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Oct 13, 2022 · Merino is the Academy Award-winning producer of “Encanto,” as well as the first Latina to receive the Oscar for Animated Feature. Since arriving at Walt Disney Animation Studios more than 25 years ago, she has worked on an array of popular animated features such as “Moana” and “Big Hero 6.”
Sep 29, 2021 · To help get the look, feel, emotions of Latin America, of Columbia correct in the film, they relied on the Colombian Cultural Trust, a group of experts to help with the authenticity of the film. Yvett: They came on very early, working with Lorelay and the art team, and then with our asset team as we actually started building all the assets.
Sep 29, 2021 · One of the key things was, and I give [producer] Yvette [Merino] so much credit for this, is she brought in people very early on to come speak about Colombia and about Latin culture.
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When Encantodirectors Byron Howard and Jared Bush pitched Castro Smith the concept of the film — about the one person in a Colombian family who doesn’t possess magical powers — the story immediately resonated with her on multiple levels. “Immediately my heart sort of exploded,” recalls Castro Smith. “I related so much to that feeling of being a you...
“I always call these animated films tiny little miracles,” says Merino, who produced Encantowith Clark Spencer. “At peak, we probably had close to 500 artists working [with a total of 800 crew]. And on top of that, we did not start production — not one frame of this film — until the summer of 2020, so we did it all from home over Zoom during the pa...
Franco first caught the music bug at age 10 when her parents bought her a drum kit. “I was just immersed in Latin music,” says the composer of growing up in El Paso, Texas, just across the border from the northern Mexican city Ciudad Juárez, where her family would make Sunday pilgrimages. “We would go to the market, to restaurants, to the plaza. Th...
Nov 17, 2021 · Encanto producers Yvett Merino and Clark Spencer on what makes Mirabel special, their favorite supporting characters, and working at Disney Animation.
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Dec 2, 2021 · We spoke with Howard, Bush, and Smith, as well as producers Yvett Merino and Clark Spencer, about the wealth of narrative and thematic milestones achieved by Encanto, and the magic they used to bring it about.
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Sep 29, 2021 · Producer Clark Spencer, who has worked with Disney since the days of Lilo & Stich, teamed up with Yvett Merino (who has previously served as production manager on Moana) to help the creative team bring their vision to life.
