Animator Spotlight: Emery Hawkins

“I go berserk as far as the formula,” Hawkins explained of his approach. “I just can’t resist the temptation to take the formula and change it.”

Mike Nichols, RIP

Celebrated stage and film director Mike Nichols (“Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?,” “The Graduate) died yesterday at the age of 83.

“A Nose” by Mordi Gerstein

WOW! A real rarity today. It’s A Nose, an animated short from 1966 directed and designed by Mordi Gerstein (who prior to this had worked …

An Appreciation of Marky Maypo

Animation master Eric Goldberg pens an appreciation of classic cereal commercials directed by John Hubley.