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• “Waking Sleeping Beauty” pays tribute to Roy E. Disney’s creative legacy

  Jim Hill shares his thoughts on the passing of this Disney Legend as well as talking up Don Hahn & Peter Schneider’s new documentary. Which does an excellent job of illuminating the role that Walt's nephew played in reviving feature animation Read More... Posted Thursday, December 17, 2009 12:00 AM | 1 Comments Filed under: Disney, Save Disney, Pixar, Walt Disney, Michael Eisner, The Lion King, Beauty and the Beast, Howard Ashman, Roy E. Disney, Walt Disney Animation Studios, Pixar Animation Studios, Frank Wells, Walt Disney Productions, Ron Miller, New York City, Hollywood, NYC, Walt Disney Studios, Connecticut, screening, 2009, 1970s , animated feature, 1980s, Joe Ranft, Peter Schneider, 2003, animated features, studio , Roy O Disney , Waking Sleeping Beauty, animation industry, 2006, Don Hahn , New York, Aladdin, The Little Mermaid, Walt Disney Company, 1990s, documentary, The Great Mouse Detective, animated film, animated films

• “Walt Disney and the Good Neighbor Program” book is a really great read

  Jim Hill reviews J.B. Kaufman’s “South of the Border with Disney.” Which does a brilliant job of illuminating & expanding this often under-reported aspect of Disney Company history Read More... Posted Wednesday, December 02, 2009 12:00 AM | 2 Comments Filed under: animation, book, Disney, Walt Disney, Disney Editions, Mickey Mouse, Mary Blair, Burbank, Southern California, South of the Border with Walt: Walt Disney and the Good Neighbor Program 1941 - 1948, Christmas, 2009, animated feature, Christmas present, holiday shopping list, animated features, Ted Thomas , paintings, artists , animators , December , Walt & El Grupo, animation fan, J B Kaufman, South American , Saludos Amigos, Don Hahn , 1948, Donald Duck, holiday, holidays, holiday sale, Christmas gift, The Walt Disney Family Museum, 1941, Kuniko Okubo, animated film, animated films, animation fans

• “Waking Sleeping Beauty” takes a candid look at the Second Golden Age of Disney Feature Animation

  Jim Hill talks up Don Hahn & Peter Schneider’s new documentary. Which will hold its world premiere next month at the Toronto International Film Festival Read More... Posted Friday, August 21, 2009 12:00 AM | 0 Comments Filed under: Disney, John Lasseter, Michael Eisner, The Lion King, Beauty and the Beast, John Musker, Howard Ashman, Brad Bird, Roy E. Disney, Walt Disney Animation Studios, Jeffrey Katzenberg, Frank Wells, Ron Miller, Toronto International Film Festival, Toronto, Tim Burton, Glendale, the boys: the sherman brothers' story, South of the Border with Walt: Walt Disney and the Good Neighbor Program 1941 - 1948, D23, 1970s , animated feature, 1980s, Kirk Wise, Gary Trousdale, Disney Feature Animation, The Fox and the Hound, Peter Schneider, animated features, Laurence Juber, Mouse Factory, Theodore Thomas, Poppin' Guitars: A Tuneful of Sherman, The Black Cauldron , Ted Thomas , Walt & El Grupo, Waking Sleeping Beauty, Robert B Sherman, Sherman Brothers , J B Kaufman, South American , Saludos Amigos, Don Hahn , Second Golden Age of Disney Feature Animation, Aladdin, The Little Mermaid, D23 EXPO, 1990s, documentary, TIFF

• Toon Tuesday: Glen Keane goes back to the drawing board

  Jim Hill shares some shots from Comic-Con. Where this master animator revealed that he had just ended a six month sabbatical and was now returning to work at Walt Disney Animation Studios Read More... Posted Tuesday, August 11, 2009 12:00 AM | 2 Comments Filed under: animation, book, Disney, convention, CG, Drawn to Life: 20 Golden Years of Disney Master Classes , Beauty and the Beast, Walt Disney Animation Studios, Tarzan, drawing class, WDAS, Burbank, Glen Keane, Rapunzel, Eric Goldberg, Tom Sito, panel discussion, 2009, animated feature, character animation, Disney Feature Animation, panel, animated features, drawings , animation fan, character , CG feature, train, 2010, Don Hahn , Walt Stanchfield, drawing classes, San Diego Convention Center , San Diego, convention center , Comic-Con , Comic-Con International, Aladdin, The Little Mermaid, Walt Stanchfield lectures, stylization, Ruben Procopio

• "The Archive Series: Story" features a stunning selection of art from Disney's Animation Research Library

