John Canemaker’s Oscar Experience
What does it feel like to be nominated for an animated short Oscar? Atlanta animation director Ward Jenkins was curious to find out so he …
Amid Amidi
RUSSIAN ANIMATION SPY STORY
Who ever said being a distributor of animated films was boring work? Here’s an amusing newspaper article from a few months back about …
ART INSPIRED BY FAMILY GUY
Talk about scraping the bottom of the artistic barrel: the Museum of Television & Radio in Beverly Hills is currently hosting an exhibit …
FPS Charity Auction
Feel good this holiday season by participating in FPS MAGAZINE’s annual charity auction which runs through November 29. All proceeds, …
Oswald To Get Lucky in 2007
One of the most interesting animation stories of ’06 took place last February when Disney acquired the rights to one of Walt’s earliest …
Don Hertzfeldt: CGI is mostly nouns
Indie filmmaker/stick-figure master/ANIMATION SHOW co-founder Don Hertzfeldt talks extensively about his work in this new AWN interview. …
New Animated Bits Around the Web
Joel Trussell of WAR PHOTOGRAPHER fame has finished a great looking spot for the anti-smoking campaign Way2Quit. Check it out …
PRIVATE SNAFU IN THE NEW YORK TIMES
Today’s NEW YORK TIMES has an ARTICLE that discusses how animation was used during the 1940s and ’50s to teach valuable medical lessons. …
POTAPYCH: THE BEAR WHO LOVED VODKA
If you watch just one animated short this week, make it POTAPYCH: THE BEAR WHO LOVED VODKA by Darren Price. Produced as part of …
Greatest Soap Commercial Ever
“A girl finds some soap in the woods that turns her into a slut.” That’s the description I found for this risque Lux Provocateur soap …
EN TUS BRAZOS
Who needs DANCING WITH THE STARS? EN TUS BRAZOS is a new French student film from Supinfocom created by Edouard Jouret, FX Goby and …
THE SUCCESS OF KIWI!
What’s the most popular piece of animation on the Internet right now? How about KIWI!, a Master’s thesis film by Dony Permedi of School …
ANIMATION IN PRINT
One of the unlikeliest sources for quality animation writing nowadays is PRINT MAGAZINE. Their September/October issue had two smart …
TV Commercial Roundup
Here’s a few recent animated TV spots that have caught my attention: Orange “Kids” – “Spot 1” | “Spot 2”: These spots for European …
ESURANCE SPOTS CONFUSING?
The Esurance animated commercials – produced by Ghostbot and Wild Brain – look great, but are they good at selling car insurance? Ad …
HAPPY FEET IS NOW STOP MOTION
This sentence in the Associated Press review of HAPPY FEET should raise a few eyebrows: “So the goodhearted Mumble is nonetheless a total …
ANIMATORS ON TALK SHOWS
Check out this stomach-churning talk show appearance by Dave Jeser and Matt Silverstein, creators of Comedy Central’s animated series …
NEW SIMPSONS MOVIE TRAILER
The new SIMPSONS MOVIE trailer premiered last night on Fox during a new episode of the TV series. Watch it HERE. With all the recent …
Predicting the Oscars
THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER published a couple pieces recently about ’06 Oscar predictions for animated features and animated shorts. Jerry …
Interviews With Indie Filmmakers
Directors Notes is a weekly audio podcast that interviews indie filmmakers who create short films, docs, music videos, art films, etc. …
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