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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Rich Webber’s “BENCH” Wins Top Honors at LAAF 2020

The Los Angeles Animation Festival (LAAF), which was an online-competition-only event this year, announced its winners Sunday night – with top honors – BEST OF THE FEST and BEST COMEDY SHORT – going to Rich Webber’s beautifully paced and hilarious short Bench (U.K). Canada’s Ya Ma won BEST FEATURE for his powerful documentary Up We […]

Netflix and Aardman Announce Holiday Special, “Robin Robin”

Today Netflix and Aardman announced the voice cast for upcoming stop-animation musical holiday special, Robin Robin, which is currently in production at Aardman’s award-winning studio in the UK and will debut on Netflix in time for the holidays in 2021. Golden Globe winner Gillian Anderson (The Crown) and Oscar nominee Richard E. Grant (Can You […]

TRAILER: GKids Ottawa Prize Winner “On-Gaku: Our Sound”

GKIDS, the acclaimed producer and distributor of animation for adult and family audiences, released a new trailer for the upcoming animated feature On-Gaku: Our Sound from director Kenji Iwaisawa, based on the manga by Hiroyuki Ohashi. The film will play in select theatrical markets starting December 11th, 2020.

Nick’s New Titmouse Pre-School “Kinderwood” Starting on Noggin

Preschoolers will make discoveries, use their imaginations and explore an exciting new world when Nickelodeon’s brand-new animated series Kinderwood (30 x 7-min episodes) debuts Thursday, Dec. 3rd, on Noggin, Nick’s interactive learning service. Created and produced by Titmouse, the Emmy Award-winning independent animation production company (T.O.T.S., Little Big Awesome, Mao Mao: Heroes of Pure Heart), […]

ASIFA-Hollywood Announced Today its ‘Call for Judges’

ASIFA-Hollywood announced today its ‘Call for Judges’ for the 48th Virtual Annie Awards. Applicants must have an established career in animation and exemplary professional credentials in at least one of the Annie Award categories. Individuals in the animation community, who are interested in being a nomination committee judge, will find the application at members.asifa-hollywood.org/judge-application.

Jerry Beck

Publisher Editor

Articles By Jerry Beck

Rich Webber’s “BENCH” Wins Top Honors at LAAF 2020

Netflix and Aardman Announce Holiday Special, “Robin Robin”

TRAILER: GKids Ottawa Prize Winner “On-Gaku: Our Sound”

Nick’s New Titmouse Pre-School “Kinderwood” Starting on Noggin

ASIFA-Hollywood Announced Today its ‘Call for Judges’

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