Yeagle, Dean

Dean Yeagle started in animation in Philadelphia. After marrying Barbara (also an artist, and musician) and the birth of their daughter Becky, the need for actual money drove them to New York, and a job as designer, animator and eventually director with one of the top animation houses in NYC. In 1986, with partner Nancy Beiman, he opened Caged Beagle Productions, Inc., a full-service animation studio. Dean was named Animator of the Year by the National Cartoonists Society.