk with Hal Hickel from ILM who brought Peter Cushing to life on Rogue One, Marianne Hayden who worked on games like The Last of Us and Uncharted for Naughty Dog studios, Vladimir Mastilovic from 3Lateral studios who worked on Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice, and SVA instructor Terrence Masson about what it takes to cross that valley.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This episode is ILM Animation Director, Hal Hickel! Apart from being one of the most talented people in the industry, he's also a SUPER nice guy with amazing stories! We talk about him making stop motion movies growing up, learning to animated dinosaurs in a portable classroom, animating Boss Nass, WINNING AN OSCAR and how writing a letter to Lucasfilm as a kid later was signed by The Maker himself. Rate, share and enjoy!

The Legends Of S.H.I.E.L.D. Director Stargate Pioneer, Agent Haley, and Consultant Michelle discuss the Legion premiere episode “Chapter 4.”   THIS TIME ON LEGENDS OF S.H.I.E.L.D.:   Legion “Chapter 4” Weekly Marvel News   LEGION “CHAPTER 4” [03:17]   CHAPTER 4   Chapter 4 aired Wednesday March 1st, 2017 on FX and earned a 0.75 rating. Legion was renewed for a second season on March 15th, 2017.   Directed By: Larysa Kondracki http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2326979/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1#director 18 Credits Going Back to 2009 3 x Covert Affairs 1 x The Walking Dead 1 x The Americans 2 x Halt And Catch Fire 2 x Heroes Reborn 1 x Gotham 1 x Legion - Chapter 4 (2017) PRODUCER FOR: Copper & Shut Eye   Written By: Nathaniel Halpern http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2374942/?ref_=nv_sr_1#writer 8 credits since 2010 1 x The Killing 3 x Resurrection 1 x Outcast 2 x Legion - Chapter 4 (2017) - Chapter 6 (2017) ALSO THE PRODUCER: Legion   “Chapter 4” Meaning of Chapter 4   Good Evening - TV documentary - Drink freezes over while he talks - Oliver Anthony Bird - Fuzzy Little Bunny That Got Too Close To the Ocean And What Happened Next   What was real? (Syd) - Wake Up! - Montage Of Images - David’s mind is active - Astral plane   Mission To Find Out What Happened With David Before Clockworks - Dr. Poole’s Office - Your pass is an illusion - Psychic Projection - Objects Have Memory Too - David Attacked Dr. Poole - David’s a bomb - What did the stars say? - Maybe David’s hidden his memories - Maybe the break-in was to get rid of evidence?   Syd Is The Detective Figuring Out David - Montage (Flash forwards)   Amy Is Crazy In Detention - Meets Dr. Kissinger - We didn’t have a dog!   Syd Sees Angry Boy - Address For Philly (Ex-Girlfiend) - Ray and Irma Whitecloud (Boy and girl) - Kerry lives inside of Cary   Melanie Sees Oliver In Diving Suit - Oliver’s body is still in storage   David “wakes up” in Astral Plane - Follows Oliver - Up ladder - Into Ice Cube Apartment   Conversation At Oliver’s Projected Apartment - Beat Poetry - Your monster - The Devil With Yellow Eyes awaits outside - People need me - It’s not real unless you make it real   Buy A House - Ptonomy is “blind” - Philly’s memory -- King was with me everywhere -- Dinner with Dr. Poole -- Memory flash - Dr. Poole’s lighthouse - Friend: Benny, not Lenny - “They’re watching” - Kerry is itching for a fight   Conversation with Dr. Poole At The Lighthouse - Knows Melanie Bird - It’s a trap! - The EYE - Kerry: My turn! - Fight Montage to -- Oliver listening to music -- Cary watching David -- Melanie watching Oliver -- Amy in prison -- Kerry fighting -- Ptonomy / Syd versus The EYE   The Devil With Yellow Eyes versus David - Lenny needs to go - The rouse that the Eye is after Syd   David “Saves” Syd - The EYE shoots Kerry - Lenny appears behind David       Main Cast: Dan Stevens - as - David Haller (The Tomorrow People, Downton Abbey, Sense & Sensibility)   Rachel Keller- as - Sydney "Syd" Barrett (Mentalist, Supernatural, Fargo)   Aubrey Plaza - as - Lenny Busker (Scott Pilgrim vs. the World, Troopers, Parks and Recreation, Portlandia, The Legend Of Korra)   Bill Irwin - as - Cary Loudermilk (Popeye [1980], Sesame Street, Lights Out, Sleepy Hollow, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit)   Jeremie Harris - as - Ptonomy Wallace (Person Of Interest, The Get Down)   Amber Midthunder - as - Kerry Loudermilk (Banshee, Longmire)   Katie Aselton - as - Amy Haller (The Office, Revolution, The League)   Jean Smart - as - Melanie Bird (Designing Women, Frasier, The District, 24, Kim Possible, Samatha Who, $#*! My Dad Says, Hawaii Five-0 , Fargo)   Recurring Cast Hamish Linklater as Clark (Gideon’s Crossing, The New Adventures of Old Christine, Battleship, The Newsroom, Fargo)   David Selby as Brubaker (Dark Shadows, The Waltons, Kojak, Raise the Titanic, D3: The Mighty Ducks, Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part 1 and Part 2)   Ellie Araiza as Philly   Brad Mann as Rudy (Smallville, Battlestar Galactica, The 4400, Revolution, Almost Human, Supernatural, Fargo)   Quinton Boisclair as the Devil with the Yellow Eyes   Mackenzie Gray as Walter / The Eye (La Femme Nikita, The Outer Limits, Andromeda, Action Man, Sherlock Holmes in the 22nd Century, Stargate: Infinity, Supernatural, Human Target, Smallville, Iron Man: Armored Adventures, Fringe, Once Upon A Time, Man Of Steel, Fargo, Legends Of Tomorrow, Warcraft: The Beginning, My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic)   Scott Lawrence as Henry Poole (Murder She Wrote, Newhart, L.A. Law, Murphy Brown, Quantum Leap, Timecop, Star Trek: Voyager, Touched by an Angel, The West Wing, JAG, Bones, ER, Avatar, The Social Network, Sons of Anarchy, Star Trek Into Darkness, Fear the Walking Dead)   Devyn Dalton as the Angry Boy (STUNTWOMAN, Supernatural, War for the Planet of the Apes)   Jemaine Clement as Oliver Bird (Flight of the Conchords, Despicable Me, Men in Black 3, The LEGO Batman Movie)   NEWS [30:24]   SPIDER-MAN: HOMECOMING   Where does the Marvel Cinematic Universe begin? Try the beginning of time. http://ew.com/movies/2017/06/30/spider-man-homecoming-jon-watts-marvel-scroll/   X-MEN   20th Century Fox sets six mystery Marvel movie release dates http://www.comingsoon.net/movies/news/864007-20th-century-fox-sets-six-mystery-marvel-movie-release-dates   AWWWWWW/COOL STUFF   The winners of the 43rd Annual Saturn Awards - http://www.saturnawards.org/ Best Comic-to-Film Motion Picture: Doctor Strange Best Science Fiction Film: Rogue One: A Star Wars Story Best Actor in a Film: Ryan Reynolds (Deadpool) Best Supporting Actress in a Film: Tilda Swinton (Doctor Strange) Best Performance by a Younger Actor: Tom Holland (Captain America: Civil War) Best Direction in a Film: Gareth Edwards (Rogue One: A Star Wars Story) Best Film Visual / Special Effects: Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (John Knoll, Mohen Leo, Hal Hickel, Neil Corbould) Best New Media TV Series: Marvel's Luke Cage / Stranger Things (tie)   OUTRO [37:32]   Haley, Lauren and Stargate Pioneer love to hear back from you about your top 5 Marvel character lists, your science of Marvel questions, who would you pick in an all-female Avenger team, or who’s Marvel abs you would like to see. Call the voicemail line at 1-844-THE-BUS1 or 844-843-2871.   Join Legends Of S.H.I.E.L.D. next time as the hosts discuss the Iron Fist episode 2 titled “Shadow Hawk Takes Flight” on Thursday July 6th, 2017. You can listen in live when we record Wednesday nights at 8:00 PM Central time at Geeks.live (Also streamed live on Spreaker.com). Contact Info: Please see http://www.legendsofshield.com for all of our contact information or call our voicemail line at 1-844-THE-BUS1 or 844-843-2871   Don’t forget to go check out our spin-off podcast, Legends Of S.H.I.E.L.D..: Longbox Edition for your weekly Marvel comic book release run-down with segments by Black Adam on S.H.I.E.L.D. comics, Lauren on Mutant Comics and Anthony with his Spider-Man web down. Legends Of S.H.I.E.L.D.: Longbox Edition is also available on the GonnaGeek.com podcast network.   Legends Of S.H.I.E.L.D. Is a Proud Member Of The GonnaGeek Network (gonnageek.com).   This podcast was recorded on Sunday July 2nd, 2017.   Standby for your S.H.I.E.L.D. debriefing ---   Audio and Video Production by Stargate Pioneer of GonnaGeek.com.

