Desert Island Series....If a Tree Falls on a Desert Island, Does Anyone Hear It?

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Alf Clausen, Howie Mandel, Will Ryan and Luc Hamet.

The Burgeoning of a Project: Pierre Hébert's La Plante humaine

Andrea Martignoni delves into Pierre Hébert's radical method for marrying animation with music.

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.

"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.

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.

An Interview With George Griffin

Ann C. Phillipon talks with "quintessential independent American animator, George Griffin" about his life and art.

On a Desert Island With....Three Kinder Folk and an Animator

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Nicolas Bellanger, Arlene Sherman, Yvonne Anderson, Alex Williams



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.

Desert Island Series....Animation Industry-ites

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Piet Kroon, Pat Raine Webb, Jerry Hibbert, Steve Hulett, Jeff Massie and Georges Lacroix