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Animation

Arts Movies & TV

The Little Gray Wolf

The world’s greatest animator, Yuri Norstein, hasn’t released a new film in 37 years.

Brian Phillips MTV Nov 2016 40min Permalink

Arts Business Movies & TV

When Hollywood Wants Good, Clean Fun, It Goes to Mormon Country

Inside Brigham Young University’s successful animation program.

Jon Mooallem New York Times Magazine May 2013 20min Permalink

Arts Media

The Eternal Adolescence of Beavis and Butt-Head

A profile of Mike Judge, creator of the now-resuscitated Beavis and Butthead.

Karen Olsson New York Times Magazine Oct 2011 Permalink

Arts Movies & TV

Why Is This Man Smiling?

On digital animators’ quest to capture the endlessly complex human face.

Lawrence Weschler Wired Oct 2006 15min Permalink

Arts Movies & TV

Father of the Year

A profile of John Lasseter, chief creative officer at Pixar.

Tom Junod Esquire Jun 2011 15min Permalink

World Media

All the News That’s Fit to Animate

Jimmy Lai, a Hong Kong tabloid tycoon, thinks he’s found the future of journalism: an animation assembly line that can crank out clips recreating–or anticipating, or imagining–breaking news.

Michael Kaplan Wired Aug 2010 20min Permalink