3.89-Filmmaker Interview with Tobias Eckerlin
Update: 2025-11-04
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In today's episode, I interview Tobias Eckerlin, director of the short film "A Sparrow's Song," a story of a widowed air raid warden in the midst of World War II struggles to overcome grief and rediscover joy in her life.
Listen to hear about the challenges of creating a consistent look and feel in an animated virtual world, the importance of using sound and music to support and enhance the visual world, and what the experience of the Student Academy Awards was like.
Books mentioned in this episode include:
- Mouthful of Birds: Stories by Samanta Schweblin
- Burial Rites by Hannah Kent
Films and TV shows mentioned in this episode include:
- "A Sparrow's Song" directed by Tobias Eckerlin
- Zodiac directed by David Fincher
- The Lord of the Rings directed by Peter Jackson
- Stalker directed by Andrei Tarkovsky
- Ratatouille directed by Brad Bird
- Soul directed by Pete Docter
- Aladdin directed by John Musker and Ron Clements
Follow Tobias on Instagram @tobiaseckerlin.visuals.
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