Tag: The Thief and The Cobbler
Animation Educators Forum Names 2023 Hall of Fame Inductees
The Animation Educators Forum (AEF), a nonprofit association of teachers and scholars whose focus is the art of animated film, has announced the selection...
Lost Richard Williams Short ‘Sailor and the Devil’ Rediscovered
It's always exciting when a rare or lost cartoon is uncovered and brought back to life for a new generation of animation aficionados to...
Cult Classic ‘Who Framed Roger Rabbit’ Debuts on 4K in December
Fans can experience one of the most brilliant live-action/animation hybrid titles ever put to celluloid at home like never before when Disney releases Who...
Director Kevin Johnson and the Paw-sitive Story of ‘Dog Gone Trouble’
A few weeks ago, an animated feature titled Dog Gone Trouble (a.k.a. Trouble) climbed to the top of the Netflix most-viewed titles and stayed...
Layout Artist Roy Naisbitt Dies at Age 90
Roy Naisbitt, a celebrated layout and background designer known for his work on Who Framed Roger Rabbit, Space Jam, Balto and 2001: A Space...
14 Movies to Track at Cartoon Movie 2021
One of the most exciting aspects of France’s Cartoon Movie pitching and co-pro event (cartoon-media.eu), which takes place online March 9-11 this year, is...
Beloved Animation Legend Richard Williams Passes at Age 86
Beloved animation director Richard Williams passed away on Friday evening at age 86 in his home in Bristol. Williams is best known for being...
Famed Disney Animator Don Lusk Dies at 105
The animation community was saddened by the death of longtime Disney and Hanna Barbera animator and director Don Lusk on Sunday at age 105...
Gary Kurtz, ‘Star Wars’ Producer, Dies Age 78
Producer Gary Kurtz, who helped shepherd George Lucas’s now iconic Star Wars to smash hit status, died of cancer on Sunday at age 78....
Gone, but Not Forgotten: An Animation Professor Revisits Rarely Seen Films
I had never been to San Francisco when I attended Richard Williams’ Animation Masterclass in 1997. All I knew was that he was the...
Animation’s A-List Heads to Annecy!
This year’s Annecy International Animated Film Festival and MIFA market (June 11-16 & 12-15) will collect some of the brightest lights in the international...
ASIFA-Hollywood Donates $20K to AMPAS
ASIFA-Hollywood has made a $20,000 donation to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences to assist with the curation and documentation of a...
Academy Invites 683 New Members for 2016
The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences has extended membership invitations to 683 distinguished filmmakers, artists and executives “who represent the best in...
Disney Animation Historian John Culhane Dies
John Culhane, a Disney animation historian who penned numerous books, taught animation for many years and was caricaturized by animators in The Rescuers (Mr....
Annecy 2015
Toasting women in animation, Spanish flair and MIFA’s 30th anniversary.
This month, over 7,000 creatives, professionals and other luminaries of the global animation industry will...
Original Cut of ‘Thief and the Cobbler’ to Screen at Academy
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will screen the rarely seen, director's cut of Richard Williams' The Thief and the Cobbler on...
Academy Plans a Special Richard Williams Evening
Oscar-winning animation legend Richard Williams will step into the spotlight once again on Oct. 4th at a special evening planned at the Academy of...
Acclaimed ‘Persistence of Vision’ Screens in L.A.
Persistence of Vision, Kevin Schreck’s acclaimed documentary about Richard Williams’ unfinished animated feature The Thief and the Cobbler will screen at L.A.’s Cinefamily Silent...
A Fin-de-Siècle Fantasy: ‘A Monster in Paris’
DreamWorks veteran Bibo Bergeron goes back to his French roots with A Monster in Paris, an elegant CG-animated feature set in 1910.
French director Bibo...
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