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Aaron Augenblick
Aaron Augenblick (born December 28, 1975) is an American animator, director, and producer. He is the founder of Augenblick Studios, known for his work on '' Ugly Americans'', ''Superjail!'', ''Wonder Showzen'', and ''Golden Age''. Early life and education Augenblick grew up in Wilmington, Delaware, and studied at the School of Visual Arts (SVA) in New York City. While at college, Augenblick created two animated short films entitled "The Midnight Carnival" (screened at Slamdance Festival 2000) and "The Wire". These films received two ASIFA Awards and the SVA Dusty Award for outstanding achievement in Animation. On October 20, 1996, "The Wire" was screened on the Cartoon Network as part of the ''ToonHeads'' special: ''A Night of Independent Animation''. Career He began his professional career working at MTV Animation on such television shows as ''Daria'', ''Cartoon Sushi'' and ''Downtown''. In 1999, Augenblick founded Augenblick Studios, an animation production facility l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ottawa International Animation Festival
The Ottawa International Animation Festival is an annual animated film and media festival that takes place in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. The OIAF was founded in 1975, with the first festival held from August 10 to 15 in 1976. Initially organized by the Canadian Film Institute on a biennial basis and with the co-operation of the International Animated Film Association, the Festival organization now remains in the hands of the CFI. It moved from a biennial to an annual festival in 2005. Today the festival is recognized as the largest animation festival in North America, and regularly attracts upwards of 25,000 attendees when it is held each September. History The Ottawa International Animation Festival was founded in 1975 by various figures in the world of Canadian animation, most prominently Bill Kuhns, Frederik Manter, Prescott J. Wright, Frank Taylor, and Kelly O'Brien. Many Canadian film and media institutions, such as the National Film Board of Canada, Télévision de Radio- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
MTV Animation
MTV Animation is the animation department of the television network MTV. History In 1991, MTV debuted its first full-length animated series, '' Liquid Television'', which helped launch '' Beavis and Butt-Head'' and ''Æon Flux''. MTV established its own in-house animation studio in 1993 to work on ''Beavis and Butt-Head'' and other projects. While MTV department is often grouped with that of Nickelodeon's, the two entities are completely separate. Most of MTV's cartoons are known for their dark humor, sexual jokes, graphic violence, pop culture references, and irreverence. In an interview for the '' Beavis and Butt-Head Do America'' DVD, Mike Judge described MTV Animation as being very ad hoc: '' Beavis and Butt-Head'' didn't have an art director until the film was made, so until the film they'd never considered colour palettes from scene to scene. In the same interview, art director Yvette Kaplan said "everything was overlapping... we never had the luxury of one part pisod ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Living People
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The Jellies
''The Jellies!'' is an American adult animated sitcom created by Tyler, the Creator and Lionel Boyce for Cartoon Network's late-night programming block Adult Swim. The show was revamped from a series of the same name which was previously featured exclusively on Tyler's ''Golf Media'' app. It premiered on Adult Swim on October 22, 2017. The animation is produced by Augenblick Studios, and was renewed for a second season in October 2018. The second season premiered on May 19, 2019. On August 17, 2021, voice actor Earl Skakel announced that Adult Swim cancelled the show after two seasons. Plot The show follows a family of anthropomorphic jellyfish and their 16-year-old human son Cornell. When the boy learns he was adopted at birth, he is shocked, and subsequently spirals out of control in an attempt to "find himself." As a result, he and his family and friends wind up in what the network bills as "uncanny situations." Cast *Phil LaMarr as Cornell Jelly *Earl Skakel as Barry Jel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Golf Wang
Golf Wang (also known as simply Golf) is an American streetwear brand established in 2011 by American musician Tyler, the Creator. The name Golf Wang is a spoonerism of his Los Angeles-based musical collective Odd Future Wolf Gang Kill Them All (OFWGKTA) or Odd Future for short, of which he was a co-founder. Golf Wang is known for its colorful visual aesthetic. The brand has since expanded beyond its Odd Future affiliation and has established itself in the fashion industry. It is designed by Tyler, the Creator. The brand offers clothing, footwear through Golf le Fleur, jewelry, and other products. "Holiday 1991", the brand's first lookbook, was released on December 11, 2011. Creative Expansion Split from Odd Future Golf Wang was released in December 2011, still largely affiliated with Odd Future. In 2013, Golf Wang publicly separated from Odd Future. Collaborations In its history, Golf Wang has gone on to collaborate with other brands as a part of various projects. Golf ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fox Broadcasting Company
The Fox Broadcasting Company, commonly known simply as Fox and stylized in all caps as FOX, is an Television in the United States, American Commercial broadcasting, commercial terrestrial television, broadcast television network owned by Fox Corporation and headquartered in New York City, with master control operations and additional offices at the Fox Network Center in Los Angeles and the Fox Media Center in Tempe. Launched as a competitor to the Big Three (American television), Big Three television networks (American Broadcasting Company, ABC, CBS, and NBC) on October 9, 1986, Fox went on to become the most successful attempt at a fourth television network. It was the highest-Nielsen ratings, rated free-to-air network in the 18–49 demographic from 2004 to 2012 and again in 2020, and was the most-watched American television network in total viewership during the 2007–08 season. Fox and its affiliated companies operate many entertainment channels in international markets, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Golan The Insatiable
