How an Accidental David Bowie Impression Defined Jemaine Clement's Career for 17 Years

Jemaine Clement stays busy. He’s now a Grammy Award-winning and Emmy Award-nominated household name as an actor, writer, producer, and director. After 2007, the New Zealander shot to international notoriety alongside his comedy troupe partner, Bret McKenzie, in the critically acclaimed HBO series Flight of the Conchords, and he’s since gone on to provide his unmistakable vocal talents to numerous box office animated features, from Despicable Me to Disney’s Moana, and worked with directors like James Cameron on the Avatar franchise. At this year’s Annecy International Animation Film Festival, Collider’s Steve Weintraub had the opportunity to sit down and chat with Clement for his upcoming role in New Zealand’s first-ever stop-motion animated feature, Kiri and Lou Go Raa!, under the direction of one-half of the band that inspired Flight of the Conchords, Harry Sinclair.