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LAIKA launches "Made By Humans" interview series with Sony Music Group
LAIKA debuted "Made By Humans: Creatives in Conversation" on September 9, 2026, a multi-episode interview series produced with Sony Music Group that pairs LAIKA artists with outside creatives to discuss human-made craft in the AI era, releasing new episodes Wednesdays and Fridays through the month on LAIKA's YouTube channel and as a podcast. Early episodes pair Brian McLean, LAIKA's Director of Rapid Prototype (20 years developing the studio's stop-motion fabrication innovations), with digital illusionist/filmmaker Zach King on technique parallels behind visual 'magic tricks', and Head of Animation / Wildwood Animation Supervisor Brad Schiff with puppet designer-performer James Ortiz (Project Hail Mary's Rocky) comparing stop-motion and live-puppetry performance craft.
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- Zach King
- James Ortiz
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