''Golan the Insatiable'' is an American animated television series that originally aired on Fox on November 23, 2013 along with ''Lucas Bros. Moving Co.''; it officially premiered on January 11, 2014. It was created by Josh Miller and developed by Dave Jeser & Matt Silverstein. It is based on stories written by Miller that appeared on the website Something Awful. It aired on Fox's Animation Domination HD programming block. ''Golan the Insatiable'' was picked up by Fox for a second season consisting of 6 half-hour prime-time episodes featuring a new voice cast and alternate continuity. The season premiered on May 31, 2015 on Fox's Sunday Funday lineup. Plot Golan the Insatiable is a demigod warlord who reigned the dimension of Gkruool with an iron fist before he was summoned to Earth by the goth daughter Dylan of the Beekler family in the town of Oak Grove, Minnesota. He stays with her after finding out that his acolyte Kruung has overthrown him for control of Gkruool during ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adult Swim
Adult Swim (AS; stylized as dult swim'' and often abbreviated as s'') is an American adult-oriented night-time cable television channel that shares channel space with the basic cable network Cartoon Network and is programmed by its in-house production studio, Williams Street. It is part of American media conglomerate Warner Bros. Discovery. Adult Swim runs nightly from 9 p.m. – 6 a.m. ET/ PT. Debuting in 2001, Adult Swim served as the nighttime identity of Cartoon Network, and it was established as alternative programming during late night hours when Cartoon Network's primary target audience would normally be sleeping. By 2005, Adult Swim would be granted its own separate Nielsen ratings report from Cartoon Network due to its targeting a different audience. The block features stylistically varied animated and live-action shows, including original programming, syndicated series, anime, and short films with generally minimal or no editing for content. Adult Swim has freq ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sundance Film Festival
The Sundance Film Festival (formerly Utah/US Film Festival, then US Film and Video Festival) is an annual film festival organized by the Sundance Institute. It is the largest independent film festival in the United States, with more than 46,660 attending in 2016. It takes place each January in Park City, Utah; Salt Lake City, Utah; and at the Sundance Resort (a ski resort near Provo, Utah), and acts as a showcase for new work from American and international independent filmmakers. The festival consists of competitive sections for American and international dramatic and documentary films, both feature films and short films, and a group of out-of-competition sections, including NEXT, New Frontier, Spotlight, Midnight, Sundance Kids, From the Collection, Premieres, and Documentary Premieres. History 1978: Utah/US Film Festival Sundance began in Salt Lake City in August 1978 as the Utah/US Film Festival in an effort to attract more filmmakers to Utah. It was founded by Ster ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Golden Age (internet Series)
''Golden Age'' is an adult animated mockumentary short film which debuted as a web-series on Comedy Central's broadband channel Motherload in 2006. Ten segments trace the sordid careers of oddball cartoon characters from throughout the history of animation. Notable characters include Marching Gumdrop, Lancaster Loon, and Kongobot. The film is produced by Augenblick Studios and directed by Aaron Augenblick. ''Golden Age'' was an official selection of the 2007 Sundance Film Festival. See also *The Golden Age of American animation The golden age of American animation was a period in the history of U.S. animation that began with the popularization of sound cartoons in 1928 and gradually ended in the late 1960s, where theatrical animated shorts began losing popularity to the ... References External links ''Golden Age'' MovieAugenblick Studios official web site"Golden Age Hits the Motherload" Ryan Ball, '' Animation'' magazine, May 8, 2006 * 2006 films 2006 animated films ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Animation Magazine
''Animation Magazine'' is an American print magazine and website covering the animation industry and education, as well as visual effects. The print magazine is published 10 times a year in the United States. History and profile ''Animation Magazine'' was founded in August 1987 by Terry Thoren, inspired by the success of the newspaper ''Animation News'', which had been distributed over the previous six months to help promote Thoren's short-film compilations, Tournees of Animation. The print edition is published 10 times a year in the United States. Editorial covers all forms of animation: 2D animation Traditional animation (or classical animation, cel animation, or hand-drawn animation) is an animation technique in which each frame is drawn by hand. The technique was the dominant form of animation in cinema until computer animation. Proce ..., 3D for animation and visual effects, and stop-motion. A digital version www.animationmagazine.net was created in 2006. The company ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Xeric Award
The Xeric Foundation is a private, nonprofit corporation based in Northampton, Massachusetts, which for twenty years awarded self-publishing grants to comic book creators, as well as qualified charitable and nonprofit organizations. The Xeric Foundation was established by Peter Laird, co-creator of the ''Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles''. Mission and operation Laird founded the Foundation after considerable thought, as "an appropriate way to give back something extra to the comics world," by providing grants for self-publishers.Wiater, Stanley & Bissette, Stephen R. (ed.s) ''Comic Book Rebels: Conversations with the Creators of the New Comics'' (Donald I. Fine, Inc. 1993) . Laird stated that the Xeric Foundation is "actually two foundations in one. One half of it is for charitable organizations, and the other half is for creators who want to self-publish their comics." That latter half being what the foundation is best known for. Self-publishing grants The Xeric Foundation supp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
