top left: Musker caricatured his friend Marlon
West, a jazz drummer and Head of Effects
on
Moana, which the two worked on together.
top right: Along with legendary jazz pianist
Judy Carmichael, Musker populated this jazz
club scene with Effects Animator Eric Daniels
on bass, as well as real-life Carmichael fans,
including
(from left) Margie Daniels, who did
clean-up on
I'm Hip, animation veterans Eric
and Susan Goldberg, Film Critic Leonard Maltin
and his wife Alice Tlusty, and
The Lion King
Director Roger Allers.
bottom left: While Musker
and his wife stroll through the midground,
Taika Waititi and Lin-Manuel Miranda enjoy a
conversation in the lower right, and animation
artists Juliet and Ken Duncan take a cab driven
by Story Artist Kaan Kalyon. Dietz Ichishita, who
did clean-up on
I'm Hip, serves as the bouncer.
above: In the audience for an art house film, Musker included publicists, long-time animation colleagues, friends, and family. Also in the crowd are Storyboard
Artist and Character Designer Harry Sabin (Musker's CalArts roommate) and I'm Hip Layout Artist Jennifer Yuan and her husband Mark Kalesniko.
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