Welcome, showrunners! (And everyone who would like to run a show one day.) Below you will find interviews with many of the people you may meet in animation. Our interviews by members of the Animation Guild Writers’ Craft Committee cover what each role entails, how showrunners interact with all stages of production, and hopefully how to avoid problems along the way. We hope this will be a helpful resource guide for learning the roles on an animation production pipeline.
Enjoy, and good luck on your future animated series!
Sammy Rivkin
Line Producer
Line Producer
Sammy has worked her way up the ladder from Production Coordinator to Line Producer on shows like Big Hero 6 and The Rocketeer.
Interviewer: Kendall Michele Haney
Interviewer: Kendall Michele Haney
Todd Haberkorn
Voice Director
Voice Director
Todd has worked as a voice actor on Fairy Tale (among his hundreds of other credits), and more recently on Babylon Berlin and Tijuana.
Interviewer: Patrick Rieger
Interviewer: Patrick Rieger
Tanya Melendez
Associate Producer
Associate Producer
Tanya is an Associate Producer at Nickelodeon. She's currently working on Star Trek: Prodigy and Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Movie.
Interviewer: Josh Riley Brown
Interviewer: Josh Riley Brown
Anna Hollingsworth
Animation Director
Animation Director
Anna has worked as an animator, an animation director on Bojack Horseman and Unikitty!, and more recently as a supervising director on an unannounced series.
Interviewer: Jessie Juwono
Interviewer: Jessie Juwono
Brandon Hoàng
Current Series Executive
Current Series Executive
Brandon is a current series exec turned writer. He's a writer on The Ghost and Molly McGee and other upcoming projects. During his ten years as an exec, he worked at Nickelodeon on projects like SpongeBob SquarePants, Harvey Beaks, Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Glitch Techs, and more.
Interviewer: Cassie Soliday
Interviewer: Cassie Soliday
Zehra Fazal
Voice Actor
Voice Actor
Zehra has voiced dozens (hundreds!?) of notable animated characters, including Halo in Young Justice, Zahra in Glitch Techs, and Nadia in Voltron: Legendary Defender, as well as acted in video games and in on-screen roles.
Interviewer: Kendall Michele Haney
Interviewer: Kendall Michele Haney
Ben Juwono
Supervising Director
Supervising Director
Ben has worked as a storyboard artist and storyboard director on Big Hero 6, and is currently a supervising director on Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur.
Interviewer: Patrick Rieger
Interviewer: Patrick Rieger
Sean Coyle
Editor
Editor
Sean Coyle is an editor turned executive producer. He got his start as a production assistant in live action features then found his way to editing on projects like development pilots at Disney TVA, Tron: Uprising, The Awesomes, which is also where he became series director, and most recently, he's been executive producer and showrunner for Puppy Dog Pals.
Interviewer: Cassie Soliday
Interviewer: Cassie Soliday
Swinton Scott
Timing Director
Timing Director
Swinton has worked as a Board Artist, Director, Producer, and Timing Director on dozens of shows including The Simpsons, Camp Lazlo, Phineas and Ferb, Angry Beavers, Paradise PD, Harley Quinn, and many more.
Interviewer: Josh Riley Brown
Interviewer: Josh Riley Brown
Samira Mian
Post-Production Supervisor
Post-Production Supervisor
Samira was the Post-Production Manager on Santiago of the Seas and is currently the Post-Production Supervisor on Baby Shark’s Big Show and Rugrats (2021).
Interviewer: Josh Riley Brown
Interviewer: Josh Riley Brown