Lou Romano

Made films the shows talk about.

Wikidata Q1841344: matched by corpus:resolve, told apart by the only person by that name on Wikidata.

Counted as craft, the making department they hold the most credits in. The films the hosts said they worked on, which the two lists below run through too: The Iron Giant (1999); The Incredibles (2004); Wendell and Wild (2022).

Draws on

What the speakers say they, or a film of theirs, drew on. Each is a speaker's account: “the maker said so” when they report the maker's own words, “the host's read” when the read is theirs.

Coraline (2009): 1 line

  1. unmapped (technique evolution) · through Wendell and Wild (2022), which they worked on as character designer / art director: Coraline ⇒ Wendell and Wild (the maker said so: Selick's own statement). Selick turned against slick 3D-assisted look after Coraline and kept seams visible and embraced artifice in Wendell & Wild.
    “He said Coraline was maybe a little too smooth, and he wanted to go a bit backwards and show off the artifice with this movie.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Wendell & Wild · 1:08:37 · Griffin Newman (0.50 sure it was them)

Jordan Peele: 1 line

  1. lineage (origin of film) · through Wendell and Wild (2022), which they worked on as character designer / art director: Jordan Peele ⇒ Wendell and Wild (the maker said so: Selick's account of seeing Key and Peele). Selick saw Key and Peele on Comedy Central and realized they were Wendell and Wild.
    “then it hit me, Wendell and Wild.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Wendell & Wild · 0:53:45 · Griffin Newman (0.50 sure it was them)

Pablo Lobato: 1 line

  1. lineage (visual inspiration) · through Wendell and Wild (2022), which they worked on as character designer / art director: Pablo Lobato ⇒ Wendell and Wild (the host's read). Selick picked a flat, cutout caricature style that should not be adaptable to 3D and asked the team to build it.
    “Wendolyn Wilde, Argentinian artist, Pablo Lobato, is the big inspiration for the look of a lot of these guys.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Wendell & Wild · 1:09:45 · Griffin Newman (0.50 sure it was them)

Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi (1983): 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through The Incredibles (2004), which they worked on as art director / designer: Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi ⇒ The Incredibles (the host's read). The speeder bike forest chase is a clear inspiration for the Incredibles chase.
    “This is such a big inspiration too, clearly, on the Incredibles chase sequence.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Return of the Jedi · 1:02:11 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

The Shadow King: 1 line

  1. unmapped (unfinished predecessor) · through Wendell and Wild (2022), which they worked on as character designer / art director: The Shadow King ⇒ Wendell and Wild (the host's read). The Shadow King combined stop motion with shadow animation; some of that is used in Wendell & Wild.
    “And they use some of that in this film, Wendell and Wild.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Wendell & Wild · 0:44:46 · Griffin Newman (0.50 sure it was them)

Drawn on by

What the speakers say drew on them or a film of theirs, marked the same way.

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What the speakers said they did

Craft (3) everyone in craft

What was said about them, by kind

lineage (1)

  1. lineage (design lineage): Lou Romano → The Incredibles. Romano's Incredibles work has a similar 2D/3D look, which made him right for Wendell & Wild.
    “Right, particularly because of the Incredibles, which has that similar kind of like 2D 3D thing.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Wendell & Wild · 1:15:54 · David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)

unmapped (1)

  1. unmapped (worked on): Lou Romano → The Iron Giant. Romano worked on Iron Giant and has worked with Selick before.
    “Worked on Iron Giant, has worked with Selleck before.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Wendell & Wild · 1:15:51 · Griffin Newman (0.50 sure it was them)

Fun items about them

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