‘An Almost Christmas Story’ Director David Lowery on His First Animated Short and Choosing CG Over Live-Action

The animated short “An Almost Christmas Story” completes Alfonso Cuaron’s trifecta of Christmas stories.

This time, he turned to “The Green Knight” director David Lowery to helm the storytelling. “It was almost exactly three years ago that I read the script for the first time,” says Lowery. He happened to be feeling very festive, and it was an instant yes to sign on. “It feels exactly the right thing to do. I love Christmas. I love the tradition of Christmas movies, and I love short Christmas films,” Lowery says. He also loved the idea of what Cuaron had done with “The Shepherd” and “Le Pupille,” creating a new series

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