ANIMATION
WORLD MAGAZINE - ISSUE 3.8 - November 1998
This Month's Contributors
Note: Readers may contact any Animation World
Magazine contributor by sending an e-mail to editor@awn.com.
Marie Beardmore is a London-based freelance journalist who specializes
in writing about the international animation industry. She is also developing
her own animation projects which include a children's series for 4-9 year-olds
and an animated sitcom.
Brad Bird started his first animated film at age 11, finishing it at
age 13. The film brought him to the attention of Walt Disney Studios, where,
at age 14, Brad was mentored by Milt Kahl, one of Disney's legendary Nine
Old Men. In addition to working as an animator at Disney and other studios,
Bird has written screenplays for both live-action (*batteries not included)
and animation. He has since served as executive consultant on The Simpsons
and King of the Hill and was the writer, director and co-producer
of the original Family Dog for Steven Spielberg's Amazing Stories.
Currently, Bird is the director and co-writer of The Iron Giant,
an animated feature being produced by Warner Bros.
Mark Christiansen works for a major entertainment company in Marin
County, California, where he creates 3D and 2D graphics and animation.
Zahra Dowlatabadi is currently co-writing a book with Catherine
Winder entitled How To Produce Animation. Zahra's most recent credit
is that of associate producer on Warner Bros. Feature Animation Quest
for Camelot.
Deborah Fallows is the director of recruiting for Nelvana Limited,
based in Toronto.
Jean Hamel has been director of communications for the Cinémathèque
Québécoise for the last eight years. He has been working
in the field of cinema since 1978.
Wendy Jackson is associate editor of Animation World Magazine.
J.B. Kaufman is an independent film historian who has written extensively
on early Disney animation. He is co-author, with Russell Merritt, of Walt
in Wonderland: The Silent Films of Walt Disney, and the two are completing
a second book on the Silly Symphonies.
Heather Kenyon is editor-in-chief of Animation World Magazine.
Jennifer Kotler is a doctoral student in Child Development at the
University of Texas at Austin. She has spent the past four years as a research
assistant at the Center For Research on the Influences of Television on
Children (CRITC). Her current research focuses on parental regulation of
children's television use.
Loris Kramer is vice president of creative services at Sony Wonder.
Mike Lyons is a Long Island-based freelance writer, who has written
over 100 articles on film and animation. His work has appeared in Cinefantastique,
Animato! and The Disney Magazine.
Chiara Magri has worked in animation since 1984. She was responsible
for the programming of the International Festival of Animated Film of Treviso.
Since 1993 she has been teaching a course in animated film history at the
Istituto Europeo di Design in Turin. Since 1989 she has edited and published
the monthly ASIFA newsletter, the only specialized publication on animation
in Italy. She is secretary general of ASIFA Italy. In 1997 she carried
out an in-depth survey on the production sector of animation in Italy for
RAI, the Italian national broadcaster.
Buzz Potamkin is an award-winning independent producer, best known
for The Berenstain Bears and Dr. Seuss. Before he escaped
L.A. for New York, he had been president of Southern Star Prods. and then
executive vice president of Hanna-Barbera Cartoons.
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.
Jacques-Rémy Girerd is the director of this year's Cartoon
d'Or winning film, L'Enfant au Grelot/Charlie's Christmas.
Tom Sito is a 20-year animation veteran and teacher who's credits
include He-Man and the Masters of the Universe, The Little Mermaid,
Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin, The Prince of Egypt
and Paulie. He was elected president of the animator's union M.P.S.C.
839 in 1992 and has served in that capacity ever since.
Note: Readers may contact any Animation World Magazine contributor by sending an e-mail to editor@awn.com.
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