# 14 year old animator hired by Sony pictures

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Tags:** movies\
**Created:** [June 12, 2023, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/14-year-old-animator-hired-by-sony-pictures/985383 "2023-06-12T21:01:34Z")\
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**Author:** ![Hari\_Seldon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hari_seldon/32/5173_2.png) [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\
**Post date:** [June 12, 2023, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/14-year-old-animator-hired-by-sony-pictures/985383/1 "2023-06-12T21:01:34Z")

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This is just too delicious not to share. A 14 year old of Cameroonian descent (although US born and now living in Canada) created a Spiderman trailer using Lego builder software and it came to the attention of the creators who were so impressed they have offered to hire him. They were gobsmacked when they discovered his age. Here is the link (and I think it is not firewalled): [A 14-Year-Old Animated a Scene in ‘Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse’ - The New York Times](https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/07/movies/spider-man-across-the-spider-verse-lego.html?unlocked_article_code=QQKxVJ3sBa2v3PAf6GOiS35uibkeNpilDjyl_5XkXBYdou-H1qt0AHxr0PiN7XZ4QXkcTf1BGFBcxX_vFNDo_cosAY0np1CZk76oF0S0C2TUh4FDFc3gpeI2mVmt5uLoCbQYHE4Nqu2yh3M9zuFz25dqqn_GI-31RI7Kypd5SroatBvm3A-i1v_9UQwOkZr4hEJ64WwcZJLbBJGjsaIEDrYIy6stnBX-ZxXWf4StIU0pYfagO5FDQ_deJLKqzxZrLCMA2ec0XLkYQI5Wd7PMlhOZ3BSEui83BPq8zYjUisNCc6SBUyUPoncyfdCiR5rupzjTUR5MD6YWTzF_UMEEOfs30nTkgMZDgZJbEgd5-18&smid=url-share)

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**Author:** ![Si\_Amigo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/si_amigo/32/2877_2.png) [@Si\_Amigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Si_Amigo)\
**Post date:** [June 12, 2023, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/14-year-old-animator-hired-by-sony-pictures/985383/2 "2023-06-12T23:03:16Z")

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Impressive. The kids got talent.

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**Author:** ![Leaper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4bbf92/32.png) [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\
**Post date:** [June 12, 2023, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/14-year-old-animator-hired-by-sony-pictures/985383/3 "2023-06-12T23:04:31Z")

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Thus why red states are loosening child labor laws. 😃

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**Author:** ![Aspenglow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspenglow/32/76_2.png) [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\
**Post date:** [June 12, 2023, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/14-year-old-animator-hired-by-sony-pictures/985383/4 "2023-06-12T23:13:36Z")

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Moderating:

> [@Leaper](#):
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> Thus why red states are loosening child labor laws.

Let’s keep political pot shots out of this forum, please.

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**Author:** ![Dr.Strangelove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.strangelove/32/6613_2.png) [@Dr.Strangelove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Strangelove)\
**Post date:** [June 12, 2023, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/14-year-old-animator-hired-by-sony-pictures/985383/5 "2023-06-12T23:24:48Z")

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14-year-olds are taking over:

> **[‘Profoundly gifted’ 14-year-old gets job with SpaceX Starlink team in Redmond](https://www.kiro7.com/news/local/profoundly-gifted-14-year-old-gets-job-with-spacex-starlink-team-redmond/RUI3ZIDWLBAP5EIVFH4LL2IUH4/)**
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> Kairan is Santa Clara University's youngest ever graduate.