Jerry Beck

Publisher Editor

Writer, cartoon producer and author of more than 15 books on animation history. A former studio exec with Nickelodeon and Disney; currently on the faculty at both CalArts in Valencia and Woodbury University in Burbank, California.

Articles By Jerry Beck

Netflix

Netflix has announced actors Dev Patel, Alia Shawkat and George Wendt to lead the English cast of the Cannes Critics’ Week Winner I Lost My Body. Andrew Bujalski is the Creative Lead of the English dub under the supervision of Director Jérémy Clapin. The will be in theaters in the U.S. on November 15th, and […]

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Disney

Disney Junior has ordered a third season of Emmy Award-nominated series Fancy Nancy ahead of its season two premiere on Friday October 4th (11:30 a.m.-12:00 p.m. EDT), on Disney Channel and in DisneyNOW. Based on the New York Times bestselling books by Jane O’Connor and Robin Preiss Glasser, the series was Cable’s #1 series with […]

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Women in Animation’s ongoing WIA Scholarship Program is being enhanced this year with the addition of two new partners – Animation Mentor and Toon Boom — who are granting workshops and software packages to add to the usual cash prize. The WIA Animation Scholarship is an annual award committed to furthering deserving animation students who […]

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Anime

From the chief director of Psycho-Pass, the director of Afro Samurai, and the studio that brought you Godzilla: Planet of the Monsters comes the animated feature film Human Lost – Osamu Dazai’s masterpiece of Japanese literature re-imagined into a hyper-kinetic deep dive into human consciousness. Funimation Films will give Human Lost a limited theatrical release, […]

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Events

Animation Is Film has announced the preliminary competition line-up for its third annual edition to take place October 18-20 at the TCL Chinese Theatre in Hollywood. The Festival will present a selection of new animated feature films from Asia, Europe, South America and North America, with both juried and audience prizes. Tickets are available for […]

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