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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AEF August Salon with Animator Bill Kroyer

ASIFA-Hollywood’s Animation Educators Forum will host its eighth salon event – Mr. In-Between: My Life in the Middle of the Animation Revolution with animator Bill Kroyer on Sunday, August 10, 2025, at 11am PST on Zoom: To join the Zoom, please click on this link.

FIRST LOOK: Genndy Tartakovsky’s “Fixed”

The trailer for Netflix’s highly anticipated R-rated animated feature Fixed hit the internet today. From director Genndy Tartakovsky, Fixed is an adult animated comedy about Bull, an average, all-around good dog who discovers he’s going to be neutered in the morning! As the gravity of this life-altering event sets in, Bull realizes he needs one […]

TEASER: Pixar’s “Hoppers”

Disney and Pixar’s upcoming action-packed animated comedy “Hoppers” unveiled a new trailer this morning, introducing moviegoers to an animal lover named Mabel (voice of Piper Curda), who jumps at the opportunity—or hops, in fact—to try new technology that allows her to communicate with animals in an exciting new way. Produced by Nicole Paradis Grindle, Hoppers […]

Animation Educator’s Forum Announces 2025 Faculty Grants

ASIFA-Hollywood’s Animation Educators Forum (AEF) is proud to announce the ten recipients of this year’s AEF Faculty Grants program. The Faculty Grants Committee of the Animation Educators Forum awarded a total of $30,000 to the recipients. Applications came from seven states, six countries, and four continents from a variety of animation artists, educators, and scholars. […]

FIRST LOOK: Teaser “The SpongeBob Movie: Search For Squarepants”

Opening in theaters on December 19th, Paramount Animation and Nickelodeon Movies will present The SpongeBob Movie: Search For Squarepants – and today we have our first look. And it looks great! And funny! Derek Drymon directs; Tom Kenny, Clancy Brown, Rodger Bumpass, Bill Fagerbakke, Carolyn Lawrence, Mr. Lawrence, George Lopez, Isis “Ice Spice” Gaston, Arturo […]

Jerry Beck

Publisher Editor

Articles By Jerry Beck

AEF August Salon with Animator Bill Kroyer

FIRST LOOK: Genndy Tartakovsky’s “Fixed”

TEASER: Pixar’s “Hoppers”

Animation Educator’s Forum Announces 2025 Faculty Grants

FIRST LOOK: Teaser “The SpongeBob Movie: Search For Squarepants”

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