Eight-time Emmy Award winner Andrea Romano further cemented her reputation as the greatest voiceover director in animation history on Sunday night when she was inducted into the prestigious Children’s & Family Emmys’ inaugural Silver Circle during a ceremony at the Westin Bonaventure Hotel. The Silver Circle recognizes those professionals who have performed distinguished service within […]

Humo is about Daniel, a boy who witnesses and experiences the horrors of The Holocaust. Director Rita Basulto describes the powerful story and some of the short’s unforgettable visual moments in this Animation Scoop Q&A. (This was conducted as an Email Interview and was edited for length and clarity.) Jackson Murphy: How did the book […]

Director David Brooks and Stoopid Buddy Stoodios follow-up last year’s hit stop-motion special Mickey Saves Christmas with Halloween-themed half-hour Mickey and Friends: Trick or Treats. It premieres this Sunday Oct. 1 at 7pm on Disney Channel, Disney Junior and Disney XD. It will then be available on Disney+ starting Monday Oct. 2. This Animation Scoop […]

Jim Capobianco co-wrote Pixar’s Ratatouille, earning him an Oscar nomination. He then directed follow-up short Your Friend the Rat, which won him an Annie Award. Now, after years at that animation studio and working on other projects including Mary Poppins Returns, Capobianco has made a stop-motion animated feature about the life of Leonardo Da Vinci. […]

ASIFA-Hollywood’s Animation Educators Forum (AEF) is proud to announce the six recipients of this year’s AEF Faculty Grants program. This year’s recipients were selected from a pool of creative, talented artists and filmmakers from across the United States. Applications for this year’s grants were received from educators from Australia, Canada, the West Indies, Wales and […]

Disney+ will begin debuting a collection of 28 newly restored Walt Disney Animation Studios classic shorts starting on July 7, featuring such iconic stars as Mickey and Minnie Mouse, Donald Duck, Goofy, Pluto, Chip n’ Dale, and the studio’s first star, Oswald the Lucky Rabbit.  This year marks the centennial of the Walt Disney Animation […]