Brian McEntee  was production designer on  Ice Age , and  Cats Don't Dance , and art director on  Beauty and the Beast  and  The B...

Every animated feature film director has a handful of animators that they know they can rely on to deliver the goods, the people you know wi...

A Greek Spiros Tsounios was one of my students as CalArts - many years ago, when I first started teaching animation. I say "my stu...

Of all the dancing, singing actors, Gene Kelly is tops in my book.  So what else could I post on his 100th birthday but this clip..... I...

Actor William Windom died Thursday at the age of 88.  He appeared in a mountain of work in features and television. Depending on your fan ...

Fed Ex delivered two boxes today from art director Fred Cline - boxes full of original materials from the ill-fated Betty Boop feature from ...

Australian animator Ty Bosco was found dead in his home last week.  In a career spanning 35 years, he cranked out miles of TV animation for...

Dolly's Doodles from Motherlode Studios on Vimeo . One of my ex-students from Escape Studios has created a gorgeous pilot for an a...

The problem with the Olympics is, if you look, you will be sucked in.  There's no escape.    You'll find youself watching sporti...

A big congratulations to Brendan Houghton , a super-talented story board artist who recently boarded the opening ceremony for the 2012 Olymp...

My old pal and mad genius Xeth Feinberg has been bugging me to have reader comments on the FLIP blog.  Here's his latest rant, word for...

By Jerry L. Brice Future animators awaiting the start of the first Counter Con. On Friday July 13 th , during the week of the wo...

My old friend and colleague Luc Chamberland has just finished a charming stop motion teaser for the  Montreal Stop Motion Film Festival 2012...

I was saddened to read of the passing of Richard Zanuck , film producer and one time head of 20th Century Fox.  What many of you may not ...

Today is my wife's birthday -  a milestone, but I won't say which one.  With her seemingly boundless energy, she is a constant sourc...

In an industry where we spend years creating other peoples' projects -sometimes good, sometimes bad - you don't often see industry v...

Here's to Ernest Borgnine , a.k.a. Mermaid Man, who passed away at the age of 95.  Though his acting career spanned sixty years, winn...

Brave was great.  I got totally sucked into it.   But whenever Merida and her crazy, tangly locks bounced through a scene, I couldn't ...

The American Revolution in three minutes..... Enjoy your inalienable rights safely! -Steve

Even after working on animated films for 25 years I am still shocked at my own ignorance when it comes to the details of film budgets and ...