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Published: June 7, 2021, 10:25 a.m.

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Jerry Rees, Film director, screenwriter, animator, film producer stops by to chat with hosts Dave Bossert and Aljon Go. The team also talks about the latest movie and pop-culture news. Rees is best known for the Emmy-nominated animated film The Brave Little Toaster (1987) and for creating many of the visual effects for Tron (1982).

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Rees was mentored as an animator from the age of 16 at Disney Studios, by one of Walt Disney\'s Nine Old Men, and was trained and taught at California Institute of the Arts, along with classmates, Brad Bird, John Musker, Tim Burton, and Doug Lefler. He served as an animation producer on the film Space Jam (1996). He directed the award-winning Back to Neverland documentary starring Robin Williams and Walter Cronkite, shown as part of the animation studio tours at Disneyland and Walt Disney World. He also directed the educational films Tourist from Hell and The Editing Story, which screened as part of the backstage tour at Disney\'s Hollywood Studios. In addition to his film credits, Rees helped produce and direct a record-setting 13 multimedia features at the various Disney theme parks, including Sounds Dangerous at Disney-MGM Studios, the live-action sequences of Cranium Command at EPCOT, Indiana Jones Epic Stunt Spectacular! at Disney-MGM Studios, Rock \'n\' Roller Coaster at Disney-MGM Studios and Walt Disney Studios Paris, Extra-Terrorestrial Alien Encounter at Magic Kingdom, Michael & Mickey at Disney-MGM Studios, and the new Cinemagique show at Walt Disney Studios Paris. Rees also directed the pre-ride film at Disney\'s Animal Kingdom ride Dinosaur.* For more visit jerryrees.com.

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Outro music "The Pirate King" composed by Jared Rehnquist/Untold Journey - Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License https://youtu.be/iTVxFPhbAtk. *Source Wikipedia

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