Jeff Lenburg

Twentysomething ex-swimsuit model turned television news anchor Lori Matrix wants to prove her producers wrong: She can do hard news. She gets her chance when a legendary actor turns up dead....

Genndy Tartakovsky explores the unique talents of one of the most influential animators working today....

From character designer to storyboard artist, a comprehensive guide to fun careers in animation....

Ten-time Oscar-nominated Walter Lantz was one of Hollywood's most prolific directors and producers of animation....

The seven-time Oscar-winning team of William Hanna and Joseph Barbera created or produced some of film and television's most beloved cartoon characters....

In John Lasseter: The Whiz Kid Who Made Pixar King, learn how this creative mind keeps bringing lasting characters and stories to the big screen through the wizardry of animation....

Hayao Miyazaki is one of the world's most respected Japanese animation filmmaker, known for creating compelling characters, engaging stories, and breathtaking animation....

Matt Groening is a cartoonist, animator, and producer best known for creating The Simpsons, television's longest-running primetime animated series....

Tex Avery, considered the father of screwball animation, was one of the most influential animators of the 1930s, 1940s, and 1950s....

Best known for creating Mickey Mouse, Walt Disney is one of the 20th century's most honored and important icons of animation....

For over seven decades, fans have roared with laughter at the wild, two-fisted, knockabout antics of The Three Stooges....

For more than six decades, Joe Besser brought gales of laughter to millions—in vaudeville, on Broadway, on radio, in motion pictures, and on television.

Luke Beckett is anything but your average Hollywood vice squad detective. A cop who refuses to play the game, he is like some Avenging Angel always quick to judge, and to punish with his rock-hard fists those who don’t see his way.

Legendary entertainer Gary Owens draws upon his four decades in radio, TV, film, and animation to show you how to break into the voiceover business and carve out a million-dollar niche for yourself with your voice.

In the 1940s, Veronica Lake stirred a nation of filmgoers into a frenzy with her memorable screen performances and famous hairdo draped over one eye. The sultry blonde bombshell rocketed to stardom for Paramount Pictures only for it all to spiral out of control and be over in a flash.

As any actor, producer, director, or screenwriter can attest, working in the movie business isn't easy. After Jack Nicholson filmed his first screen test for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, studio mogul Louis B. Mayer politely told him afterwards.