Jerry Beck

Publisher Editor

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

Canada’s ICON Creative Studio to Adapt Novelist Isabel Allende’s ‘Dos Palabras’ as Animated Short

Canada's largest independently owned CG animation studio announced today it will produce, in partnership with L.A. based Animation creative executive Pilar Flynn and writer Rafael Agustín, an animated short film adaptation of Isabel Allende's internationally acclaimed story “Dos Palabras."

GKids to Release Next “Shaun The Sheep” Movie – “The Beast Of Mossy Bottom” September 18th

GKIDS confirmed it will release the Aardman film in US theatres nationwide beginning September 18, 2026.

And The Oscar Goes to… “K-Pop Demon Hunters”

In case you weren't watching... The Oscar's were handed out last night. K-POP also won for BEST SONG. the National Film Board of Canada nabbed the prize for THE GIRL WHO CRIED PEARLS - winning for Best Short.

Disney’s “Songs In Sign Language” To Debut On Disney+ April 27

Three songs from recent Walt Disney Animation Studios features are reimagined and animated in American Sign Language in collaboration with Deaf West Theatre.

Animated “Mars” by The Whitest Kids U’Know Expands Theatrical Run

MARS, the animated feature film by the cult comedy troupe, The Whitest Kids U’Know, is expanding its theatrical run across the United States.

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