ANIMATION WORLD MAGAZINE - ISSUE 3.5 - AUGUST 1998

This Month's Contributors

Note: Readers may contact any Animation World Magazine contributor by sending an e-mail to editor@awn.com.

Anne Aghion is an animation production consultant based in France and the United States, who worked with Pixibox Studios.

Judith Cockman, a Canadian currently living in Los Angeles, is a playwright, award-winning documentary writer, actor and journalist. She has written about animation for The Toronto Star, Kidscreen Magazine and SPLAT!, a behind-the-scenes-type television series about the world of animation.

Michelle Klein-Häss is editor/webkeeper of Animation Nerd's Paradise, and lives and works in the San Fernando Valley, California. She can be reached via e-mail at michelle@anp.awn.com.

Wendy Jackson is associate editor of Animation World Magazine.

Heather Kenyon is editor-in-chief of Animation World Magazine.

Mark Langer teaches film at Carleton University in Ottawa Canada. He is a frequent contributor to scholarly journals and a programmer of animation retrospectives.

Jackie Leger is a Santa Monica, California-based writer specializing in independent animation.

Dr. John A. Lent has written or edited 52 books and hundreds of articles, many of which deal with comic art. In press are Animation in Asia (John Libbey), Illustrating Asia (Curzon Press), Assorted Issues and Themes in Asian Cartooning (Popular Press), and Pulp Demons (Farleigh Dickinson Press). He has lectured on cartooning and animation in many countries of Europe, North and South America, Asia, and Africa, and has served on comic at competition juries in South Korea, Cuba, Slovakia, U.S., and Poland.

John Merson is a consultant and director of several software and Internet companies, including IBM, Intuit, and Net Earnings. He has helped several software companies establish partnerships in Vietnam, and advised the Vietnamese government on software policy.

Michel Ocelot is president of the International Animated Film Association (ASIFA).

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.

Gunnar Strøm is associate professor at Volda College in Norway, where he is head of the animation department. He has published a number of books on animation and music videos. He is also president of ASIFA Norway, and a board member and former secretary general of ASIFA International.

Emru Townsend is a freelance writer who won't stop talking about cinema, animation and computers. He is also the founder and former editor of FPS, a magazine about animation.

Milt Vallas is an animation executive with over 30 years experience in the industry. He was president of Pacific Rim Productions and oversaw the operations of Pacific Rim Animation Studios in China and Manila for seven years. He currently is a consultant to a number of clients and specializes in the development, financing and production of animated projects. His company, Media Vision is located in Studio City, California.

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.



Note: Readers may contact any Animation World Magazine contributor by sending an e-mail to editor@awn.com.


Table of Contents
Feedback?
Past Issues


About | Help | Home | info@awn.com | Mail | Register



Animation World Magazine | Animation World Store | The AWN Vault 
The AWN Gallery | Animation Village | Calendar of Events | Career Connections | Forums & Chats | Home

 


©1998 Animation World Network