Paul Fierlinger: In Remembrance
by Richard O’Connor There’s a sequence in Drawn From Memory in which a young Paul Fierlinger sits in a bar with his former classmates Václav Havel, Milos Foreman, and the…
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Jen Oxley, Wonder Pets: In the City
Jennifer Oxley was born in Hollywood, California and caught the filmmaking bug early – she made her first film at the age of seven. Since then she’s created loads of…
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Stephen Mann, Where Are the 3D Artists?
ASIFA-East is mostly comprised of 2D animators and, being pirmarily a 3D animator, I’ve always wondered why there aren’t more of us in our organization. Steve Mann is also a…
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Anna Samo On Festivals
Anna Samo is a NYC-based animator, teacher and one of the founders of Animation Speak/Easy. Anna’s films have been screened and won awards at highly acclaimed festivals around the globe…
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Evens Angulo-Duvil Didn’t Want To Wait For An Opportunity
A conversation with Doug Vitarelli A few years back Evens was a student of mine, and a classmate of Annastacia Henry-Ramos who we interviewed in May 2024, at SUNY Fredonia.…
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In the middle of Two Philosophies with Julian Glander
Julian Glander is a 3D computer animator from Pittsburg who has just completed his first feature film, “Boys Go to Jupiter”, which had its premiere at The 2024 Tribeca Film…
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TraceLoops aka Matthias Brown
Curious About the Process a conversation with Doug Vitarelli I learned of Matthias, a modern day Norman McLaren living in Brooklyn, because, not surprisingly, an experimental animator’s account from Brooklyn…
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Building an Accessible Animation Community in NYC with Animation Speak/Easy
A conversation with Siz Wang Between 2022 and 2023, words spread in town about a mysterious speakeasy event for animation lovers. I cannot recall how the message was passed on…
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Printable aNYmator Newsletters
This is the archive of our newsletter, the aNYmator, for animation fans and historians. Issues contain such content as the President’s Message, interviews, articles, film festival reviews, and more. This…
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New York City Animation Weekend
#NYCAnimWknd ASIFA-East presents NYC Animation Weekend, an event where NYC’s most prestigious animation organizations come together to present programs and offer a place for animators and animation fans to meet,…
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