Published on: 21st July, 2010

Perry Chen drawing Ingrid Pitt for Beyond the Forest, an animation short about her Holocaust survival (photo by Zhu Shen)
Upcoming TV Appearance:
Time: 9 am, Thu July 22, 2010 (opening day of Comic-Con 2010)
TV station: CW channel 6 San Diego Living
Guests: Perry Chen (animator)
Bill Plympton (Oscar-nominated animator, storyboard )
Kevin Sean Michaels (director, co-producer)
Zhu Shen (executive producer)
The film-making team of “Beyond the Forest” will be interviewed at the studio to discuss behind the scenes story and progress with this film. Bill Plympton and Perry Chen will do live drawing on the show. Plympton and Michaels are attending Comic-Con in San Diego (July 22-25). They met Perry Chen and his mom Zhu Shen at Comic-Con last year.
“Beyond the Forest” is an animation short about a young Jewish girl Ingrid Pitt’s struggle and survival during the Holocaust from age 5 to 8. Pitt later became a renowned film and TV star, appearing opposite Clint Eastwood in the classic World War II film “Where Eagles Dare.” The filmmakers hope to reach children and adults with this animation film, so that we all remember this important history.
For background about this film, read Perry’s article:
http://www.awn.com/blogs/perrys-previews/holocaust-through-eyes-child-animated-child
(Animation World Network: The Holocaust Through the Eyes of a Child – Animated by a Child)
http://www.perryspreviews.com/?p=932
(Oscar nominee Bill Plympton selects Perry Chen for new animation visual)
http://xetv.media.origin.entriq.net/xetv/video//090000201004061208_003702p7004209p5.wmv
(CW channel 6 feature of Perry Chen’s art and introduction of “Beyond the Forest” animation, April 2010)