Andrew Guastaferro

||| Writers' Assistant - Universal Basic Guys @ Bento Box Ent
||| previously: staff writer @ WB Animation
||| repped by @ghcollins2

[Andrew Guastaferro @agoostey]

Today's the day! Universal Basic Guys premieres on FOX at 5pm PT! It's my first primetime credit and I'm proud of what our scrappy team at Bento Box whipped up. And now the theme song gets to be stuck in everyone else's head like I have for the past 2 years. Give it a watch!

[George Alderman @GeorgeAlderman_]

That was fast

[Writers Guild of America West @WGAWest]

When we fight, we win! #WGAStrong

[Andrew Guastaferro @agoostey]

*taps the sign*

[Andrew Guastaferro @agoostey]

@RaydioSilence Nice!! Well deserved!!

[Eric Bauza @bauzilla]

What’s Up Doc?! My name is Eric Bauza — I’m a Voiceover Artist that works in Animation. Without those Hard Working Animation Workers I would have no characters to voice!! And you’d have no Cartoons to watch!! Please show your fellow HUMANS some support!!!

#StandWithAnimation

[Ralph Bakshi @ralphbakshi]

I'm @ralphbakshi and I directed the fantasy films: LORD OF THE RINGS, WIZARDS, and FIRE AND ICE.

Now is the time to #StandWithAnimation

[Andrew Guastaferro @agoostey]

People are going to find things to be upset about either way. The biggest backlash seems to be coming from the issue of "filmmaking by committee" already, so your solution is to expand the committee?

[DiscussingFilm @DiscussingFilm]

Studios are assembling superfan focus groups to assess various materials for a franchise project to avoid social media backlash.

“They will just tell us, ‘If you do that, fans are going to retaliate’ … If it’s early enough & the movie isn’t finished yet, we can make those kinds of changes.”

(Source: https://t.co/GRtdm5mkd7)

[~ @jimmmy_lien]

New episodes of Gremlins: The Wild Batch out on Max!

Remember trying to make Director @gostephgo laugh with these old beats of new bad boy Chang giving kids cigarettes ❌🤭 voiced by @SimuLiu

[Andrew Guastaferro @agoostey]

We're back in black! And purple, and red, and green, and yellow, and blue... The Bat-Family's hard at work on another season of Batwheels!

[Animation Magazine @animag]

Cartoonito's 'Batwheels' Gets the Greenlight for Season 3 | Animation Magazine
https://t.co/75S4H5Dwpq

[Andrew Guastaferro @agoostey]

Too many thoughts for one post but w/ my last two projects having 90% of artist roles shipped out overseas, it's crushingly lonely work missing that collaborative spark that made me fall in love with animation work. AI will make it even worse. Bring back the art! Support humans!

[Andrew Guastaferro @agoostey]

Yo, I'm Andrew Guastaferro, and I greased the wheels as a production worker on some kickass projects like Bojack Horseman & the Gremlins prequel series, & I wrote funny words for Wacky Races and Batwheels. Currently Writers' Assistant on Universal Basic Guys! #StandWithAnimation

[Andrew Guastaferro @agoostey]

Yo, I'm Andrew Guastaferro, and I greased the wheels as a production worker on some kickass projects like Bojack Horseman & the Gremlins prequel series, & I wrote funny words for Wacky Races and Batwheels. Currently Writers' Assistant on Universal Basic Guys! #StandWithAnimation

[Sony Pictures Animation - Recruiting @SonyAnimRecruit]

Our series team is looking for an episodic director to manage a team of storyboard artists and storyboard revisionists and lead the development of storyboards for assigned episodes. If you are interested, please check out the link below!

https://t.co/U1hAeEpI5C

[Andrew Guastaferro @agoostey]

The fun part is not having to imagine it because it's already happened to me twice. 🙃

[Matt Acuña | "PiRATs! Of the Seven Sewers" @Acuna_Mattata]

Imagine working on a show for years, putting your all into it, only for it to premiere and get removed from existence shortly after. These shows deserve to be watchable, even if they don’t continue. What the hell is the point of streaming if not?

[The Animation Guild // #WeAre839 @animationguild]

Production #animation workers keep shows and films running smoothly, playing a vital role in the creative process. They deserve the same protections and support. This week let's #StandWithProduction!

[Meghan Boehman @BoehmanMeghan]

Did you know @WarnerBros @CartoonNetwork Production workers are also fighting for a fair contract right now? Today, all animation employees gathered together to show their support for our production kin! #StandWithProduction #StandWithAnimation #ManyCraftsOneFight

[Andrew Guastaferro @agoostey]

@Lila_Martinez You did such an amazing job with Bats in Show and Save the Bat Dance for Me! Lots of complicated action between all the pups (and hyenas) and too many dance moves, and they both turned out so great!!

[Andrew Guastaferro @agoostey]

The flat reality is that while it remains cheaper for studios to use freelance work to achieve the same milestones on the schedules and the budgets, they will continue to do so. Quality of work produced suffers along with workers' quality of life, but that's not their priority.

[Andrew Guastaferro @agoostey]

Asked for just one day's wage to cover all prep work (reading materials to catch up on show, reading notes & writing pitches to solve them, meetings w/EP to kick off each episode step) for the entire script assignment from premise to final. Denied.

The freelance model is absurd.

[The Animation Guild // #WeAre839 @animationguild]

A shift from staff work to freelance is creating job insecurity in #animation and inconsistent work that doesn't pay enough to sustain a career or life. #StandWithAnimation @freestyles_ramo @_angelamsanchez

[Animation Domination @AniDom]

uhhh.... who's that?! 😳

#universalbasicguys is all-new TONIGHT on @foxtv, next day on @hulu!