Jerry Beck Information

Animation Historian
Hollywood, CA, USA

Biography:
Jerry Beck is a noted animation historian and cartoon producer. As a film distributor, his company Streamline Pictures brought Miyazaki's Totoro and Otomo's Akira to the U.S. His over 15 books on animation history include The Animated Movie Guide, Looney Tunes: The Ultimate Visual Guide, and The 50 Greatest Cartoons. He currently teaches animation history at Cal Arts, UCLA, and Chapman University; curates a monthly "Cartoon Club" for Quentin Tarantino's New Beverly Cinema in Hollywood; and edits two blogs, Animation Scoop and Cartoon Research. And each year he presents "The Worst Cartoons Ever" at Comic-Con.