About this episode

In this episode, Serra Uncu interviews Chris Lavis about his work in animation and storytelling, including their latest film and the creative process behind it.

Chris Lavis is an award winning writer, director and animator. He created Clyde Henry Productions with Maciek Szcerbowski in 1997, and their first animated short Madame Tutli Putli was released in 2007. Their latest work The Girl Who Cried Pearls follows the story of a young man who falls in love with a woman in sorrow. Tempted by greed, the boy must choose between love and fortune. The Girl Who Cried Pearls earned the duo their second Oscar nomination. You can watch the film for free on nfb.ca or on nfb’s youtube channel . In this episode we talk about how the two started working together, how they got into stop motion and if a feature length film is something they're interested in doing. We also talk about holding onto things and and what makes a story personal. Finally we get into how objects can gain meaning from their stories. Intro: Hazy by OddFish

People in this episode

Host: Serra Uncu

Guest: Chris Lavis

Topics covered

• animation
• storytelling
• stop motion
• Oscar nominations
• collaboration

Keywords

• Chris Lavis
• animation
• stop motion
• The Girl Who Cried Pearls
• Madame Tutli Putli
• Oscar nomination
• storytelling
• Clyde Henry Productions

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Clyde Henry Productions, nfb.ca, nfb’s youtube channel

Books & works: Madame Tutli Putli, The Girl Who Cried Pearls

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