http://www.miamishortfilmfestival.com
Phone:305-854-2229
Submissions Due: August 31
Festival Date: November 27 - December 2

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http://www.festivalcinema.ca/
Phone: 819-762-6212
Submissions Due: August 15
Festival Date: October 27 - November 01

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By Jake Friedman

Dean Yeagle has been animating and designing for decades, from licensed characters to his own creations. His work can be seen from Bugs Bunny to Playboy magazine, and his sketchbooks, including that of the sexy character dubbed “Mandy,” are a trove of quality draftsmanship. He was also assigned the unique task to revitalize a 65-year-old Disney property in the World War II-era comic book, “Return of the Gremlins,” for Dark Horse Comics. Look for it on the shelves.

Recently I had the chance to talk to Dean about his rise to success, the Gremlins project, and his sexy pin-ups.

Let’s start with your background. What was your first job?

I started working in Philadelephia – that’s where I’m from. It was a tiny company called “Animation Arts Incorporated” and it had some very good people working there. They were able to teach me some stuff that I might not have been able to learn going cold into a place like Disney, being pegged into one job or another. I got to do a little bit of everything.

Then I had to go into the service during Viet Nam; I was in the navy. After that my wife and I moved to New York. For the first seven years I worked at Zander’s Animation Parlour as a designer and animator and eventually a director. Jack Zander was a great animator of the old Tom & Jerry cartoons; he recently celebrated his 99th birthday. Afterwards I opened my own company called “Caged Beagle Productions” with Nancy Beiman and Daryl Cagle. Nancy is a great animator who worked for Disney and is now teaching in Rochester New York. Daryl is editor of the MSNBC editorial cartoon site now. And as of 2006 I’m living in Southern California.

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http://www.goldenhorse.org.tw
Phone: 011-886-2-2567
Submissions Due: August 31
Festival Date: November 23 - December 6

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http://www.filmfestamiens.org
Phone: 011-33-032-271-3570
Submissions Due: August 31
Festival Date: November 9 - 18

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http://www.isffhollywood.org
Phone:
Submissions Due: August 31
Festival Date: November 14 - 18

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http://www.torinofilmfest.org
Email: info@torinofilmfest.org
Submissions Due: September 30
Festival Date: November 23 - December 1

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http://www.singlereel.org
Phone: (718) 408-3799
Submissions Due: September 30
Festival Date: September 10

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