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.

Articles By Jerry Beck

Spider-Man Sweeps The Annies Awards

Sony’s Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse won Best Animated Feature at the 46th Annual Annie Awards Saturday evening, and garnered top honors across seven categories including Character Animation – David Han; Character Design – Shiyoon Kim; Directing – Bob Persichetti, Peter Ramsey and Rodney Rothman; Production Design – Justin K. Thompson; Writing – Phil Lord and […]

Watch the Annie Awards Live – HERE!

Asifa Hollywood is live streaming tonight’s Annie Awards ceremony – direct from UCLA’s Royce Hall – and you can watch it here. The award ceremony’s multi-camera and audio set up covered the entire ceremony – the celebrations, the laughs, the flubs, even the audience reactions. You won’t miss a thing. It’s just like being there… […]

Meet Gidget – Via the New “Secret Life Of Pets 2” teaser

A new teaser trailer has dropped for The Secret Life of Pets 2 and we thought we’d share it. The Illumination film, scheduled for June 7th release via Universal, will see the return of writer Brian Lynch (Minions) and once again be directed by Chris Renaud (Despicable Me series, Dr. Seuss’ The Lorax) with co-director […]

“Wocka! Wodka!” Fozzie Bear Makes His Voice Acting Debut on Disney’s “Big City Greens”

Fozzie Bear, The Muppets’—and the world’s only—standup comic bear, makes his voice acting debut as Dr. Enamel, a cheery and affable dentist who eagerly imparts dental wisdom to his patients, in a new episode of Big City Greens, Saturday, February 9th (8:30-9:00 A.M. EST/PST), on Disney Channel and DisneyNOW. Created and executive produced by brothers […]

Animated Academy Award Nominations

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences today announced that nominations for its 91st Annual Academy Awards. The 5 films are listed below in alphabetical order by title, with their producers and directors: Best Animated Feature nominees are: THE INCREDIBLES 2 Pixar – Director: Brad Bird. Producers: Nicole Paradis Grindle, John Walker. ISLE OF […]

Jerry Beck

Publisher Editor

Articles By Jerry Beck

Spider-Man Sweeps The Annies Awards

Watch the Annie Awards Live – HERE!

Meet Gidget – Via the New “Secret Life Of Pets 2” teaser

“Wocka! Wodka!” Fozzie Bear Makes His Voice Acting Debut on Disney’s “Big City Greens”

Animated Academy Award Nominations

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Jerry Beck

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