07: Joe Garrity - Filmmaker, On Working at Pixar, Screenwriting MFAs, Touring & Being The Messy Twin

“Recording our seventh episode, today's Creator is Joe Garrity, former Assistant Editor at Pixar On The Good Dinosaur, Inside Out and Finding Dory. Assistant Editor on Our Cartoon President for Stephen Colbert, and "Watergate for A&E. Got his BA in Molecular Biology from UC Berkeley. Was a research assistant on Saturday Night Live. Is currently in Palm Desert getting his MFA in Creative Writing in screenwriting and nonfiction. He even went on tour with Canadian band Alvaays doing visuals for them because he felt like it. Thanks for again for making the time Joe.”

0:02:05 Biochemistry > SNL Errand Boy 
0:09:54 Genetics Script 
0:15:17 Quitting or Doubling Down 
0:18:49 Screenwriting MFA
0:28:48 Story Math
0:36:35 Twinsburg 
0:48:48 What Makes a Great Script 
1:05:03 Marketing Your Short 
1:10:57 Working at Pixar 
1:25:57 Pixar Culture
1:39:36 Pixar > Imaginary Forces 
1:48:55 Alvvays Touring Setup
1:57:03 Tour Experience
2:02:44 Being the Messy Twin is Good
2:08:00 Leading the Watergate Doc
2:15:15 Outro


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