ANIMATION WORLD MAGAZINE - ISSUE 3.11 - February 1999
This Month's Contributors
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Amid Amidi is associate editor of Animation World Magazine.
Jerry Beck is a cartoon historian, writer and animation studio executive. He was editor of The 50 Greatest Cartoons (Turner), recently co-wrote Warner Bros. Animation Art (Hugh, Lauter, Levin Associates) and is currently a freelance writer and consultant through his own company, Cartoon Research Co.
Giannalberto Bendazzi is a Milan-based film historian and critic whose history of animation, Cartoons: One Hundred Years of Cinema Animation, is published in the U.S. by Indiana University Press and in the U.K. by John Libbey. His other books on animation include Topoline e poi (1978), Due voite l'oceana (1983) and Il movimento creato (1993, with Guido Michelone).
Terrence Briggs, all-purpose animation fan, is more than happy to receive comments from readers on his work.
John Canemaker, professor and head of the Animation Program at NYU's Tisch School of the Arts, was honored by New York's Museum of Modern Art on November 6, 1998 with a retrospective of his animated films. A renowned animation historian, he is the author of six books including Before the 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 (DaCapo). His new book, Paper Dreams: The Art and Artists of Disney Storyboards, will be published by Hyperion in fall 1999. He is also the illustrator of the children's book Lucy Goes to the Country by Joseph Kennedy (Alyson Wonderland).
Mark Christiansen creates computer graphics animations for a prominent entertainment company in Marin County, California. He currently works with SoftImage 3.8 on an SGI, and has also created animations in Lightwave, 3D Studio Max and ElectricImage. His background is in filmmaking and live theatre.
Brad deGraf is the Chief Executive Organizm of Protozoa. After starting his career designing war game simulators for the military, he switched to computer animation because its end-users don't need secret security clearances.
Heather Kenyon is editor-in-chief of Animation World Magazine.
Georges Lacroix is president of Fantôme, a Paris-based computer animation company.
Dr. John A. Lent has been writing about comic art for decades; among his recent books are Pulp Demons, Themes and Issues in Asian Cartooning and a four-volume bibliography on comic art. An edited volume on Asian animation is in progress, under contract with John Libbey. He recently founded,and edits, The International Journal of Comic Art, due out in March.
Eric Lurio is a New York-based cartoonist and writer who has written extensively on animation for several years. His articles have appeared in Animation Magazine, Animation Blast, Animation Planet and Animefantastique. He also has a regular column in Animato!
Tyron Montgomery is an independent filmmaker whose film, Quest, won the 1996 Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film.
Deanna Morse is an animator and Professor in the School of Communications at Grand Valley State University, Michigan. She serves on the International Board of ASIFA (Association International du Film d'Animation) and is president of the midwest U.S. chapter, ASIFA/Central.
Kosei Ono is a Tokyo-born graduate of the International Christian University of Tokyo. A writer and film critic, he is also a member of ASIFA Japan. His books include: History of Chinese Animated Films (1988), Tezuka Osamu (1990) and Asia no Manga (Cartoonists of Asian Countries) (1995). He is also a translator of such books as Little Nemo in Slumberland and Bone. He is currently preparing the book, History of Japanese Animated Films.
Mark Osborne has been directing and animating for nine years after discovering mixed-media stop motion filmmaking as a student at CalArts. Now he teaches there while he tries to stay independent without workin' for the man.
Andrew Osmond is a British freelance writer who specializes in TV, film and animation. His latest work will appear in Animefantastique.
Fred Patten has written on anime for fan and professional magazines since the late 1970s.
Bill Plympton is an award-winning independent animator based in New York. His new feature film, I Married A Strange Person, is currently touring the festival circuit. Bill Plympton's web site can be seen in AWN's Animation Village http://www.awn.com/plymptoons.
Barry Purves is a Manchester-based filmmaker. Through his production company, Bare Boards Productions, he has directed several stop-motion animated films and commercials, including Next, Screen Play, Rigoletto and Achilles.
Deborah Reber manages Ancillary Projects for Nickelodeon's Blue's Clues and is a freelance writer based in New York.
Aaron Severson is a comic book historian and animation professional who has worked on animated series including Extreme Dinosaurs, Pocket Dragon Adventures, and Roswell Conspiracies. He lives in Los Angeles.
Annick Teninge is the General Manager of Animation World Network.
Asli Tunç is a doctoral student in the Mass Media and Communications Department at Temple University. She is working exclusively on animation and other aspects of comic art. Her latest work (with John A. Lent) on animation in Turkey appeared in the Fall '98 issue of Animation Journal.
Glenn Vilppu teaches figure drawing at the American Animation Institute, the Masters program of the UCLA Animation Dept., Walt Disney Feature Animation and Warner Bros. Feature Animation, and is being sent to teach artists at Disney TV studios in Japan, Canada and the Philippines. Vilppu has also worked in the animation industry for 18 years as a layout, storyboard and presentation artist. His drawing manual and video tapes are being used worldwide as course materials for animation students.
Emre Yilmaz is a puppeteer/animator/director, and 4-year Protozoan. His work areas include puppeteering, applying motion capture to non-human characters, character setup, design, internet animation, and procedural programming. His projects include Max Rodentae, Flat, Floops, and others; awards include "Best Performance Animation" from the 1998 World Animation Celebration.
Note: Readers may contact any Animation World Magazine contributor by sending an e-mail to editor@awn.com.