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Jerry Beck
'''Jerry Beck''' (born February 9, 1955) is a well known [[Animated cartoon|animation]] historian, with ten books and numerous articles to his credit. He is also an animation producer, an industry consultant, and has been an executive with [[Nickelodeon (TV channel)|Nickelodeon]] and [[Disney]].

==Biography==
After high school, Beck studied at [[The [[School Of Visual Arts]] in [[New York City]] intent on becoming a great animator. But his interest in animation's history led him to working with [[Leonard Maltin]], becoming his 'research associate' on the landmark book, ''Of Mice and Magic: A History of American Animated Cartoons''. In the course of doing this work, Beck became well versed in the histories and films of every Hollywood cartoon studio.

===Early Career===
(contracted; show full)th Streamline in [[1993]] to pursue other areas of animation. He became Executive Producer of ''[[The Baby Huey Show]]'' for [[Harvey Entertainment|The Harvey Entertainment Co.]] Beck then joined [[Nickelodeon Movies]] as Vice President of Animation, under a three year contract. At Nickelodeon, Beck was instrumental in developing ''[[The Rugrats Movie]]'', ''[[Mighty Mouse]]'' and ''[[The Stinky Cheese Man]]''.

From September 
[[1997]] through April [[1998]], Beck had an exclusive consulting and development deal with [[Walt Disney Television Animation]]. Also in [[1997]], Beck formed [[Cartoon Research Co.]] to write books, consult on animation projects, compile CD's, DVD's and home video products, supply cartoon stock footage and develop new features and TV series.

In [[1999]], Beck produced ''Totally Tooned In'' for [[Columbia TriStar Television|Columbia Tri-Star International Television]], a 65 episode series that restored the Columbia theatrical cartoon library; and for [[Cartoon Network]] wrote and co-produced the special ''Toonheads: The Lost Cartoons''.

Beck was co-Creator, co-Producer and co-writer of [[Karen and Kirby]] for Warner Bros. TV Animation. 13 Karen & Kirby interstitials were produced and were shown on Kids WB's ''The Big Cartoonie Show''.

(contracted; show full)Jerry Beck married Marea Boylan on [[June 15]], [[2003]]. They reside in Hollywood California.

==External links==
* [http://www.cartoonresearch.com Jerry Beck's website Cartoon Research.com] 
* [http://www.cartoonbrew.com Jerry Beck's blog]

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