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About the short film

Memories from the Holocaust have been portrayed in almost every medium, but rarely animation -- and never before by a child animator. Animated short film "INGRID PITT: BEYOND THE FOREST" is a cross-generational collaboration between a world-class animation master, two-time Academy Award-nominated Bill Plympton, and a first-time animator, 11-year-old artist Perry Chen. It is narrated by Ingrid Pitt herself.

Starting with Ingrid Pitt's poignant narration and Bill Plympton's 23 traditional pencil sketches as storyboard, award-winning artist and film critic Perry Chen brings this moving story and its contemporary implications alive. Read more

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Jud Newborn
Co-Producer, Creative Consultant and Historical Adviser

Please note, as of Nov. 30, 2011, Dr. Newborn is no longer working on promotions, fund raising etc. for Ingrid Pitt: Beyond The Forest. Of course we continue to appreciate and thank him for his hard work as Co-Producer, Creative Consultant and Historical Adviser, and wish him luck in his future endeavors. All questions about the short should be directed to Kevin Sean Michaels, Theodora Michaels, and/or Zhu Shen.

Jud Newborn, Ph.D., is a New York-based author, lecturer and expert on the Holocaust and the fight for human rights worldwide. Founding Historian of NY's Museum of Jewish Heritage from 1986 to 2000, Dr. Newborn is co-author of Sophie Scholl and the White Rose, companion to the Academy Award-nominated German film, Sophie Scholl - The Final Days. Awarded his PhD with Distinction by the University of Chicago, Dr. Newborn has lectured from San Diego's Old Globe Theatre and L.A.'s Simon Wiesenthal Center to the United Nations, and from Canada to Cape Town.

He has written for The New York Times and Jerusalem Post among other leading publications, and appeared as a consultant throughout the media, from the CBS Morning News, CNN and other networks, to NPR's All Things Considered. Today he serves as Special Projects Curator for Long Island's Cinema Arts Centre, interviewing celebrated actors, directors and authors before live audiences.

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