Acclaimed Disney Animater Dale Baer Dies at 70
The influential supervising animator and mentor, who spent four decades at the studio and worked on films from ‘Robin Hood’ to ‘Frozen,’ passed away last Friday from complications due to ALS.
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Raft Animation Makes a Splash With ‘iOtter Clean Up’ PSA
Partnering with global nonprofit organization Oceana, the eco-storytelling collective uses animation to remind people to be ‘part of the solution’ in cleaning up our world.
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Huge ‘Peter Pan’ Artwork Collection Being Auctioned June 19-21
73 lots of featured art includes collections of rare production cels, animation drawings, and concept artwork, David Hall and Mary Blair pieces, and a variety of memorabilia signed by Walt Disney.
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3 Time Oscar-Winning Animator Richard Williams Dies at 86
Legendary animation director, artist, teacher and mentor best known for ‘Who Framed Roger Rabbit’ and ‘The Animators Survival Kit,’ passes away at his home in Bristol, England.
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Russi Taylor, Voice of Minnie Mouse, Dies at 75
The Disney Legend lent her voice talents to hundreds of Disney film, TV and theme park projects as well as characters on ‘The Simpsons’ and ‘Babe.’
European Animation Awards Nominees Announced
‘The Thief and the Cobbler’ director Richard Williams will receive the inaugural Lotte Reiniger Life Time Achievement Award.
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‘The Lion King,’ ‘Who Framed Roger Rabbit’ Added to National Film Registry
1994 animated Disney feature and 1988 groundbreaking hybrid live-action/animation movie directed by Robert Zemeckis among 25 films to be preserved by the Library of Congress.
VFX Pioneer Ken Ralston to Receive VES Lifetime Achievement Award
Five-time Academy Award recipient -- including a Special Achievement Oscar for the visual effects ‘Star Wars: The Return of the Jedi’ -- served as VFX supervisor on the revolutionary ‘Who Framed Roger Rabbit.’
Richard Williams Presenting Restored Work Print of ‘The Thief and the Cobbler’ at MoMA
The Academy teams up with New York’s Museum of Modern Art to present a restoration of Richard Williams’s ‘The Thief and the Cobbler: A Moment in Time. 1992.’ with special appearances by the director and a discussion with animation historian John Canemaker.
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Veteran Animator, Animation Historian Tom Sito to Receive SVA’s Dusty Outstanding Alumni Award
World-renowned animator and historian Tom Sito to be honored with the Dusty Outstanding Alumni Award during SVA’s 27th Dusty Awards In New York City on Tuesday, May 10.
Voice of Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck Joe Alaskey Dies at 63
One of the most celebrated successors of legendary voice actor Mel Blanc, Alaskey was one of Blanc’s only successors to work alongside the veteran voice performer prior to his death in 1989.
Fredrikstad Animation Festival 2015 to Spotlight Richard Williams
Legendary animator Richard Williams joins the Fredrikstad Animation Festival with screenings of The Academy’s work print of ‘The Thief and the Cobbler - A Moment in Time’ and his latest short film, ‘Prologue.’
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‘Roger Rabbit’ Actor Bob Hoskins Dead at 71
British actor Bob Hoskins, who played Eddie Valiant in the 1988, live-action/animated hybrid classic ‘Who Framed Roger Rabbit,’ dies at the age of 71.
