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Clay Kaytis (He/Him)

Director Animator
Clay Kaytis is a director, screenwriter, and animator. After animating for nineteen years at Walt Disney Animation Studios, Kaytis left to direct his first film THE ANGRY BIRDS MOVIE, the live-action films THE CHRISTMAS CHRONICLES and A CHRISTMAS STORY CHRISTMAS, and two animated Peanuts specials. Kaytis created THE ANIMATION PODCAST, and plans to revive it VERY soon along with a new online project called NOW GO MAKE A MOVIE! where he shares his knowledge and experience from over 30 years of making movies.

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Adapting Games into Animated Series and Films

Maureen Fan | FERGAL REILLY | Patrick Osborne | Clay Kaytis | Jony Chandra

Recent animated game adaptations have crushed it with fans like Arcane or at the box office with Sonic. Making them is hard though: these games have rabid existing fanbases much larger than comics, the games are still ongoing, some have thin story, and Hollywood + games have had a storied history with many previously failed film adaptations. Hear from the creatives, who adapt these beloved IP into animation, share how they do it well.

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