I am a professor in the Animation Department of the Savannah College of Art and Design’s Atlanta campus, where I mostly teach film and animation history and theory, as well as some studio classes. (I also taught at SCAD’s Savannah campus.) Previously, I worked as a writer, consultant, and animation festival and conference organizer. However, I usually like to introduce myself as an adult child of an animator. My father, Joe Deneroff, in his short career, worked at Fleischer and Famous Studios, as well as the First Army Air Force Motion Picture Unit; he also worked a freelance comic book artist and was something of a film buff.
I was the first editor of Animation Magazine and Animation World Magazine, edited ASIFA-Hollywood’s Graffiti, and published and edited The Animation Report, an industry newsletter. I was a regular contributor The Hollywood Reporter and Animatoon, and also wrote occasionally for other publications, ranging from Sight and Sound and Film History to The Los Angeles Times and Skwigly.
