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Yvette Kaplan (She/Her)

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Yvette Kaplan spent over forty years of her life in the animation industry. She has been a director, producer, story consultant, writer, animator and character designer. She was Head of Story on the feature “Ice Age”, Co-Director of the feature “Beavis and Butthead Do America” as well as Supervising Director on the Beavis and Butthead series, director on the TV series “Doug”, “King of the Hill”, and an animation director on Futurama, Human Resources, and Disney’s revival of Ducktales. She was also Creative Consultant on The Magic Schoolbus, Supervising Producer on CN’s "Clarence," provided Additional Direction on the feature “Happily N’Ever After”, and Co-Created the preschool series “Zack and Quack”.

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Cartoon Comedy: Five Animators Discuss Their Animated Inspirations

Room 211 | ASIFA-Hollywood | Yvette Kaplan | Chris Prynoski | Jerry Beck | David Silverman | Eric Bauza | Lauren MacMullan

Humor in animated films has a long diverse history – and we’ve come far from the days of Gertie the Dinosaur getting a laugh by throwing an elephant into a lake or Felix The Cat using his tail for an umbrella. Max Fleischer, Tex Avery, Chuck Jones and Jay Ward defined animated humor in the past and have influenced much work of the present. This panel will invite five current animators to discuss humor in animated films, they will also show clips from their favorite classic cartoons – and explain how that has influenced their work.

Panelists include Chris Prynoski (Titmouse), David Silverman (The Simpsons), Eric Bauza (Looney Tunes), Lauren MacMullan (Get a Horse!), and Yvette Kaplan (Beavis and Butt-head). Animation Historian Jerry Beck (The 50 Greatest Cartoons) will moderate.

Also, ASIFA-Hollywood will make an announcement during this panel about their latest Award for Humor in Animation.

Skill Level: General Audience

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