Show overview
CG Garage has been publishing since 2014, and across the 12 years since has built a catalogue of 564 episodes. That works out to roughly 680 hours of audio in total. Releases follow a weekly cadence.
Episodes typically run an hour to ninety minutes — most land between 1h 2m and 1h 17m — and the run-time is fairly consistent across the catalogue. It is catalogued as a EN-language TV & Film show.
The show is actively publishing — the most recent episode landed yesterday, with 33 episodes already out so far this year. Published by Monstrous Moonshine.
From the publisher
Since 2014, CG Garage has brought lively, informal conversations with Oscar-winning legends, visionary artists, and the innovators driving the industry's biggest technological leaps. From in-depth interviews to spirited roundtable discussions, hosts Chris Nichols and Daniel Thron explore the art, craft, and future of filmmaking. With Hollywood in the middle of a major revolution, we talk to the filmmakers who are making that transformation possible, covering everything from behind-the-scenes stories on iconic movies to the cutting-edge tools reshaping the industry.
Latest Episodes
View all 564 episodesCEO of Crafty Apes Alana Newell on What Actually Motivates Artists | Episode 562
Spider-Man's Record Weekend, the EU vs. AI Video, and the First Rule of Being a VFX Supervisor | Episode 561
Inside the VFX of Disclosure Day with Matthew Butler | Episode 560
Nolan's Odyssey Is Really a Movie About Waiting | Episode 559
Split Diopters, Indie Film Private Equity, and the Rock and Roll of Making Movies | Episode 558
Disclosure Day and The Secret Weirdness of Steven Spielberg | Episode 557
A24, DeepMind, and the "No CGI" Marketing Lie Everyone's Tired Of | Episode 556
He Cold-Called Kubrick's Secret Number | Doug Trumbull | Episode 555
What If Orson Welles Had a Steadicam? | Hnedel Maximore | Episode 554
Obsession, Backrooms, and the 1970s Moment Hollywood Needs Right Now | Episode 553
Why Hollywood Keeps Getting Its Audience Wrong | Trina Renee & Julianna Politsky | Episode 552
Mocking AI With AI: Sergio Cilli on Why the Joke Only Works If You Actually Use It | Episode 551
How to Make and Distribute a Gothic Horror Film on a Shoestring | Justin Denton | Ep. 550
Filmmaking Needs a New Revolution. Bill Warner, Founder of Avid, Is Building It | Ep. 549
The Devil Wears Prada Predicted 20 Years of Cultural Stagnation | Episode 548
Your VFX Skills Are Your AI Advantage | Marc Rienzo | Episode 547
VidViz, a Pocket Watch, and the Character That Rewrote June July | Episode 546
Episode 545 - Victor Varnado: Why Every Creator Needs to Think Like an Entrepreneur
Episode 544 - Jay Worth: Fallout Season 2, 500 Episodes of Hard Lessons, and when to say no
Ep 543Episode 543 - Stan Szymanski and Susan O'Neal: What VFX Talent Actually Needs to Look Like Now
The job market for visual effects and CG artists has not just contracted, it has fundamentally restructured. The skills that guaranteed a career five years ago are not the skills that will get anyone hired today, and the people who understand that shift most clearly are the ones placing talent for a living. Stan Szymanski and Susan Thurman O'Neal, arguably the two best-known recruiters working in VFX, return to CG Garage to talk with Christopher Nichols and Daniel about what is actually happening in the hiring landscape and what artists at every career stage should be doing about it. The conversation covers the death of the specialist assembly line, the rise of the generalist, and why there are almost no generalists left in the United States. Stan and Susan get specific: what the three open roles Susan is actively recruiting for right now tell us about where the industry is heading, why the recruiter's job today looks more like casting director than HR function, why a medieval history degree may be more valuable to an AI prompter than a Maya certification, and what both of them tell artists who want to resist AI entirely. The framing question underneath all of it is the one Sean Connery asks Kevin Costner in The Untouchables: what are you prepared to do? Links: Stan Szymanski LinkedIn > Susan Thurman O'Neal LinkedIn > Stan's previous episode (429) > Susan's previous episode (512) > Otis College of Art and Design > This episode is sponsored by: Center Grid Virtual Studio Kitbash 3D (Use promocode "cggarage" for 10% off)