The Pixar of the iPad Age Goes to the Academy Awards With Its Short Film - Kasia Cieplak-Mayr von Baldegg - Video. Moonbot Studios has been turning heads with its imaginative and exquisitely crafted iPad applications for kids, and now a spinoff of one of these apps, a short animated film, has been nominated for an Academy Award. Directed by William Joyce and Brandon Oldenburg, The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore draws its inspiration from "Hurricane Katrina, Buster Keaton, The Wizard of Oz, and a love for books," blending cutting-edge digital animation with a haunting silent-film aesthetic. Stills from the film In "How to Build the Pixar of the iPad Age in Shreveport, Louisiana," The Atlantic's Alexis Madrigal and Sarah Rich describe how they drove 500 miles out of their way on their Start-Up Nation tour to visit Moonbot.
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