September 2009
6 posts
JC Molina in the house.
JC Molina visited the other day from his home base in Puerto Rico, with an introduction by his former agency colleague, Gary Bonilla, Nickelodeon’s SVP Creative Strategy. He came by with his pre-school project “Parker’s Questions.” Thanks JC.
My mentors: Nick Moy
Nick Moy, New York City, circa 1975
To call such a buddy a “mentor” might seem an overstatement (he’ll probably find it silly), but it’s safe to say that I wouldn’t be in the career I have without Nick Moy.
The son of two pharmacists, I entered school planning on a career as a chemist. Six weeks in I turned to my lab partner and said, “I like the...
Interview: director/author David B. Levy
David B. Levy with cartoon luminaries at the ASIFA-East/Frederator screening, 2007
I wrote a little bit about Dave Levy’s new book, Animation Development: From Pitch to Production the other day and thought it might be good to hear a little directly from the author.
Your first book, Your Career in Animation: How to Survive and Thrive, was so much richer than most “how to”...
Dave Levy does it again.
Animation Development: From Pitch to Production
By David B. Levy Allworth Press/School of Visual Arts Publication date: September 8, 2009
If you’re even thinking of wanting to make your own television series, you better get David Levy’s latest book. Our closest readers already know that Dave is a FOF, but I hope that many more people know him as a talented and skilled animation...
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This post is about two animated spots during MTV’s first year. One’s the most popular, the other was only played once, and not on television.
“One Small Step” from fredseibert on Vimeo.
There were very few “ideas” for spots I could claim as mine at MTV. Identifying talent and strategy were my strengths, and I felt from there everything else would flow. But...
Ralph Ginzburg: My mentors (?)
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It’s hard to actually call Ralph Ginzburg a mentor of mine. I’m not sure he talked to me more than once, and after a few months on the night shift at his magazine Moneysworth, he had me fired. But a mentor to me he indeed was. Without either of us knowing it, the path I started at Ralph’s would continue for 15 years.
By the time I went to...
