Josh Cooley sits down with me to talk about his fatherhood journey. We talk about the lessons his kids taught him since he became a dad. After that Josh talks about directing the Transformers One movie. Josh opens up about how he approached telling this origin story. In addition, he shares working with the voice cast. Lastly, we finish the interview with the Fatherhood Quick Five. 

About Josh Cooley 

Josh Cooley is an animator, screenwriter, director and voice actor. He is best known for working on the 2015 Pixar animated film Inside Out and directing the short film Riley's First Date? that was included in its home video release. Josh made his feature film directorial debut in 2019 with Toy Story 4, the fourth installment of the Toy Story franchise, which won him the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature. He will also be the director of Transformers One, the first theatrical fully CG animated Transformers film. Follow Josh on Instagram at @lookitsjoshcooley. Also make sure check out Transformers One in theaters. 

About Transformers One 

Transformers One is the untold origin story of Optimus Prime and Megatron who are sworn enemies. But once were friends bonded like brothers who changed the fate of Cybertron forever. In the first-ever fully CG-animated Transformers movie, Transformers One features a star-studded voice cast, including Chris Hemsworth, Brian Tyree Henry, Scarlett Johansson, Keegan-Michael Key, Steve Buscemi with Laurence Fishburne, and Jon Hamm.

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About The Art of Fatherhood Podcast 

The Art of Fatherhood Podcast follows the journey of fatherhood. Your host, Art Eddy talks with fantastic dads from all around the world where they share their thoughts on fatherhood. You get a unique perspective on fatherhood from guests like Bob Odenkirk, Hank Azaria, Joe Montana, Kevin Smith, Danny Trejo, Jerry Rice, Jeff Foxworthy, Patrick Warburton, Jeff Kinney, Paul Sun-Hyung Lee, Kyle Busch, Dennis Quaid, Dwight Freeney and many more.