As part of AWN’s Professional Spotlight series -- a series of exclusive video interviews shot during FMX 2014 -- here is a candid discussion with Don Parker, at the time, CEO of Shotgun Software, since acquired by Autodesk.  In this two-part interview, Don, now a senior director on the Shotgun team at Autodesk, talks about using the Shotgun project and pipeline management system on the film 300: Rise of an Empire as well as how the challenge of integrating various technologies impacts a movie studio’s ability to manage complex film projects.

FMX 2015 is coming May 5-8 in Stuttgart, Germany. Visit the FMX website for more information on this year's fantastic program of speakers and sessions.

Produced in collaboration with the FMX Conference on Animation, Effects, Games and Transmedia, AWN has been publishing Professional Spotlight interview videos since 2008. Check out hundreds of video interview segments with some of the industry's leading professionals on the AWNtv FMX Channel.