The 1983-84 school year at Cal Arts was my favorite, and my student film that year, "Bob the Dragon" is a reflection of that.  I ...

  I first learned of Ralph Eggleston 's death in James Baker's wonderful tribute post . I didn't know he'd been ill, so it c...

Program for the 1982 show, designed by Fred Cline. Forty years ago this week, I took part in my first CalArts Character Animation Show.  Th...

S.O.S. to all CalArts Alum on land and sea!  If you're looking for an end-of-year charitable donation and want to support the arts (yes!...

    CalArts I.D., 1981 40 years ago this week, my journey in character animation began.  I've been thinking about it recently, like look...

Top row: Kevin Lima, Steve Moore, Chris Bailey, Fred Cline.  Middle row: Kirk Wise, Dan Jeup, Rob Minkoff, Wendell Luebbe.  Bottom row: Ti...

Korean Goshawk - animation by Mike Nguyen Mike Nguyen is a veteran animator who has worked on many classic Hollywood feature fil...

FLiP's own Nancy Beiman has now had two major interviews in one month.  First, as part of the Vanity Fair story on the early days of the...

I'm writing this as a bit of an addendum to the VANITY FAIR article on the early years of Cal Arts. I'm pleased and honored to hav...

The latest issue of Vanity Fair has a fantastic article on the genesis of the CalArts Character Animation program and the Hollywood heav...

I went to CalArts in the fall of 1981 as an 18 year-old just out of high school.  I had never lived on my own, and found myself suddenl...

Sad news.  Diane Disney, Walt's daughter, died today at the age of 79.   I had the opportunity to meet Diane in 1984, as a Cal Arts...

I have posted before about artistic influences , artists who I did not work with personally, but had a strong influence on my o...

Dane Jorgen Klubien has lived in two parallel career worlds going back to the 1970's: one as an animator and story man for studios such...

I told you about my new short, Chief Your Butt's on Fire last week, and how it took thirteen years to complete.  My last shorts, The In...

On occasion, I get e-mails from young adults looking for entry positions in animation.  They see my company listed somewhere and, unaware th...

Public art, Las Vegas.  Can-oe believe it?   I just returned from our annual family vacation, visiting Los Angeles, the Grand Canyon, Zi...

Mention the film Jason and the Argonauts , and people think of  Ray Harryhausen .  He didn't write it, he didn't direct it, he didn...

When I first heard of Walt Disney's "Nine Old Men", seven of them were still alive.  Of those seven, I got to meet six.  And ...

At Easter of 1985, I was living in the CalArts  dormitory of heathens when I hatched an idea: I would borrow the Bo-Peep dress Kevin L...