Simon Otto was the Head of Character Animation on How to Train Your Dragon. In this interview he delivers some insight into the film making process at DreamWorks.

In my opinion, the most important discussion in here is about the relationship between the directors and the artists working on an animated feature. When a  level of trust exists, animators are able to create their best work. When that trust breaks down the artists become just another pair of hands and the work suffers.

Simon also takes on that inevitable question that seems to come up and is usually avoided in every DW artist interview. “How would you compare DreamWorks to Pixar?”