The exec who ended hand-drawn animation doesn't dress up the human cost
ccerrato147 · x · 2026-09-24
A segment of ccerrato147's thread: the exec who shut down hand-drawn animation at DreamWorks doesn't dress it up — it cost talented people their place in an industry they'd given their lives to. Some made the leap and did their best work; some never did. "Nobody in the Valley says that part out loud."
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