Jerry Beck

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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

It’s a Wrap – LA Animation Festival Winners Announced

The LA Animation Festival had its awards evening on Sunday at The Mayflower Club and gave awards in many filmmaking and craft categories including a Best of the Fest Award for an experimental film by Louis Morton called Floreana, a Best Feature Award to renowned independent experimental filmmaker Joanna Priestley for North of Blue and […]

TMS Entertainment Partners With Future Today to Launch TMS KIDS! and TMS ANIME Streaming Platforms

TMS Entertainment USA, Inc. today announced partnership with Future Today Inc., to bring its hugely popular animated video library to even more global viewers. Available on most major streaming platforms – including Roku, Fire TV and Apple TV – TMS ANIME and TMS KIDS! will feature TMS Entertainment’s beloved titles such as Bananya, Saint Seiya: […]

46th Annie Awards Nominations Announced

ASIFA-Hollywood, announced nominees today for its 46th Annual Annie Awards recognizing the year’s best in the field of animation. For a complete list of nominations, check the list list below – or visit www.annieawards.org. This year’s Best Animated Feature nominations include: Early Man (Aardman Animations), Incredibles 2 (Pixar Animation Studios), Isle of Dogs (Fox Searchlight […]

Production has begun on Disney Junior’s “Mira, Royal Detective,”

Production has begun on “Mira, Royal Detective,” an animated mystery adventure series for preschoolers slated to debut on Disney Junior channels and programming blocks around the world in 2020. Set in the magical Indian-inspired land of Jalpur, the series follows the brave and resourceful Mira, a commoner who is appointed to the role of royal […]

RIP ‘Spongebob’ Creator Stephen Hillenberg

Stephen Hillenberg, the creator of Nickelodeon’s Spongebob Squarepants passed away yesterday, November 26th, from complications from ALS. To say he was one of the nicest guys in animation would be an understatement. He will be sorely missed. He was not only a cartoonist and animator, but a marine biologist and teacher as well. Born in […]

Jerry Beck

Publisher Editor

Articles By Jerry Beck

It’s a Wrap – LA Animation Festival Winners Announced

TMS Entertainment Partners With Future Today to Launch TMS KIDS! and TMS ANIME Streaming Platforms

46th Annie Awards Nominations Announced

Production has begun on Disney Junior’s “Mira, Royal Detective,”

RIP ‘Spongebob’ Creator Stephen Hillenberg

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