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

Guests Announced For The 4th Annual GLAS Animation Festival

The 4th Annual GLAS Animation Festival is fast-approaching (mark your calendar now – its March 21-24 in Berkeley, CA) and soon they’ll be announcing competition selections, curated programs, additional special guests, and the complete festival schedule. In the meantime, feast your eyes on the GLAS 2019 Signal Film directed by Manshen Lo and featuring music […]

FRIDAY at MoMA: George Griffin presents “Lineage” and a History of British Animation

This Friday, January 11th, at MoMA (The Museum of Modern Art), award-winning animator George Griffin presents Lineage, his smart and funny mash-up of animation history, documentary self-portraiture, and conceptualism. Drawing (literally) upon an entire century of animation techniques. Griffin will also introduce a program on the history of British animation. This special animation program is […]

Sony’s “Spider-Man: Into The Spiderverse” Wins Golden Globe Award

The infamous Hollywood Foreign Press Association announced their winners tonight – and included in the mix was the winner for Best Animated Feature. Sony’s Spider-Man: Into The Spiderverse won the top honor. Producers Phil Lord and Chris Miller accepted the award and spoke – and thanked everyone including Stan Lee and Steve Ditko. They were […]

Season Two Trailer: DreamWorks “The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle”

From executive producer Scott Fellows, the world-famous talking moose and flying squirrel are back in season 2 of The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle, a serialized comedy divided by unique arcs about two goofball best friends who routinely find themselves thrust into harrowing situations but end up saving the day time and again. The series […]

Restored Classic Animation Highlights 2019 ‘UCLA Festival of Preservation’

This year for the first time, the bi-annual UCLA Festival of Preservation will be presented as a long weekend event, instead of one spread out over a whole month, as in previous years. For three days next month, February 15-17, the archive will present – from 9am to midnight each day – a large selection […]

Jerry Beck

Publisher Editor

Articles By Jerry Beck

Guests Announced For The 4th Annual GLAS Animation Festival

FRIDAY at MoMA: George Griffin presents “Lineage” and a History of British Animation

Sony’s “Spider-Man: Into The Spiderverse” Wins Golden Globe Award

Season Two Trailer: DreamWorks “The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle”

Restored Classic Animation Highlights 2019 ‘UCLA Festival of Preservation’

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