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Jeffrey Scher You Won’t Remember This

Jeffrey Scher

Jeffrey Scher has been creating animated and live-action films since 1974, and has influenced many younger animators currently working in the medium. His films include Trigger Happy, Prisoners of Inertia, and Reasons to Be Glad; these have been screened on PBS, HBO, and Showtime, released theatrically in Europe and domestically, and presented at festivals internationally. Scher has taught at Columbia University since 1990. He is the recipient of awards from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Jerome Foundation, among others.


Awards & Accomplishments

  • 2003

    Retrospective

    BAMcinamatek presents a retrospective of Scher’s work

  • 2002

    Museum acquisition

    Lost and Found is acquired by the Museum of Modern Art for its permanent collection

  • 2005

    Exhibition

    Scher has a solo exhibition at Maya Stendhal Gallery

  • 2007

    Publication

    Scher maintains a special blog for the New York Times called The Animated Life

  • 2007

    Flaherty Film Seminar

    Scher is honored by the Flaherty Film Seminar

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