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.

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Google Spotlight Stories and Nexus Studios Release New VR Short “Rain Or Shine”

Google Spotlight Stories and Nexus Studios announced the debut today of their new 360, interactive story, Rain or Shine. directed by animator Felix Massie. Massie is an award winning animation director and published children’s book author based at the Nexus Studios in London. The film is now available on YouTube 360, as well as on […]

Tonko House and 20th Century Fox Animation Developing “Dam Keeper” Feature

Tonko House and 20th Century Fox Animation announced today that they are partnering to develop a feature film based on The Dam Keeper, the 2015 Academy Award-nominated animated short written and directed by Tonko House founders Robert Kondo and Daisuke “Dice” Tsutsumi. Kondo and Tsutsumi, former art directors at Pixar (Toy Story 3, Monster’s University, […]

Creator John Dilworth Posts Online Commentary For “Courage The Cowardly Dog”

Calling all Courage The Cowardly Dog fans! Creator John Dilworth and Courage staff writer William Hohauser are producing commentary tracks for various Courage episodes. They have begun posting them on YouTube, with Dilworth doing all the talking on these commentaries – but in RiffTrax style. In other words, the viewer has to cue up their […]

Nickelodeon Debuts Original Animated TV Movie “Albert” Friday, Dec. 9th

Nickelodeon had announced the debut of Albert, an original animated TV movie about a tiny Douglas fir tree who goes on a journey to become the city’s most famous Christmas tree ever. Premiering Friday, Dec. 9th, at 7:00 p.m. (ET/PT), this one-hour, CG-animated holiday special is directed by Oscar-nominated Max Lang (The Gruffalo), executive produced […]

The 27 Animated Features Submitted For the 2016 Oscar Race

A record 27 features have been submitted for consideration in the Animated Feature Film category for the 89th Academy Awards. The submitted features, listed in alphabetical order, are: “The Angry Birds Movie” “April and the Extraordinary World” “Bilal” “Finding Dory” “Ice Age: Collision Course” “Kingsglaive Final Fantasy XV” “Kubo and the Two Strings” “Kung Fu […]

Jerry Beck

Publisher Editor

Articles By Jerry Beck

Google Spotlight Stories and Nexus Studios Release New VR Short “Rain Or Shine”

Tonko House and 20th Century Fox Animation Developing “Dam Keeper” Feature

Creator John Dilworth Posts Online Commentary For “Courage The Cowardly Dog”

Nickelodeon Debuts Original Animated TV Movie “Albert” Friday, Dec. 9th

The 27 Animated Features Submitted For the 2016 Oscar Race

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