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Uli Meyer’s Quest to Produce an Independent Animated Feature

Without the support and deep pockets of a major studio, financing an animated film is a task of Sisyphean proportions, even for a skilled …

My introduction to the work of Dutch filmmaker Hisko Hulsing happend in 2004 when I saw his nightmarish short Seventeen at Annecy. It …

When DreamWorks story artist Dave Derrick was a student at CalArts in the early-2000s, one of the shorts that influenced him was Tim …

Earlier this week, Gabe Swarr relaunched “Life in the Analog Age” as a weekly animated series online, with the goal of new episodes every week.

Over the past decade,the husband-and-wife team Andy and Carolyn London have produced one of the most eclectic bodies of indie animated …

First staged in 1976, the Ottawa International Animation Festival is no spring chicken. Only the animation festivals in Annecy (France) …

Every few days, the Google homepage offers up a new Google Doodle either in the form of an illustration, short animation, or interactive …

On August 17th, ParaNorman, the second feature film from Oregon-based animation studio Laika (Coraline), will hit movie screens …

He’s lived in Knoxville, Seattle and Los Angeles, but animator Joel Trussell recently moved to a town you won’t find on any map — …

Animation professionals are pushing the limits of the field every day on the big and the small screen, but veteran animator and …

Animation legend Don Bluth hardly needs an introduction on Cartoon Brew. Long story short, he started working at Disney in the late …

DreamWorks animator Jamaal Bradley has been a long-time aficionado of pencil tests, and his website Pencil Test Depot has evolved into …

With the release last month of the feature film Arthur Christmas, Aardman Animation and Sony Pictures Animation pulled off a memorable …

Welcome to a new column by Chris Arrant who is also the editor of CB Biz. In today’s inaugural column, he profiles artist Jon Klassen: …

Heads up on a fun, free-wheeling interview with Hanna-Barbera veteran animator Jerry Eisenberg. It’s being broadcast live today at 7pm …

Rauch Brothers Animation, operated by Brooklyn-based Mike and Tim Rauch, epitomizes all that is good about New York animation. A couple …

I wrote about Kirsten Lepore’s short Bottle last month, and enjoyed it so much, that I asked her to answer a few questions about her …

The Ottawa International Animation Festival takes place next week. If you’ve never been, GO! It’s a wonderful event to catch up with …