Carl Stalling and Humor in Cartoons
Daniel Goldmark shows how Carl Stalling, who may have been the most skilled and clever composer of cartoon music Hollywood ever had, used music to create gags and help tell a story at the same time.
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Desert Island Series....If a Tree Falls on a Desert Island, Does Anyone Hear It?
Alf Clausen, Howie Mandel, Will Ryan and Luc Hamet.
"A Screw Here, a Crank There"e;: Payut Ngaokrachang and the Origins of Thai Animation
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!["A Screw Here, a Crank There"e;: Payut Ngaokrachang and the Origins of Thai Animation](https://www.awn.com/sites/default/files/styles/tiny_featured/public/image/featured/819-screw-here-crank-therequote-payut-ngaokrachang-and-origins-thai-animation.jpg?itok=VlwkQyhZ "\"A Screw Here, a Crank There"e;: Payut Ngaokrachang and the Origins of Thai Animation")
The father of Thai animation, Payut Ngaokrachang, tells John A. Lent how he got his start through a set of fortuitous circumstances.
The Burgeoning of a Project: Pierre Hébert's La Plante humaine
Andrea Martignoni delves into Pierre Hert's radical method for marrying animation with music.
La crescita di un progetto: La Plante humaine di Pierre Hébert
Andrea Martignoni delves into Pierre Hert's radical method for marrying animation with music.
An Interview With George Griffin
Ann C. Phillipon talks with "quintessential independent American animator, George Griffin" about his life and art.
Sporn's Choice: An Independent's Struggle
New York producer Michael Sporn's commitment to making films about human issues has lately led him to animated documentaries for which the children's market has been most receptive. Janet Benn reports.
Yvonne Anderson: Profile of a Pioneer
Wendy Jackson details the career of Yvonne Andersen, founder of the Yellow Ball Workshop, and pioneer of teaching animation to children.
Folk Animation: Low Tech Art in the High Tech Age
John Serpentelli relates his experiences teaching the folk art of animation to children in Philadelphia.
On a Desert Island With....Three Kinder Folk and an Animator
Nicolas Bellanger, Arlene Sherman, Yvonne Anderson, Alex Williams
Desert Island Series....Animation Industry-ites
Piet Kroon, Pat Raine Webb, Jerry Hibbert, Steve Hulett, Jeff Massie and Georges Lacroix
Susan Pitt: An Animator's Journey
Jackie Leger explores the visions of painter, designer and animation filmmaker, Suzan Pitt.
Shin Dong Mun, An Old Warrior in Korean Animation
John A. Lent interviews one of the pioneers of Korean animation, who had a profound effect on the course of the nation's indigenous production
Remembering Al
Animator Alfred Eugster, whose career started in the silent era and ended doing animation for TV, passed away the night of January 1, 1997 at the age of 87. The following memoir and biofilmography was prepared by his friend and sometime colleague, Mark Mayerson.Left to right: Otto Englander, Shamus Culhane, and Al Eugster at Disney in 1935. From Shamus Culhane's Talking Animals and Other People (St. Martin's Press, 1986). Collection of Bernie Wolf.I first met Al in 1975 when I was researching an article on cartoons released by MGM when he let me interview him about the Iwerks studio.
When I...
Don't Quit Your Day Job, Work the Night Shift
Dutch filmmaker Piet Kroon contributes the first in an occasional series devoted to a day in the life of an animation artist. Herein, Kroon explores the whys and wherefors of how he balances working as an independent filmmaker while holding down a full-time job at Warner Bros.
Louise Beaudet: A Passion For Animation
Front half of cover illustration by Jacques Drouin from the Tribute to Louise Beaudet issue of the ASIFA-Canada magazine (September 1996).On January 3, Louise Beaudet, perhaps the most famous and respected animation archivist in the world died of lung cancer. In her role as curator of Montrl's Cinathue Quecoise, she more than helped fulfill that organization's special interest in animation. Herein are a few thoughts by some of the people who knew and/or worked with her. But first, to provide some general background, we start off with the two part press...
Renzo Kinoshita: A Talk With Miyasan Sadao Miyamoto
Will Ryan asks Mike Kazaleh slightly fewer than ten questions regarding getting started in Detroit, comic books and the benefits of working for hire...
Staying Ahead of the Game
Jerry Hibbert, drawing from his own experience, provides some thoughts on the need for production companies to embrace change.
Confessions of a Festival Juror
Maureen Furniss recounts her experiences as a member of the Ottawa 96 selection committee, providing some friendly advice from her and her fellow jurors.
Mancia Musings
Wherein the Museum of Modern Art's Adrienne Mancia reminisces to Mark Langer about her past efforts in animation programming and her thoughts about the state of the craft today.
Festival Programming
Many time festival programmer and juror Otto Adler provides his viewpoint on the ins and outs of selecting and programming films.
Yvette Kaplan On the Beavis and Butt-head Watch
Janet Benn provides a case study of the role played by Animation Director Yvette Kaplan on Beavis and Butt-head Do America, while saying more than a little about who Yvette is.
Desert Island Series . . . Festive Festivalers Make Their Picks
Tom Knott, Gigi Hu, Chris Robinson, Philippe Moins and Yvette Kaplan.
Rendezvous In Annecy: An Interview With Jean-Luc Xiberras
Annick Teninge talks with the current director of Annecy, the granddaddy of all animation festivals, about how and why it has changed over the years.
Rendezvous In Annecy: An Interview With Jean-Luc Xiberras
Annick Teninge talks with the current director of Annecy, the granddaddy of all animation festivals, about how and why it has changed over the years. [
