Heidi Jo Gilbert

Thank you!

Got some exciting news from the Academy this week ☺️

I have to really thank Chris Sanders, Joel Crawford, and Jerry Schmitz for all of their support in this. So excited to be a part of it!

An undying expression of gratitude to her- and all moms- for all they do to help us to fly. I could not be more grateful or proud ♥️

To say it’s been hard for me to let this project go is an understatement. But I take comfort in knowing the film will always live on. It will live on and always represent the beautiful place -a story- that holds all of the love I have for my late mom.

Thanks to the leadership and vision of Chris Sanders and Jeff Hermann. I still can’t believe this opportunity, and Peter Brown’s little story, fell into my lap when it did. I poured everything I had into it. We all did, because we believed in the power of this story.

The Oscars may have been an evening of heartbreak for me. But only because I have such big beautiful feelings about this team and the film we made together. It is with a heart full of gratitude that I say The Wild Robot is one of the most special things I’ve ever been a part of.

Thank you Oscar! 🙏🏻

So so proud of Chris, Jeff, Kris and the entire Wild Robot team! Congratulations! Thanks for letting me be a part of the ride ♥️

So fun to be back at Disney again for The Wild Robot. One of my favorite panels yet. Such good questions! Thank you for making us feel so welcome! 🥰

It’s been 14 years since this reel of mine went viral, & helped me get my 1st job at Dreamworks.

I can’t wait to see what Jon Chu has done w/the live action movie. I also would still love to see an animated version. I think the medium has so much to give to that story.

Happy #Wicked Week!

Hello? Is anybody out here?

So beautiful Wendy 🥺♥️

The imagery was super compelling, but in the end it wasn’t giving us the insight into Roz’s character that we needed to service the rest of the story.

Some more storyboards from an early version of one of our toughest scenes to crack on The Wild Robot: Sequence 250-The Forest. This was from a version where there was very little dialogue, and we just leaned into the silent wonder and beauty of Roz discovering the forest.

A few crabs & a raven did not survive the making of this film 😂

My 1st Fink drawings. I loved this moment because it embodied the view of the forest, & served as a counter to one of our dramatic arguments of kindness as a survival skill. We had to be ruthless w/the violence of the forest so Roz's kindness could affect change. #TheWildRobot

I ended up using some stock photography and video for some of the water in this scene. I think because the environment was such a character for us in these opening scenes. The photography seemed to help me to sell the contrast between Roz and the wilderness.

Some of my storyboards from the opening of The Wild Robot. I liked the idea of the first shot in the film (after the pull-out from her eye) being Roz in a fetal position for "The Robot Hatches." But the idea got lost as it went through the production pipeline.