*image above from Nick Jr’s Team Umizoomi, a production at Curious Pictures.If Animation Collective, Little Airplane, Stretch Films, Jumbo Pictures/Cartoon Pizza, have one thing in common it is: none of them have ever made me a grilled cheese sandwhich…
DetailsASIFA-East has two new exciting events coming up in October! Stay tuned for the flyers but here is the information: ASIFA-East Annual Open Screening! Oct 18, Monday 7 PM SVA 209 E.23rd Street 5th floor, room 502 Admission: FREE! Event rules: please arrive at 6:30 PM with a DVD (must be playable on any regular…
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Article written by Emmett Goodman. On Thursday night, September 23, filmmaker John R. Dilworth presented a show of his animated films at 92Y Tribeca. The title of this show is Irrational Reactions. Recently, I have seen two of John Dilworth’s previous showings. One, which I previously wrote about back in November, was something of a…
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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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