“Thought of You” by Ryan Woodward

This gorgeous animated short is an exploration of moving gesture drawings by Brigham Young University animation instructor Ryan Woodward …

Happy 85th Birthday, Walt Peregoy!

Happy birthday to the great Walt Peregoy who turns 85 today. His color styling on 101 Dalmatians is legendary, but that’s just the tip of …

Fil Mottola Memorial Video

I randomly stumbled upon this memorial video dedicated to Filastro “Fil” Mottola (1915-2008) who worked as a background painter on …

“Horse Glue” by Stephen Irwin

Stephen Irwin, the innovative director of The Black Dog’s Progress, has created a new experimental short made up of two films which …

Happy 97th Birthday, Don Lusk!

It’s always sad to say goodbye to our animation heroes and inspirations, so any opportunity to wish them well in their later years is …

Happy 72nd Birthday, Ralph Bakshi!

Drawing by Jeaux Janovsky Happy birthday to animation’s original bad boy, Ralph Bakshi, who turns 72 today! His attitude towards …

Brad Bird in Dubai

Brad with Jeremy Renner (L), Tom Cruise and Paula Patton As we continue to stalk cover Brad Bird’s travels around the globe, here are …

Happy 100th, Tyrus Wong!

Brew reader Alex Rannie reminds us that Monday, October 25, marked the centennial birthday of animation legend Tyrus Wong and we hope …

Screenings We Like

On Thursday October 28th I’ll be doing a book signing (at 6pm) and screening (at 7pm) to celebrate The 100 Greatest Looney Tunes Cartoons …

The Artists of “Tangled”

“I had the great experience of working as an animator on Tangled,” writes Claudio de Oliveira, “and by the end of the production I found …

Bill Littlejohn (1914-2010)

Word has just reached us that veteran animator Bill Littlejohn passed away in his sleep last night. He was 96. Littlejohn was born in …

Matt Reynolds

I will now present two animated pieces in support of my argument that Matt Reynolds is an awesome young animation filmmaker who deserves …

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