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.
BAMcinamatek presents a retrospective of Scher’s work
Lost and Found is acquired by the Museum of Modern Art for its permanent collection
Scher has a solo exhibition at Maya Stendhal Gallery
Scher maintains a special blog for the New York Times called The Animated Life
Scher is honored by the Flaherty Film Seminar
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