Animation Producer Edward Herskovitz Dies
By rdemott2
Created 05/23/2006 - 00:00
files/pictures/picture-35.jpgVeteran animation producer Edward Herskovitz died May 22, 2006, at his home in Rishon Le'Zion, Israel. He was 85.
Herskovitz worked as an animation producer in Japan during the 1970s. He was one of the founding members of ASIFA-Japan. He collaborated on many international co-productions, making France his second home.
He was born in Egypt in 1921, after his parents moved there when WWI reached what later became Israel. He joined a traveling circus in his youth, eventually settling down in Japan. After a stroke, he moved to Israel.
His funeral took place at Gordon Cemetery, Rishon Le'Zion, on Tuesday, May 23.
