GENE'S NEW BOOK IS OUT!
You can order it from Amazon.com now!

How To Get A Job In Animation (And Keep It) by Gene Hamm is published by Heinemann, who published Ed Hooks' book Acting For Animators. In fact Ed Hooks wrote the introduction. Part One of the book covers Gene's struggles and hard won strategies for getting animation jobs in the Hollywood Studios. It covers how to deal with the unions, what to learn in school, what to put on your reel to make it stand out among the thousands of submissions, and how to turn a "no" into a "yes" (or at least a "maybe"). Part Two covers how to run your own small studio, if you plan to be your own boss as a freelancer. It includes how to price a job, how to deal with difficult clients, how to increase your chances of winning a film festival, and how to copyright your work. Along the way are humorous stories of meetings with famous animators and directors, such as Tex Avery, Charles Schulz, James Cameron, Roger Corman, Ray Harryhausen, John Lasseter, Ralph Bakshi, Bill Hanna, Art Clokey, and Frank Mouris.