November Writer's Bios
Robin Allan is a writer and Art Historian based in Derbyshire, England. He has lectured on Disney in Britain, Germany and in the United States. His book Walt Disney and Europe will be published by John Libbey in 1997.
John Canemaker is a filmmaker and animation historian. He heads the animation program at New York University and whose books include Before Animation Begins: The Art and Lives of Disney Inspirational Sketch Artists (Hyperion), Tex Avery: The MGM Years (Turner), and Felix: The Twisted Tale of the World's Most Famous Cat (Da Capo).
Harvey Deneroff, in addition to his duties as Editor of Animation World Magazine, edits and publishes The Animation Report, an industry newsletter, which can be reached at deneroff@pacbell.net. He is also Editor-In-Chief of Animation Review, AWN's new peer reviewed academic journal.
Frankie Kowalski is Associate Editor of Animation World Magazine and is currently on ASIFA-Hollywood's Board of Directors. She was a recent contributor to Daily Variety's Special Animation Issue.
David Marshall is the Director of the Media and Cultural Studies Centre at the University of Queensland in Brisbane and writes and lectures on television, film and popular culture. He is the author of Celebrity and Power (University of Minnesota) to be released in March 1997.
Jill McGreal owns and runs her own Londonbased animation production company, CODENAME The Animation Agency. She produces television series for children and represents many wellknown international directors for commercial work. She continues to write and teach about animation and film in general.
Judith Rubin (schmatte@mail.well.com) is an Oakland-based freelance writer in the themed entertainment industry, with a particular interest in special-format film and entertainment applications of technology. In addition to contributing a regular column to At-the-Park magazine, she writes for Fujitsu Cultural Technologies' WorldsAway product family of animated, online virtual communities.
Rita Street, a freelance writer based in Los Angeles, is the founder of Women in Animation and former editor and publisher of Animation Magazine.
Bob Swain, who lives in Brighton, England, is a scriptwriter and journalist, who specializes in animation, computer graphics and special effects.
Nicolas Valluet is a lawyer at the Court of Paris, associated with the firm Valluet-Achache et associées, as well as president of l'Association des Avocats du Droit d'Auteur (Association of Lawyers for the Rights of Authors).
Gene Walz is head of the film program at the University of Manitoba, Winnipeg. He is currently finishing a biography on character designer Charlie Thorson and is now editing a book called Great Canadian Films.
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