Star Wars Turns 40! This episode has interviews with Alan Tudyk, John Knoll, and Hal Hickel from Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, conducted at Industrial Light & Magic. Could K2SO return in Rebels or another film? What did Anthony Daniels have to say to Alan? A bit of reminiscing on the Star Wars franchise, a story about Master P and Yoda, plus, quick Star Wars-centric bits with Harrison Ford and Liam Neeson from Downey’s interview archives, and the secrets behind the construction of a Sith Lord’s red lightsaber. Follow PopCurse on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook. Follow Ryan J. Downey on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook. Check out PopCurse network podcasts Speak N' Destroy, No Prize From God, and Hoosier Illusion. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/popcurse/message

Beginning neural handshake... Join Marc and guest host Jon Hueber as they head to the "Pacific Rim" to talk with returning guest Hal Hickel, of Industrial Light and Magic. Hal discusses in-depth the production of the film and what it was like to work with Guillermo del Toro, who he'd co-pilot a Jaeger with, what Kaiju was his favorite, and where he'd like to see the story go in a sequel. So sit back and enjoy, because today we are cancelling the apocalypse! Website: AnimationFascination.wordpress.com E-mail: animationfascinationpodcast@gmail.com

In this episode Marc and Matt are joined by Oscar winner Hal Hickel (Animation Director, "Rango") of Industrial Light & Magic  to discuss his career in animation and visual effects. Plus much, much more... Website: AnimationFascination.wordpress.com/ E-mail: animationfascinationpodcast@gmail.com