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.

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Animation Block Party UPDATE: “Pink Panther” Tribute on July 31st

This classic cartoon showcase will feature a selection of Pink Panther shorts spanning two decades of feline animation from Friz Freleng and Hawley Pratt. Featured cartoons include Dial “P” for Pink, Super Pink and a tribute to the Panther theme music, Pink, Plunk, Plink, which features a cameo by composer Henry Mancino. The screening is […]

FIRST PEEK: Disney’s New Short “Inner Workings”

Screening today in Annecy is the latest short from Disney Animation Studios – Inner Workings (aka on screen as Inner Workings Of The Human Body). First-time director Leo Matsuda (story artist for Big Hero 6, Wreck-It Ralph) vividly illustrates of the internal struggle between a man’s pragmatic, logical side and his free-spirited, adventurous half – […]

Felix Massie’s “Rain Or Shine” Is The Latest From ‘Google Spotlight Stories’

Attendees at Annecy this week got a sneak preview of Google Spotlight Stories and Nexus Animation Studios’ collaboration, Rain or Shine, directed by London based animator and children’s book author Felix Massie. Due to launch officially on YouTube and the GSS App later this summer, we have a new trailer that dropped online today to […]

TRAILER #2: Warner Bros. “Storks”

Here’s our latest, and best, look at the first film from the new Warner Bros. Feature Animation brain trust (or as they call it, “think tank”). Storks is directed by Nicholas Stoller and Doug Sweetland, and written by Stoller, based on his own idea and developed by Warner Bros. Animation under the Warner Animation Group […]

Sony Pictures Classics Dates “The Red Turtle” for Nov. 18th US Release

Any excuse I can use to post more clips from The Red Turtle – the highly anticipated first feature from animator Michaël Dudok de Wit – I’ll take! Co-produced by Studio Ghibli and screening this week at Annecy, the film was acquired by Sony Pictures Classics at Cannes (where it won a special jury prize) […]

Jerry Beck

Publisher Editor

Articles By Jerry Beck

Animation Block Party UPDATE: “Pink Panther” Tribute on July 31st

FIRST PEEK: Disney’s New Short “Inner Workings”

Felix Massie’s “Rain Or Shine” Is The Latest From ‘Google Spotlight Stories’

TRAILER #2: Warner Bros. “Storks”

Sony Pictures Classics Dates “The Red Turtle” for Nov. 18th US Release

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