WHAT A NIGHT THAT WAS!!! An event we will remember for years.

PETE makes her debut on the BIG screen

Lynne Oddo CAT Chair and Francis’ head

art director Francis Acupan’s front with animator Dwight Phillips

For me it was gratifying to see the students again. When you do a project like this you tend to form bonds with your co-workers. The students were so amazing (probably the 20th time I have written that)!

animators Carrie Hermann and Orlando Feliz

Those of you in New Jersey can catch the making of PETE’S ODYSSEY on cable and the New Jersey Network (NJN).

Speaking of the premiere - it was the first premiere of one of my films I have attended for the last the films.

When the North/South project, ANIMAGIC, premiered December 7th 1995 in Belfast, I was already working for Disney and that weekend was a big press weekend - prior to the opening of the Disney Institute. So I kind of had to stay. Now, I wish I had gone to see the kids and teachers who participated on the project. Actor Bob Hoskins presented the film…

The next premiere I missed was of OUR WORLD. It premiered in Cologne, Germany at the Ludwig Museum in October of 2005. I missed that one because I was teaching in Europe in Provence. I should have hopped a flight from Marseille.

They say three times are a charm - so this one worked big time.
Yea!

Incredibly Animated!!!