During my years as a student at SVA, there were two superstar students capturing everyone’s imagination. One was a year ahead of me, named Chris Prynoski (pictured above in cartoon form), and the other was Aaron Augenblick, two years behind. Despite n…
DetailsArticle written by Mike Rauch. How do you take a classic show that is close to people’s hearts and faithfully update it almost 30 years later? This past Tuesday, Karen Fowler, Executive Producer of the The Electric Company, and a panel of her production team gave a look into how they did it. For Fowler,…
DetailsTons Of Animated Events Coming This Weekend! September 23rd, Thursday 8pm 92Y Tribeca presents – Irrational Reactions: The Animated Worlds of John R. Dilworth September 23rd, Thursday 6:30pm The Paley Center for Media presents – Superman/Batman: Apocalypse September 23rd, Thursday 5:15 & 7:15pm Jacob Burns Film Center presents – Waking Sleeping Beauty September 24th, Friday…
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by Tom SitoTom Sito of ASIFA-Hollywood wrote the following obituary of Bill Littlejohn for ASIFA Magazine. Our thanks to Tom and to ASIFA-Hollywood president Antran Manoogian for kindly sharing it with ASIFA-East (ed.).Bill Littlejohn, an American animator who was one of the pillars of the International ASIFA movement and a founder of the International Tournee’…
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ASIFA is grieved to report the death of veteran animator and former ASIFA vice-president, Bill Littlejohn, who died September 18. He was 96.Born in Newark, New Jersey, in 1914, Bill Littlejohn began his career as a cel washer at the Van Beuren Studio in the early 1930s. Later that decade, he moved to the West…
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September 21st, Tuesday 7pm ASIFA-East and Women in Animation present – An Evening with The Electric Company! Join us for a special panel discussion featuring the key minds behind the relaunch of the hit series! Here is the panel: Claire Curley – ANIMATION PRODUCER Karen Fowler – EXECUTIVE PRODUCER Linda Simensky – VICE PRESIDENT, CHILDREN’S…
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Murder on the Orient ExpressBig Wednesday Jane Eyre The Cabinet of Dr. CalagariAnimator, writer, ASIFA-East executive board member, and teacher Rich Gorey and I have been close friends for over ten years. When we meet up for lunch, Rich never fails to …
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Earlier this week I had the pleasure of sitting down with the very awesome Bill Plympton who needs little introduction. His 5th feature film to date, Idiots and Angels , is getting its theatrical release this October 6th here in New York at the IFC Center. Plympton’s catalog of shorts and features are often comedic…
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Flying the Flag at Se-Ma-For: Guest Article by Tom Gasek Since I have been teaching at the Rochester Institute of Technology in the last 5 years I have been having wonderful working summer “vacations.” After 27 years of professional activity in the area of character stop motion work (including stints with Nick Park, Peter Lord,…
DetailsNew additions to the Events Calendar: September 23rd, Thursday 8pm 92Y Tribeca presents – Irrational Reactions: The Animated Worlds of John R. Dilworth September 24th & 25th 92Y Tribeca presents – 6th Annual New York City Short Film Festival September 25th, Saturday 2pm Animazing Gallery presents – John Canemaker Booksigning October 1st & 2nd Museum…
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