181 | Nimona Co-Writer Lloyd Taylor On The World Of Animated Feature Films

The Screenwriting Life with Meg LeFauve and Lorien McKenna

Meg LeFauve & Lorien McKenna

Tv & Film

4.8 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 29 February 2024

⏱️ 66 minutes

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Nimona isn't just one of 2023's best animated movies, it's one of 2023's best movies, full stop (and yes, it is Oscar-nominated). Today, we welcome one it's co-writers, Lloyd Taylor, to talk about adapting ND Stevenson beloved graphic novel, working through a roller coaster development window, and not being afraid to blow up his own work in service of finding the best version of a movie possible. JOIN OUR PATREON: www.patreon.com/thescreenwritinglife

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0:00.0	Hey everyone welcome back to the screenwriting life. I'm Meg Lafour.
0:07.5	And I'm L'Orienne McKenna and today we're excited to chat with writer Lloyd Taylor.
0:11.6	Lloyd is the writer of celebrated animated feature films and with writer
0:13.0	of celebrated animated feature films
0:15.0	including the Saturn Award Nominated Feature Spies in Disguise,
0:18.0	one of my favorites,
0:20.0	and Nemona, my new favorite,
0:22.0	which is nominated for best nominated feature for the 2024 Oscars
0:26.2	spectacular Lloyd amazing congratulations
0:29.0	congratulations and for which he and co-writer Robert Bear just won Best Writing in an animated feature at this year's Annie Awards.
0:39.0	He most recently worked on Orion and the Dark, which just debuted on Netflix to excellent reviews.
0:45.6	Hi Lloyd and welcome to the show.
0:47.0	Hi everybody.
0:48.0	So great to see you and talk to you.
0:51.0	I'm a huge fan of the show.
0:52.0	Oh, that's so nice. It's so good. and talk to you I'm a huge fan of the show.
0:54.2	Oh, that's so nice. It's so good.
0:54.9	And some people just say that,
0:56.1	but I think Lloyd actually is a fan
0:58.2	because he can talk about episodes that he's heard.
1:01.0	It's true.
1:01.6	You want to talk about the lava episode? No, not today. Okay, not today. You will get it. It always comes up.
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