{"podcast":{"title":"Macabre...ish Cults, Classics & Horrors","slug":"macabre-ish-cults-classics-horrors-1311485","podcast_index_feed_id":1311485,"rss_url":"https://media.rss.com/macabreish/feed.xml","website_url":"https://www.macabreish.com","image_url":"https://media.rss.com/macabreish/podcast_cover.jpg","author":"Kimberly","episode_count":88,"summary":"Here we chat with the people who make the movies we love. Old and new, big budget and small. We celebrate the classics, cults and horrors. Find more movies at www.macabreish.com, as well as macabre_ish on IG .","last_synced_at":"2026-06-26T06:20:18.700552+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/macabre-ish-cults-classics-horrors-1311485"},"episode":{"title":"William Watterson, director of Dave Made A Maze","slug":"william-watterson-director-of-dave-made-a-maze","published_at":"2023-04-29T15:50:22+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/macabre-ish-cults-classics-horrors-1311485/william-watterson-director-of-dave-made-a-maze","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/macabre-ish-cults-classics-horrors-1311485","url":"https://rss.com/podcasts/macabreish/2635896","audio_url":"https://content.rss.com/episodes/378335/2635896/macabreish/2026_03_17_11_21_07_3c64dd4c-e0ea-4e16-b895-407cef47b496.mp3","summary":"This is part 2 with Dave Made A Maze filmmaker, William Watterson He explains the ending of Dave Made A Maze and what he would change and why. How the ending credits was an homage to the end credits of Buckaroo Bonzai and it was animated and why. His belief that our society is not encouraged to be creative and that people are far more creative than we think. And that people, especially horror fans, do not get nearly enough credit for their creative intelligence. And a lot of his work is about being creative as an adult and coming to terms with it. Bill puts a premium on working in spaces where creativity is the point and creative intelligence is valued. He pitched and was hired on by Universal to make a Tremors but it was not to be. He talks being of service and the struggle to be creative in corporate America. I asked if he’s thought about fundraising and he explains his struggles with that option and i how it clashes with who he wants to be. Bill talks about the opportunities he’s had that fell apart. It’s just the nature of the business. He’s currently working a job he loves with miniatures and stop motion with Mattel. I think Chris and I successfully changed his mind about crowdfunding and we’re excited about what’s to come! Support indie filmmakers and watch Dave Made A Maze!! Find William Watterson here: https://www.williamwatterson.com And find us: Carlos Ibarra on IG @jekyl6669 and https://www.fillintheblanksproductions.ca/ Christopher Thompson on IG @theauthor__ and mastodon @https://mastodon.world/@WestReAnimated Kimberly at http://www.macabreish.com and IG and Tiktok @macabre_ish. https://linktr.ee/macabre_ish","meta_description":"This is part 2 with Dave Made A Maze filmmaker, William Watterson He explains the ending of Dave Made A Maze and what he would change and why. How the end…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1512,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/macabre-ish-cults-classics-horrors-1311485/episodes/william-watterson-director-of-dave-made-a-maze/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/macabre-ish-cults-classics-horrors-1311485/william-watterson-director-of-dave-made-a-maze.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}