110: If Anything Happens I Love You: The Oscar Nominated, Short Animated Film on Netflix

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Discussion with the OSCAR NOMINATED filmmakers of Netflix's IF ANYTHING HAPPENS I LOVE YOU.

Will McCormack & Michael Govier (Directors) are making their directorial debut with, “If Anything Happens I Love You.” McCormack and Govier are producers, writers, actors and directors. McCormack wrote “Toy Story 4” and “Celeste and Jesse Forever.” Govier has written multiple short films, plays and performed on tv and commercials.

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Maryann Garger (Producer) Maryann Garger is currently developing and producing the feature animated film, “Groove” with Jamie Foxx and Michael Becker. She previously produced on the hit Lego family film franchise, “The Lego Ninjago Movie” starring Jackie Chan for Warner Brothers Studios. She was a producer on the acclaimed DreamWorks and Aardman Animation comedy adventure “Flushed Away,” directed by David Bowers and Sam Fell, which swept the 2006 Annie Awards with five wins and three nominations and earned a BAFTA nomination for Best Animated Feature. She later reunited with Bowers producing his 2009 feature “Astro Boy” for Imagi/Summit Entertainment. She then returned to DreamWorks to produce the family animated film “B.O.O.: Bureau of Otherworldly Operations” starring Seth Rogen, Bill Murray and Melissa McCarthy.Garger’s animation producing credits also include the award-winning animated theatrical short “First Flight,” which screened to acclaim at film festivals including SXSW, Tribeca and Montreal International. She also produced the family theatrical Lego Ninjago short, “The Master” and two animated “Astro Boy” shorts. Her most recent caused-based short, “If Anything Happens I Love You”, directed by Will McCormack (writer, Toy Story 4) and Michael Govier was a labor of love. It is currently on the festival and awards circuit for 2020.Garger began her career at Walt Disney Feature Animation, on the animated feature “Pocahontas,” before segueing to a 20-year tenure at DreamWorks. There, she was among the first employees to build DreamWorks’ animation division, under Jeffrey Katzenberg, and rose through the ranks from Production Manager, Line Producer, Production Executive, Creative Executive to ultimately Producer, working on such memorable titles as “Madagascar,” “Shrek”, “Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron,” and “Prince of Egypt.” Following that, she produced for Warner Bros. On the animation television side, Garger was the Supervising Producer on the satirical DreamWorks & Fox prime time animated series “Neighbors from Hell,” which aired on TBS. She is a recent member of the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences.

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