Actors with Pencils

Published: Sept. 4, 2019, 11:30 p.m.

Walt Disney pioneered the art of hand drawn animation, but it was really his top animators, \u201cThe Nine Old Men,\u201d who were responsible for developing the art form. Andreas Deja, who animated Scar and Jafar, talks about being trained by The Nine Old Men and the pressure of living up to their legacy. John Canemaker explains why hand drawn feature animation is a lost art in Hollywood, and Jerry Beck sees a renaissance of 2D animation lurking beyond the \u201clive action\u201d Disney remakes.\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices