Animated Realism

Acknowledgements

To those who have assisted me in the development of this book, I hope to acknowledge here the gratitude I feel:

To the Animated Realism team at Focal Press, and especially to my editor, Katy Spencer, thank you for saying “Yes!” and believing in me. To Tom White, my technical editor, thank you for your insightful comments, suggestions, and honest feedback.

Thank you to my colleagues—Gil Bettman, for sitting me down and encouraging me to develop and pitch the book idea, and Jeff Swimmer, for your infectious enthusiasm for documentary filmmaking.

Thank you to Michael Grusd, Naomi Hirsch, Diane Saltzberg, and especially to Dr. Allison Weiss for your encouragement. I would also like to thank Linda Charyk Rosenfeld and David Kriger ...