UGFTV Alum/Faculty Jake Friedman, "The Disney Revolt"

Tuesday, Sep 6, 2022

The Disney Revolt
The Disney Revolt

Congratulations to Alum ('04) & Faculty, Jake Friedman, on his new book, "The Disney Revolt." Released on July 5. it's on it's second printing.

"The Disney Revolt" is about an essential piece of Disney history has been unreported for eighty years. Soon after the birth of Mickey Mouse, one animator raised the Disney Studio far beyond Walt's expectations. That animator also led a union war that almost destroyed it. Read More

Jake S. Friedman is an animation historian and author of The Art of Blue Sky Studios and The Disney Afternoon. He has appeared as an expert on TV documentaries and written for Animation Magazine, American History Magazine, the Huffington Post, and Philadelphia Daily News. He worked for ten years as an animation artist on television shows and features, and now works as a mental health specialist, teaching the occasional History of Animation course at NYU or FIT. He lives with his wife in New York City. www.JakeSFriedman.com

Available at bookstores everywhere.