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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ANNIE AWARD WINNERS: “The Mitchells vs. The Machines”, “Flee”, “Arcane” Take Top Honors

Sony Pictures Animation was a big winner Saturday evening during the 49th Virtual Annie Awards. The Mitchells vs The Machines received eight Annies including Best Feature, Best FX (Christopher Logan, Man-Louk Chin, Devdatta Nerurkar, Pav Grochola, Filippo Maccari), Character Design (Lindsey Olivares), Direction (Mike Rianda, Jeff Rowe), Production Design (Lindsey Olivares, Toby Wilson, Dave Bleich), […]

TRAILER: Netflix “Apollo 10 1/2: A Space Age Childhood”

One of the most anticipated animated features of 2022 is Richard Linklater’s Apollo 10 1/2: A Space Age Childhood – and today Netflix dropped the trailer. The film tells the story of the first moon landing in the summer of 1969 from two interwoven perspectives – the astronaut and mission control view of the triumphant […]

TRAILER: Nickelodeon’s Reboot “The Fairly Oddparents: Fairly Odder”

Paramount+ today released the official trailer and key art for its upcoming original series The Fairly Oddparents: Fairly Odder. All 13 episodes of the debut season will be available to stream beginning Thursday, March 31, exclusively on Paramount+ in the U.S., Canada, Australia, Nordics and Latin America. Combining live action and animation, The Fairly Oddparents: […]

Jerry Beck

Publisher Editor

Articles By Jerry Beck

ANNIE AWARD WINNERS: “The Mitchells vs. The Machines”, “Flee”, “Arcane” Take Top Honors

TRAILER: Netflix “Apollo 10 1/2: A Space Age Childhood”

TRAILER: Nickelodeon’s Reboot “The Fairly Oddparents: Fairly Odder”

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