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11 Ways Animation Festivals Can Support Filmmakers
A filmmaker offers a few tips for festivals to attract animators—and ensure that they keep coming back.
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Ex-DreamWorkers Aim to Make Animation Production Easier Than Ever With Nimble Collective
Their new cloud-enabled platform will allow indie producers to make work faster and more efficiently.
Jim Henson Co. Project Among Four Animation Pilots Coming to Amazon
Amazon’s online television division has ordered pilots for four new animated programs.
Toon Boom Launches Harmony 12 and Introduces Subscription Pricing
The same software used by Disney and Cartoon Network is now available as low as $15 per month.
Book Review: ‘Chinese Animation: A History and Filmography’
A new book seeks to remedy the lack of English scholarship on China's contribution to the medium.
Animation Is Not A Genre: Oscar Edition
At the Oscars tonight, The Rock called animation a genre. It's not.
Proof That Oscar Voters Are Clueless About Animation
What if the animation Oscars were chosen by people who knew nothing about animation?
L.A. Animation Artist Tired of Explaining To Fans He Didn’t Attend CalArts
The talented Ian Jones-Quartey took to Twitter tonight to vent his frustration with young fans who keep asking him how to get accepted into the animation program at CalArts, even though he never attended the school.
2015 Animation Oscar Nominations: Full Coverage
We present complete coverage of the animation-related Oscar nominees for the 87th annual Academy Awards.
Bill Plympton on ‘Cheatin” and the Challenges of Making Indie Animation for Adults
"Why should kids be the only ones who get pleasure out of animation," says the revered indie animation director Bill Plympton. "It offends me that American animation is stereotyped this way."
Sony Animation’s Bob Osher Makes $1.25 Million A Year, But Don’t Compare Your Salary To His
Sony tries to trick animation students with "advice" on how to be a successful employee at their studio.
Watch A Roundtable with Oscar-Contending Animation Directors and Producers
A 40-minute video roundtable with six feature film directors and producers contending for an Oscar this year.
Focal Press to Publish Andreas Deja’s Book on Disney Animation Techniques
Focal press has released cover art for what is sure to be one of next year's most popular animation titles: Andreas Deja's "The Nine Old Men: Lessons, Techniques, and Inspiration from Disney's Greatest Animators."
Barack Obama Finally Honors America’s Greatest Animation Artist
On Monday, Jeffrey Katzenberg became just the second animation figure to receive the National Medal of Arts.
San Diego Comic-Con Animation Open Thread
San Diego Comic-Con 2014 begins tonight. If you have an animation-related project or merchandise that you want attendees to know about, post it in the comments.
‘Mouse in Transition’: The Disney Animation Story Crew (Chapter 3)
Larry had me writing sequence scripts for "The Fox and the Hound," which turned out to be my assignment for the next six months. Part of the package was attending Woolie Reitherman's marathon story sessions, which often left me drained and dazed. There were also Woolie's marathon take-selection meetings, which left me drained and bewildered.
‘Lord of the Rings’ Animation Supervisor Randall William Cook Speaks Out On Andy Serkis
Our post on Andy Serkis's inflammatory rhetoric about the limited role of animators on his motion capture performances generated a robust, often heated, discussion in the comments. By far, the most informative comment was provided by 3-time Oscar winner Randall William Cook, who was the animation supervisor and designer at WETA on the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy that was released between 2001 and 2003.
How The Producer of ‘Green Lantern’ Learned That Animation Focus Groups Are Nonsense
"Green Lantern: The Animated Series" showrunner Giancarlo Volpe drew a mini-comic about his first experience attending a focus group for his series.
Why Giannalberto Bendazzi’s Animation History Book Must Be Published
Giannalberto Bendazzi's "Cartoons" is an indispensable animation history book . Why won't any American publisher take a risk on the updated version?
Patreon Offers a New Way to Crowdfund Animation
There are countless crowdfunding sites nowadays, but none have offered a viable alternative that challenges Kickstarter and Indiegogo's dominance. Patreon may change that though. The crowdfunding site offers a twist on the crowdfunding model that may prove attractive to filmmakers who want to produce content regularly.
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