3.27-Filmmaker Interview with John Kelly

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In today's episode, I interview John Kelly, the director of the short film "Retirement Plan," an animated short that follows a man as he dreams about what he will do in his retirement years. The film won the Grand Jury and Audience Awards at SXSW.

Listen to hear about the inspiration for the story, the importance being nimble with style when creating over 100 animated shots, and the joy of getting to work with one of Ireland's leading actors of the moment.

Books mentioned in this episode include:

• A Thread of Violence: A Story of Truth, Invention, and Murder by Mark O'Connell
• Hits, Flops, and Other Illusions: My Fortysomething Years in Hollywood by Ed Zwick
• The Creative Act: A Way of Being by Rick Rubin

Films and TV shows mentioned in this episode include:

• "Retirement Plan" directed by John Kelly
• Bob's Burgers (series)
• A Grand Day Out (Wallace & Gromit) directed by Nick Park
• Peter Rabbit directed by Will Gluck
• Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens directed by J. J. Abrams
• Ex Machina directed by Alex Garland
• Up directed by Pete Docter
• Fargo directed by Joel Coen
• Raising Arizona directed by Joel Coen
• Barton Fink directed by Joel Coen
• American Movie directed by Chris Smith
• Crumb directed by Terry Zwigoff
• Grey Gardens directed by Albert Maysles, David Maysles, Ellen Hovde, and Muffie Meyer
• The Jerk directed by Carl Reiner
• Being There directed by Hal Ashby
• Bluey (series)
• Fleabag (series)
• Scavengers Reign (series)
• Common Side Effect (series)

You can follow John on Instagram @johnkelly_jnr and the film @retirementplan_film.

Check out the Wheelie Yellow channel on YouTube that John mentioned.