A celebration of the talent and legacy of important animated projects with the creators who made them happen.
Join award-winning filmmaker and animation historian, Theodore (Ted) Thomas (Frank & Ollie, Walt & Grupo, Growing Up with the Nine Old Men), as he shares rare family home movies (in beautiful 16mm Kodachrome preserved by the Academy Film Archive) as well as warm and intimate memories of his father, Disney Legend, Frank Thomas (Pinocchio, Bambi, Peter Pan, Lady & the Tramp, Sleeping Beauty, Cinderella, 101 Dalmatians, The Jungle Book).
Hosted by Randy Haberkamp, Senior Vice President of Preservation & Foundation Programming for the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences, and featuring musical accompaniment by composer Michael Mortilla.
SPEAKER
Theodore Thomas
Producer, Director, Writer // Independent
Award-winning director and writer, Ted Thomas, was born and raised in Los Angeles, the son of renowned animator, Frank Thomas. His work for the National Geographic Society and PBS has garnered a National Emmy, a Writers Guild of America Award, and two more WGA nominations. His Disney-related films are Frank & Ollie, Walt & El Grupo and Growing Up With Nine Old Men. He writes, teaches and lectures around the world on the pioneering golden age of Walt Disney and his artists. A Fellow of the Sundance Institute and the Rockefeller Foundation’s Bellagio Center, Thomas is also a published photographer and New Orleans jazz musician.
MODERATOR
Randy Haberkamp
SVP, Preservation & Foundation Programming // Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences
As Senior Vice President of Preservation and Foundation Programming for the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences, Randy Haberkamp has direct oversight of the Academy’s Margaret Herrick Library, the Academy Film Archive, Public Programming and the Academy’s Oral History Project. He received his Master’s in Motion Picture Production from UCLA and worked for the CBS Television Network for 14 years, culminating as Director of Specials & Feature Films. Randy has worked as a freelance television producer and talent agent. He's the founder of The Silent Society — a silent film preservation and appreciation group — that has presented and preserved silent films in Los Angeles for more than 30 years. He is originally from Ohio.
A celebration of the talent and legacy of important animated projects with the creators who made them happen.
Join award-winning filmmaker and animation historian, Theodore (Ted) Thomas (Frank & Ollie, Walt & Grupo, Growing Up with the Nine Old Men), as he shares rare family home movies (in beautiful 16mm Kodachrome preserved by the Academy Film Archive) as well as warm and intimate memories of his father, Disney Legend, Frank Thomas (Pinocchio, Bambi, Peter Pan, Lady & the Tramp, Sleeping Beauty, Cinderella, 101 Dalmatians, The Jungle Book).
Hosted by Randy Haberkamp, Senior Vice President of Preservation & Foundation Programming for the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences, and featuring musical accompaniment by composer Michael Mortilla.
SPEAKER
Theodore Thomas
Producer, Director, Writer // Independent
Award-winning director and writer, Ted Thomas, was born and raised in Los Angeles, the son of renowned animator, Frank Thomas. His work for the National Geographic Society and PBS has garnered a National Emmy, a Writers Guild of America Award, and two more WGA nominations. His Disney-related films are Frank & Ollie, Walt & El Grupo and Growing Up With Nine Old Men. He writes, teaches and lectures around the world on the pioneering golden age of Walt Disney and his artists. A Fellow of the Sundance Institute and the Rockefeller Foundation’s Bellagio Center, Thomas is also a published photographer and New Orleans jazz musician.
MODERATOR
Randy Haberkamp
SVP, Preservation & Foundation Programming // Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences
As Senior Vice President of Preservation and Foundation Programming for the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences, Randy Haberkamp has direct oversight of the Academy’s Margaret Herrick Library, the Academy Film Archive, Public Programming and the Academy’s Oral History Project. He received his Master’s in Motion Picture Production from UCLA and worked for the CBS Television Network for 14 years, culminating as Director of Specials & Feature Films. Randy has worked as a freelance television producer and talent agent. He's the founder of The Silent Society — a silent film preservation and appreciation group — that has presented and preserved silent films in Los Angeles for more than 30 years. He is originally from Ohio.
