Karlamon

For your first two movies at Amblimation (An American Tail: Fievel Goes West, and We're Back! A Dinosaurs Story), you were co-directing with Phil Nibbelink (and two others for We're Back!). What was the reason for you directing Balto solo? Was it an extra challenge without a co-director assisting you?

KarlamonHere is Simon's reply:

"Phil and I started 'We're Back' and then passed it over to the Zondag brothers while we developed another picture (that didn't ultimately get made.) We never worked on the picture alongside them. Steven eventually dismissed them and asked us to return to finish the picture. We had started developing 'Balto' together, but at the time we were looking to develop more movies for Amblimation to make after 'Balto'. It made sense for Phil to peel off and finish up We're back, then move on to developing a new picture. Before that new picture could materialize Steven got involved in setting up DreamWorks, concluded his deal with Universal and closed down Amblimation."

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Karlamon	August 13, 2015
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Here is Simon's reply: "Phil and I started 'We're Back' and then passed it over to the Zondag brothers while we developed another picture (that didn't ultimately get made.) We never worked on the picture alongside them. Steven eventually dismissed them and asked us to return to finish the picture. We had started developing 'Balto' together, but at the time we were looking to develop more movies for Amblimation to make after 'Balto'. It made sense for Phil to peel off and finish up We're back, then move on to developing a new picture. Before that new picture could materialize Steven got involved in setting up DreamWorks, concluded his deal with Universal and closed down Amblimation."

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