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

MODERN MONDAY @ MoMA: An Evening with Suzan Pitt

Suzan Pitt’s wildly imaginative and comically sinister animation has dazzled Museum of Modern Art audiences for nearly 45 years. An award-winning artist and filmmaker who variously calls Los Angeles, Mexico, and a remote cabin in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula her home, Pitt returns to MoMA on March 6th to introduce the New York premiere of five […]

NEW CLIP: DISNEY XD Orders Second Season Of “DuckTales” Ahead Of It’s Summer Premiere

Disney XD has ordered a second season of the all-new reboot of DuckTales ahead of its highly-anticipated summer premiere. Based on the Emmy Award-winning series, which itself was based on Carl Barks’ Uncle Scrooge comic book stories, the Disney Television Animation-produced series stars David Tennant as Scrooge McDuck; Danny Pudi, Ben Schwartz and Bobby Moynihan […]

This Weekend in Berkeley: Pre-Code Cartoons, Brad Bird, China’s Lei Lei, Japan’s Masaaki Yuasa at GLAS

The 2nd annual GLAS Animation Festival is happening this weekend – Thursday (3/2) and runs through Sunday (3/5) – in Berkeley California, and its got a line-up that should appeal to anyone interested in the art of animation. I will be there to present a screening of Pre-Code Cartoons – Hollywood cartoons on the big […]

TRAILER: “Spark: A Space Tail”

Here’s a nice surprise. The trailer for Aaron Woodley’s Spark: A Space Tail which is opening next month, on April 14th. Jessica Biel, Susan Sarandon and Patrick Stewart topline the voice cast on this film – from our friends who created The Nut Job. This looks to be a vast improvement in visual quality and […]

The Walt Disney Family Museum Presents Deja View: The Art of Andreas Deja

The next exhibition coming to The Walt Disney Family Museum this spring is a must-see: Deja View: The Art of Andreas Deja. It celebrates the work of one of the most accomplished character animators of our time. Running March 23rd through October 4th, the exhibition showcases original works on paper and maquettes of Deja’s most […]

Jerry Beck

Publisher Editor

Articles By Jerry Beck

MODERN MONDAY @ MoMA: An Evening with Suzan Pitt

NEW CLIP: DISNEY XD Orders Second Season Of “DuckTales” Ahead Of It’s Summer Premiere

This Weekend in Berkeley: Pre-Code Cartoons, Brad Bird, China’s Lei Lei, Japan’s Masaaki Yuasa at GLAS

TRAILER: “Spark: A Space Tail”

The Walt Disney Family Museum Presents Deja View: The Art of Andreas Deja

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