  Jim Hill reviews this impressive new hardcover from Disney Editions. He also talks up Don Hahn's book signing tomorrow night at the Barnes & Noble at the Americana at Brand Read More... Posted Wednesday, December 10, 2008 12:00 AM | 1 Comments Filed under: animation, book, Disney, Walt Disney, Walt Disney Animation Studios, Samuel Goldwyn, Jeff Kurtti, Disney Editions, Walt Disney's Legends of Imagineering and the Genesis of the Disney Theme Park, Cinderella, Animation Research Library, ARL, WDAS, featurette, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Los Angeles, Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas, Song of the South, Glen Keane, LA, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Christmas, film, 2008, feature film , Disney Feature Animation, The Fox and the Hound, short, holiday shopping list, Joe Ranft, Hans Christian Andersen, Chris Sanders, December , Mulan, animation fan, shorts, Don Hahn , Fantasia 2000, archives , Barnes & Noble, The Little Mermaid, Steamboat Willie, films, The Alchemy of Animation: Making an Animated Film in the Modern Age, Lilo & Stitch, story, Lilo and Stitch, holiday, feature-length cartoon, Highlander, Bill Peet, Brizzi Brothers, Gaetan Brizzi, Paul Brizzi, The Americana at Brand , In the Bag, Humphrey the Bear, Hellfire, What's This, Firebird Suite, Walt Disney Animation Studios The Archive Series: Story, storyboards, storyboard, story sketches, story sketch, boards, board, featurettes, 1930s, artwork, Malibu, sketches, signing, Christmas gift

• A special "May the (Stephen) Schwartz Be With You" edition of Why For

  Jim Hill's back with even more answers to your Disney-related questions. This time around, he talks about "Enchanted" 's score evolves over the course of that motion picture, where Stephen drew his inspiration for "Out There" as well as talking up an event that's being held at Woodbury University this coming Monday night Read More... Posted Friday, October 17, 2008 12:00 AM | 2 Comments Filed under: animation, book, Disney, music, Broadway, musical, Disney Theatrical, Beauty and the Beast, Alan Menken, Kevin Lima, Cinderella, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Sleeping Beauty, James Baxter, James Baxter Animation, Stephen Schwartz, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Paris, Kiss the Girl, ASIFA-Hollywood, panel discussion, stage version, ASIFA-Hollywood Animation Archive, 2008, October, animated feature, 2007, Happy Working Song, So Close, That's How You Know , animators , Mulan, Belle, Warner Bros. , 2010, Don Hahn , stage, Woodbury University, Pocahontas, Broadway-bound, The Little Mermaid, Snow White, Disney Music , Carol de Giere, Defying Gravity: The Creative Career of Stephen Schwartz from Godspell to Wicked, Enchanted, The Alchemy of Animation: Making an Animated Film in the Modern Age, Craig Lucas, James Lapine, Cathedral of Notre Dame, Out There, Quasimodo, Hunchback, Mike Belzer, Nik Ranieri, Fletcher Jones Foundation Library, Fletcher Jones, Ever After, Ever

• "The Alchemy of Animation" takes a look inside the modern Mouse Factory

  Jim Hill reviews Don Hahn's latest book. Which offers an in-depth look at how some of Disney & Pixar's very best films came together Read More... Posted Wednesday, October 08, 2008 12:00 AM | 2 Comments Filed under: book, Disney, Pixar, Pirates of the Caribbean, The Lion King, Cars, Walt Disney Animation Studios, Pixar Animation Studios, Disney Editions, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Who Framed Roger Rabbit, Tim Burton, Bolt, Glen Keane, 2008, The Fox and the Hound, 2006, Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest, Pirates of the Caribbean films, 1984, Don Hahn , paperback, The Princess and the Frog, Snow White, Maleficent, The Alchemy of Animation: Making an Animated Film in the Modern Age, Frankenweenie, 1937, hand-drawn, stop-motion, computer-generated, performance capture, politics, sausage, debate, producer, veteran producer, Nine Old Men

• Disney rarities to be screened tonight at Newport Beach Film Festival

  Jim Hill gives animation fans a "heads up" about an extra-special event that's being held this evening at the Lido Theater. Where some seldom-seen shorts will be hauled out of the Disney vault for a one-time-only screening Read More... Posted Wednesday, April 30, 2008 12:00 AM | 1 Comments Filed under: animation, Disney, Leslie Iwerks, Roy E. Disney, Richard M. Sherman, Redux Riding Hood, The Pixar Story, How to Hook-Up Your Home Theater, animated feature, Disney Feature Animation, animated short, animators , animation industry, animation fan, Richard M Sherman, Newport Beach Film Festival, Don Hahn , Oilspot & Lipstick, Destino, Lorenzo, The Little Match Girl, Fantasia 2000, Oscar nominee, Newport Beach, Lido Theater, A Spoonful of Sugar and Song with Richard Sherman , Disney animation rarities, film festival