The Animated Voice [Volume Three] Interviews with Voice Actors

Performing an animated character is rewarding, but it can also be a challenge. What is it really like behind the microphone? How does one become a voiceover specialist? What can actors do to survive such a highly-competitive business, and stay successful? Learn the answers from the leading directors, voice directors, and actors in The Animated Voice.

In this volume:

• A foreword from LINDA SIMENSKY, Head of Content, PBS Kids.
• NICHOLAS BRIGGS, executive producer, writer, actor and director of Big Finish Productions in the UK, as well as the voice behind the Daleks and Cybermen.
• ANDREA ROMANO, Emmy Award-winning voice director whose career spans over three decades, with credits ranging from The Smurfs to Batman: The Animated Series to Avatar: The Last Airbender.
• The definitive voice of Batman and Bruce Wayne, KEVIN CONROY, and the voice of Dick Grayson and Nightwing, LOREN LESTER.
• TRANSFORMERS and G.I. JOE voiceover veterans Michael Bell, Paul Eiding, Dan Gilvezan, Alan Oppenheimer, Gregg Berger, Peter Cullen and, in an extensive interview, Frank Welker.

Plus: A topical section where actors, producers and directors discuss the value of actors, and whether it's better for the cast to record individually or as an ensemble. Observations are provided by Mamoru Hosoda, Pete Docter, Mark Evanier, Mark Hamill, Sen Schemmel and many others.