Jackson Murphy

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Jackson Murphy is an Emmy-winning film critic, content producer, and author, who has also served as Animation Scoop reporter since 2016. He is the creator of the website Lights-Camera-Jackson.com, and has made numerous appearances on television and radio over the past 20 years.

Articles By Jackson Murphy

Short Film Showcase
Director Florence Miailhe's "Butterfly" is one of the 15 finalists for this year's Best Animated Short Film Oscar. This Annecy-winning drama about Jewish French swimmer Alfred Nakache, who competed in the Olympics and was held captive at Auschwitz, is presented in painting-style animation.
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Short Film Showcase
Emmy-winner James A. Castillo is the director of one of the 15 shortlisted animated shorts for the 98th Oscars. It's the dramatic horror / thriller The Quinta's Ghost, which I first screened last year during its Tribeca Festival run.
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DreamWorks
Directors Tom McGrath and Eric Darnell reflect on making the star-studded comedy classic, which spawned two sequels, a Penguins spinoff film, TV shows and holiday specials. And is a new installment is on the way?
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Short Film Showcase
Cartoon Saloon is back in the Animated Short conversation — on the 2026 Academy Awards shortlist for director Giovanna Ferrari's Éiru, about a girl in a warrior clan who seeks to find missing water and may discover much, much more.
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Disney+
Super Bowl champion Martellus Bennett and Emmy-winning Phineas and Ferb co-creator Jeff 'Swampy' Marsh have teamed-up for the new animated family series. We spoke to them.
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