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# Director, don’t get animated
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/director-dont-get-animated-editor/
- Published: 2007-03-02T16:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-24T00:10:29.000Z
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: Opinion, Santa Monica, #archive-import

*By Mike Kirwan Venice*

A few years ago, Martin Scorsese did a character voice for the animated movie “A Shark’s Tale.” He probably wanted a fallback career in case directing didn’t work out for him. But now that he won the Oscar, it looks like it just might work out for him after all.

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on March 2, 2007.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/030207.pdf?ref=smdp.com)