Screening and Chat with Animator Debra Solomon, Co-Creator of Lizzie McGuire
Date: Thursday, July 29th
Time: 8:00 PM
Admission: $5
Day Six of The Oxberry Pegs Series

Tonight, animator Debra Solomon will screen her new film “Getting Over Him, in 8 Songs or Less,” an animated mini-musical which chronicles the heroically sad but often funny voyage we all must make when love goes south.” She will also talk about work in the industry and beyond.

Debra J. Solomon Bio: Debra has just completed a half hour film Entitled “Getting Over Him, in 8 Songs or Less”, it is an animated mini-musical which chronicles the heroically sad but often funny voyage we all must make when love goes south. “Getting Over Him” is a sexy, funny and poignant reminder that loosing love can mean finding yourself. The film was independently produced and was screened on HBO February 14th 2010.

In this film, as in her earlier 2 films, Mrs Matisse and Everybody’s pregnant Debra has created and sung the music as well as animating, designing and writing the films.

Debra’s animated independent short films have won awards at film festivals all over the world including a Silver Lion at the Venice Biennale for Mrs. Matisse, and a special Jury Award at the world Animation Festival for Everybody’s Pregnant, which is part of the permanent collection of film and video at The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Both shorts have appeared in festivals all over the world and have won numerous audience favorite awards.

In the commercial arena Debra helped create the Disney’s hit series Lizzie McGuire. She was brought on before the show was cast to integrate the animation into the live action. Debra’s approach to the animation was responsible for turning a girls show into a show that boys could watch too. As well as charting the course for the animation Debra created the animated alter ego for Hilary Duff in the TV series and the film version. Debra was supervising director for the series and for the film version, the Lizzie McGuire Movie, for which she designed and directed the title sequence.

She has also created and produced a shorts for the Cartoon Network and the Disney Channel as well as a half-hour Thanksgiving special called the Private Eye Princess which was in part based on her experiences as a kid growing up in Boston.

Debra’s other film credits include the opening shorts for HBO’s “How Do You Spell God?” and “Kids are Punny” – both of which won Emmy and Peabody awards.

Earlier in her career Debra worked as an illustrator for many of the New York area newspapers including the New York Times, the Daily News and Newsday. For 17 years Debra worked on the popular Syndicated How Come column and helped create the three best selling How Come science books for kids.

You can see some of her work at www.debrasolomon.com.