Heidi Jo Gilbert
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Heidi Jo Gilbert
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Dreamworks Head of Story (The Wild Robot, Puss in Boots: The Last Wish), CalArts 07, story artist, animator, & high fiver of Tom Brady ✋🏻
It’s been 14 years since this reel of mine went viral, & helped me get my 1st job at Dreamworks.

I can’t wait to see what Jon Chu has done w/the live action movie. I also would still love to see an animated version. I think the medium has so much to give to that story.

Happy #Wicked Week!
November 18, 2024 at 4:51 PM
Some more storyboards from an early version of one of our toughest scenes to crack on The Wild Robot: Sequence 250-The Forest. This was from a version where there was very little dialogue, and we just leaned into the silent wonder and beauty of Roz discovering the forest.
November 16, 2024 at 6:39 AM
My 1st Fink drawings. I loved this moment because it embodied the view of the forest, & served as a counter to one of our dramatic arguments of kindness as a survival skill. We had to be ruthless w/the violence of the forest so Roz's kindness could affect change. #TheWildRobot
November 16, 2024 at 6:35 AM
Some of my storyboards from the opening of The Wild Robot. I liked the idea of the first shot in the film (after the pull-out from her eye) being Roz in a fetal position for "The Robot Hatches." But the idea got lost as it went through the production pipeline.
November 16, 2024 at 6:25 AM