ASIFA-Hollywood
ASIFA-Hollywood, a non-profit organization in Los Angeles, California, USA, is a branch member of the "Association Internationale du Film d'Animation" or "ASIFA" (the International Animated Film Association). Its purpose is to promote the art of film animation in a variety of ways, including its own archive and an annual awards presentation, the Annie Awards. It is also known as the International Animated Film Society.[1]
Background
ASIFA-Hollywood was founded in 1957, by Bill Scott, Stephen Bosustow, Ward Kimball, William T. Hurtz, Les Goldman, and Bill Littlejohn, and later chartered by UNESCO in 1960.[citation needed] June Foray was another early member, and recalled that she joined "a year or so" after the organization was chartered.[2] Today, its Board of Directors includes Frank Gladstone (President), Jerry Beck (Vice President), Jeff Wike (Treasurer), Bill Turner (Secretary), Paul Husband (General Counsel), Jamie Kezlarian Bolio, David Derks, Brooke Keesling, Jennifer Klein, Dori Littell-Herrick, Aubry Mintz, Tom Sito, Charles Solomon, Mark Walton and Danny Young.
Many branches of ASIFA exist throughout the world; in the US there are chapters in San Francisco, New York City, Atlanta, Seattle, Washington, the Detroit area, and others, while internationally, organizations exist in Annecy, France, in Italy, and Japan. ASIFA also sponsors several animation film festivals throughout the world, including the ASIFA-Hollywood Student Animation Festival.[3] ASIFA-Hollywood has the largest membership internationally of all other chapters, largely because the most popular cartoons ever produced were by studios and animation professionals located in the city of Burbank, which is also the location of ASIFA-Hollywood’s headquarters.
The ASIFA-Hollywood Animation Center in Burbank includes a virtual archive, museum, library and research facility, containing the ASIFA-Hollywood Animation Archive Project.[4]
References
- ^ "About Us". ASIFA-Hollywood. Retrieved December 16, 2012.
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- ^ Dorf, Shel (January 1988). "June Foray". Comics Interview. No. 54. Fictioneer Books. pp. 57–58.
- ^ http://www.asifa-hollywood.org/2008/09/asifa-hollywood-student-animation.html
- ^ AnimationResources.org
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