Ep620 - Pietro Schito, Animation Writer & Producer 'Thingdom,' 'The Piano' & 'Inzomnia'

Creative Principles

Pietro Schito is an animation screenwriter and producer who turns ideas into animated adventures and helps development teams unravel their story problems. He has worked with major studios and helped storytellers coming from Pixar, Netflix, Disney, and Dreamworks develop their own projects. Some of his credits include THINGDOM, THE PIANO, and INZOMNIA. Pietro is also the founder of the Write for Animation YouTube channel, where he and his team post videos on tips and tricks for good writing and interviews with masters of animation. You can subscribe to his channel here: https://www.youtube.com/@writeforanimation And access his freebies here: https://www.writeforanimation.com/freebies In this interview, we talk about licensing IP vs. public domain IP, breaking into the animation industry, the changing landscape of the animation industry, and much more. As a special note, this was part of our new LIVE interview series in partnership with Buzztown, a community for serious screenwriters, where students also participated in this interview. You can learn more or join the waitlist here: https://www.scriptmastermind.com/buzztown62993179 Want more? Steal my first book, INK BY THE BARREL - SECRETS FROM PROLIFIC WRITERS right now for free. Simply head over to www.brockswinson.com to get your free digital download and audiobook. If you find value in the book, please share it with a friend as we’re giving away 100,000 copies this year. It’s based on over 400 interviews here at Creative Principles. Enjoy! If you enjoy the podcast, would you please consider leaving a short review on Apple Podcasts? It only takes about 60 seconds and it really helps convince some of the hard-to-get guests to sit down and have a chat (simply scroll to the bottom of your iTunes Podcast app and click “Write Review"). Enjoy the show!