Famed composer Philip Glass has been comissioned to compose an Opera based on novel “The Perfect American”. That novel by Peter Stephan Jungk examines the last few months of Walt Disney’s life as seen through the eyes of a fictional animator who worked for him.… Read More »An Opera based on Walt Disney’s life
Cartoon Brew TV strikes gold with their look at the rare animated short “Dinner Time”. It’s the subject of Cartoon Brew TV episode #3 and the first film in their “Brew Vaults” series. This is the film that inspired Walt Disney to pursue making “Steamboat… Read More »Great Moments in Disney History at CartoonBrew
It’s been a couple days of big news on the Walt Disney Company movie front. First Johnny Depp confirmed he has at least three films for Disney in his future. First he’ll be doing voice and motion capture acting work for Tim Burton’s Alice in… Read More »Big Disney Movie News: More Depp, Pirates, and Treasure
Last night a fireworks convention held a pretty amazing demonstration of new technology and pyrotechnic shells out in front of the Contemporary Hotel. Via the local network of Disney cast members and fans, I was able to get to the beach at the Polynesian and… Read More »Sunday Roundup – Disney News and Links
Ryan over at Main Street Gazette finally added “Singin’ In The Rain” to his Great Movie Ride marathon DVD collection. Believe it or not, he had never seen the movie before. Myself, I like Gene Kelly and am a fan of “Singin’” in both the… Read More »Gene Kelly on Walt Disney
Mover over Jiminy Cricket, Tinker Bell wants in on your environmentality branding. Tink and her friends have joined forces with the Department of Energy to make a few TV ads and a website that will encourage kids to do such energy saving things as use… Read More »Tinker Bell & Friends Want You To Save Energy
Ricky finishes Alien Encounter 101, Lou geeks out over the Muppets and another member of the Window to the Magic Dream Team takes over the airwaves, all this and more this week on My Top Picks from the Podosphere Well everybody, I’m back from a… Read More »Disney Fan Podcast Review – Jenn’s Top Picks
As much as anyone Dr. Randy Pausch embodied creativity and technology combined. His work founding and teaching at the Entertainment Technology Center for Carnegie Mellon University, his life long passions, including working for Walt Disney Imagineering, and his emotional “Last Lecture”, in fact a gift for his kids, are good models for us all. So it makes sense that Dr. Ed Catmull, the co-founder of Pixar and current President of Pixar and Walt Disney Animation Studios, be awarded the first Randy Paucsh Prize.
Without the leadership and vision of Dr. Ed, Pixar would not exist; without his passion for excellence and creativity, Pixar would not have hit every ball out of the park with a perfect record of films out of the Emeryville Studios. Catmull will give a speech at CMU on September 26th when he receives his award.
The full press release is below the cut:
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