This Month's Contributors

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Amid Amidi is the publisher and editor of Animation Blast Magazine. He is currently lobbying The Walt Disney Company to produce more Humphrey the Bear merchandising in honor of the character's fiftieth birthday.

Mike Amron is a computer graphics instructor at DHIMA. He has worked for a number of leading visual effects companies, including Digital Domain, VIFX and Industrial Light & Magic.

Rick DeMott is the associate editor of Animation World Network. Previously, he served as Media Coordinator for Hollywood-based Acme Filmworks. He holds a B.A. in Film/Video from Penn State University with a Minor in Comparative Literature.

Frank Gladstone has been working as a professional animator, producer, director, writer and teacher for more than twenty-five years. For fifteen of those years, he managed his own award-winning studio and has since worked for the feature animation divisions at Disney, Warner Bros. and DreamWorks. Besides his studio credentials, Frank has taught at animation schools and institutions around the country, in the Caribbean, Europe and Asia, including the University of Miami, VIFX, Cinesite, UNICEF Animation Workshops, Gnomon School of Visual Effects, and UCLA. Currently, Frank is the Head of Artistic Development at DreamWorks SKG Animation.

Martin "Dr. Toon" Goodman is a longtime student and fan of animation. He lives in Anderson, Indiana.

Heather Kenyon is editor-in-chief of Animation World Network. After receiving her B.F.A. in Filmic Writing from USC’s School of Cinema-Television, she went to work for Hanna-Barbera Cartoons. Currently, she is an International Board Member of Women In Animation and on the Board of Trustees for Trees for Life.

Joan Kim received her B.A. in English Literature from UCLA and currently is the editorial administrator for Animation World Network. As a graphics consultant she has produced several company reports and publications and continues to pursue an education in computer graphics.

Jacquie Kubin, a Washington, DC-based freelance journalist, enjoys writing about the electronic entertainment and edutainment mediums, including the Internet. She is a frequent contributor to the Washington Times and Krause Publication magazines. She has won the 1998 Certificate of Award granted by the Metropolitan Area Mass Media Committee of the American Association of University Women.

Marv Newland began a career in the making of animated films and the production of illustrations in 1969 following an education in the arts at Los Angeles Art Center College of Design. He created the animated short film Bambi Meets Godzilla and designed many television commercials until late 1970 when he moved to Toronto. In 1975, he founded the animated film production company International Rocketship Limited, where he continues to produce animated short films by other directors and is also engaged in the production of animated films for the National Film Board of Canada.

Andrew Osmond is a freelance writer specializing in fantasy media and animation.

Gerard Raiti, a resident of Baltimore, has reported on animation, Broadway musicals and comic books for various publications including AnotherUniverse.com and Newsweek.

Robert Ramirez has directed three feature-length animated films including Joseph: King of Dreams, Brave Little Toaster to the Rescue and Brave Little Toaster Goes to Mars. He is currently developing a screenplay in the UCLA Master Sequence in Screenwriting Program.

Chris Robinson is executive director of the Ottawa International Festival and the founder and director of SAFO, the Ottawa International Student Animation Festival. He is also a board member of ASIFA International. Robinson has curated film programs (Los Angeles, Norway, Korea, Holland, Estonia, Singapore, Vietnam and several other places), served on juries (AnimExpo, World Animation Celebration) and written articles on animation for Animation World, FPS, Plateau, Animation Journal and Take One. He prefers writing over cartoons. He also irks a lot of people with his often-inflammatory opinions about many things.

Sharon Schatz is a writer for a popular children’s television Website and is also a freelance writer based in Los Angeles.

Gary Schwartz is an award-winning filmmaker, who has held faculty positions at CalArts, USC, AFI, UCLA Extension and others. Through his company Single Frame Films, he has produced, designed and directed animation for Disney, Fox Television, Sesame Street, MTV and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. Schwartz is based in Los Angeles and conducts animation workshops throughout the United States and beyond.

Joe Strike is a writer and TV producer with a lifelong interest in animation. His work has appeared on Bravo, USA Network, the Sci-Fi Channel and many other outlets. His articles on film, TV and popular culture have been published in numerous trade and general interest publications, including the New York Daily News, Starlog and the Village Voice. He lives in New York City with his wife Deena and sons Max and Ben, all of whom have caught his cartoon bug.

Annick Teninge is the general manager of Animation World Network. A French native, Annick began her animation career as Assistant Director at the Annecy International Animation Festival, a post she held for six years.

Paul Younghusband is editor-in-chief of Visual Magic Magazine, a publication focusing on the 3D graphics and digital effects industries.