This episode features Shawn Krause, the Creative Director of Animation and Story at Spire Studios. Krause brings with him more than two decades of experience working as an animator and animation supervisor at Pixar, which he shares in this chat. You'll also learn: *Why Pixar hired him only one year into CalArts *The number one piece of advice Krause gives to animation newbies *What it was like working at Pixar before the Toy Story days