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.

Articles By Jackson Murphy

Veteran Pixar producer Nicole Paradis Grindle re-teamed with two-time Oscar winning director Brad Bird for the highly-anticipated Incredibles 2. Not only was this sequel the highest-grossing animated feature of 2018, but it’s a Best Animated Feature Academy Award nominee and it has the most nominations heading into this weekend’s Annie Awards. Jackson Murphy: How does […]

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Reign of the Supermen is the latest DC Universe animated movie and the follow-up to last year’s “The Death of Superman”. It’s based off the popular 1992-93 comic book storyline. Earlier this week, both films screened in more than 500 theaters in North America through Fathom Events. I recently caught-up with the cast and crew […]

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DreamWorks

After years of producing award-winning feature-length films, DreamWorks Animation announced they were getting into the “shorts” business in November 2017. And this year their first two short films have made it onto the finalists list for the Best Animated Short Film Oscar. One of the entries is Bilby, which emerged from the DWA feature “Larrikins”, […]

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Independent

After years of working on acclaimed animated movies, Dublin, Ireland’s Louise Bagnall decided to take a chance and make a short film of her own. The result? Late Afternoon, which has not only been wowing fans and juries at film festivals throughout the world, but is also one of 10 finalists on the 2019 Oscars […]

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Pixar story artist Trevor Jimenez worked on his Annie-nominated short Weekends, on and off, for the past 10 years. Some would call that a ‘passion project’. But for the Canadian filmmaker, this story of a young boy dealing with life following the divorce of his parents is even more personal than that. Jackson Murphy: Where […]

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