Mayerson on Animation

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If you missed Brad Bird's recent appearance in Toronto at the TIFF Bell Lightbox, you can watch it below.  I was there, and it was an ex...

From September 24, 2016 at the Museum of Modern Art in New York.

Starts December 1 at the Carleton Cinema and includes Glen Keane's Dear Basketball as well as films by Niki Lindroth von Bahr and Davi...

There is currently a province-wide college strike in Ontario.  The issues are larger than those affecting the animation programs at the vari...

August 28 is the 100th birthday of comics great Jack Kirby, born Jacob Kurtzberg, whose work remains in print 23 years after his death and...

I recently read Opening Wednesday at a Theater or Drive-In Near You: The Shadow Cinema of the American '70s by Charles Taylor.  The fol...

NHK World has posted a video interview with Studio Ghibli's producer Toshio Suzuki.  The interview is only available until August 15...

While there's nothing particularly special about the number 117 when celebrating events, Google has taken the opportunity of abstract an...

For me, the most interesting animated features being made today are not from North America.  Europe has come on strong, both in terms of s...

The 18th Annual Animation Show of Shows Trailer - Coming Soon from Acme Filmworks on Vimeo . The 18th annual Animation Show of Shows wil...

My Life as a Courgette ( aka My Life as a Zucchini ) is a Swiss-French stop motion feature that was nominated for an Oscar and has won p...

I am thousands of miles from Laika's studio and have no inside information.  However, I've been interested in following the company...

Floyd Norman, animator and story artist, was one of the first African-Americans to work at Disney and in the animation industry.  A docume...

John Canemaker (left) with Jules Feiffer Animation historian and Academy Award winning filmmaker John Canemaker has started a blog .  H...

Michael Dudok de Wit's film The Red Turtle is playing at the TIFF Bell Lightbox in Toronto as of January 27.  Some Sheridan animatio...

Long Way North is a dramatic adventure film, devoid of the comic relief and musical numbers all too common in North American animated fea...