On Monday, ASIFA-Hollywood announced that animation historian Didier Ghez will receive the June Foray Award for significant and benevolent or charitable impact on the art and industry of animation, which will be awarded at the 2018 Annie Awards in February.
Ghez is a noted authority on Disney Animation history and has published several books, the most recent is They Drew as They Pleased: The Hidden Art of Disney’s Late Golden Age (The 1940s – Part Two) [Chronicle Books, October 2017] , which is the third volume in a planned six-volume set examining hidden, often previously unpublished, art and history from Disney’s classic animators. The series has been lauded by Entertainment Weekly, The Wall Street Journal, and film historian Leonard Maltin. He also publishes the influential Disney History blog.
The Annie Awards are frequently referred to as the Academy Awards of animation, and are a great honor in the industry. Ghez was clearly moved by the news of the award, “I was stunned to learn that I am being awarded the June Foray Award. There is no honor that could mean more to me and no award that could excite me more than this one. And of course, I would not have gotten it if it weren’t for all the animation historians who helped me tremendously throughout the years and who carry on supporting me today.”
About Didier Ghez
Didier Ghez is the author of the books Disneyland Paris – From Sketch to Reality, Disney’s Grand Tour, They Drew As They Pleased – The Hidden Art of Disney’s Golden Age, They Drew As They Pleased – The Hidden Art of Disney’s Musical Years, and They Drew As They Pleased – The Hidden Art of Disney’s Late Golden Age.
He is also the editor of Life in the Mouse House: Memoir of a Disney Story Artist by Homer Brightman, Inside the Whimsy Works: My Life with Walt Disney Productions, Animator on Horseback by Mel Shaw, Snow White’s People by David Johnson, 50 Years in the Mouse House: The Lost Memoir of One of Disney’s Nine Old Men by Eric Larson, Jack of All Trades: Conversations with Disney Legend Ken Anderson, and Disney Legend Wilfred Jackson: A Life in Animation.
He runs The Disney History blog, The Disney Books Network website, and serves as managing editor of the Walt’s People book series (19 volumes released to date).
He is currently working on They Drew As They Pleased – The Hidden Art of Disney’s Mid-Century Era, which discusses the lives, careers and art of artists Lee Blair, Mary Blair, Tom Oreb, John Dunn, and Walt Peregoy.
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