Jackson Murphy

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Jackson Murphy is an Emmy-winning film critic, content producer, and author, who has also served as Animation Scoop reporter since 2016. He is the creator of the website Lights-Camera-Jackson.com, and has made numerous appearances on television and radio over the past 20 years.

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2020 Daytime Emmy Awards for Animation Add Two More Nominees

Nickelodeon’s The Casagrandes and Netflix’s Ask the StoryBots have just received surprise 2020 Daytime Emmy Awards nominations heading into the July 26th virtual ceremony honoring animation and family programming. They join the rest of this year’s nominees, which were announced on May 21st.

Show-Runner Kelly Landry on Quibi’s “Your Daily Horoscope”

Short-form content streaming service Quibi debuts its first animated series today: Your Daily Horoscope. There are 12 new two-minute episodes every weekday – one for each of the 12 Zodiac signs. It’s a new feat in animation, and one that showrunner (and popular comedian) Kelly Landry is excited for everyone to take-in. Jackson Murphy: I […]

Interview with DreamWorks “To: Gerard” writer/director Taylor Meacham

A girl, a postman, a coin and some magic. They’re the components of To: Gerard, a new DreamWorks Animation short from writer/director Taylor Meacham. You’ll be able to watch it soon. In the meantime, the short recently picked-up a big award at this year’s virtual Annecy Film Festival. Jackson Murphy: Congrats on the Annecy honor. […]

Animation Domination at Virtual Comic-Con 2020

San Diego Comic-Con is gearing-up for an At Home edition from July 23-26. Virtual admission is FREE, so for the first time, everyone can watch the special studio presentations of upcoming TV shows, episodes and films. The first network to announce its Fall 2020 Primetime schedule earlier this year was FOX. And it’s no surprise […]

Glen Keane on Netflix “Over the Moon”

Disney Animation legend Glen Keane (who drew Ariel, The Beast and Aladdin) won an Oscar in 2018 with the late Kobe Bryant for the short Dear Basketball. Now after decades in the world of animation, Keane is finally directing his first feature-length film. Over the Moon is an original animated musical adventure that will debut […]

Jackson Murphy

Editor

Articles By Jackson Murphy

2020 Daytime Emmy Awards for Animation Add Two More Nominees

Show-Runner Kelly Landry on Quibi’s “Your Daily Horoscope”

Interview with DreamWorks “To: Gerard” writer/director Taylor Meacham

Animation Domination at Virtual Comic-Con 2020

Glen Keane on Netflix “Over the Moon”

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