{"id":106155,"date":"2020-10-28T14:00:58","date_gmt":"2020-10-28T14:00:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gamerant.com\/dont-directors-animated-films-get-respect-deserve\/"},"modified":"2020-10-28T14:00:58","modified_gmt":"2020-10-28T14:00:58","slug":"why-dont-directors-of-animated-films-get-the-respect-they-deserve","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/wordpress\/index.php\/2020\/10\/28\/why-dont-directors-of-animated-films-get-the-respect-they-deserve\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Don’t Directors of Animated Films Get the Respect They Deserve?"},"content":{"rendered":"

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When the question of \u201cwho is the best director alive right now?\u201d gets asked, the same names are often put forward \u2013 Martin Scorsese, Quentin Tarantino, the Cohen Brothers, etc.. These individuals are seen as the best of the best, as the most talented directors working at the moment. Interestingly, though, apart from being white and male, what do these names all have in common? None of them have ever worked in animation.<\/p>\n

Despite making up around 20% of the contemporary box office<\/a>, animated films rarely receive the artistic kudos of their live-action counterparts. Perhaps because the medium is connoted with being for children (or because animated films aren\u2019t as preoccupied with \u2018Golden Age\u2019 Hollywood as others), but for whatever reason, animated films and their directors are usually overlooked, which is a massive shame because some of the best directors working at the moment are in animation.<\/p>\n

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Indeed, this seems to be a problem endemic to the industry \u2013 audiences are far more aware of live-action directors than they are of animation directors. Apart from Studio Ghibli\u2019s Hayao Miyazaki<\/a>, how many directors primarily based in animation can\u00a0the average\u00a0movie lover can name?<\/p>\n

Take Pixar, for instance. Despite being acclaimed as the leading producer of high-quality animated films, their creative cohorts aren\u2019t exactly well-known (John Lasseter is perhaps quite famous, although he hasn\u2019t been actively involved in a Pixar film since 2013). Alternatively, Pete Docter, who has served as the Chief Creative Officer of the company since 2018 and directed Up <\/em>(2009), Inside Out <\/em>(2015), and Soul <\/em>(2020), three of Pixar\u2019s most critically acclaimed titles, is a powerhouse who certainly isn\u2019t in the public eye. Countless directors consider the opening sequence of Up<\/em> to be one of the strongest five minutes in cinematic history, yet Docter is far from a household name.<\/p>\n