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George Griffin (animator)
George Griffin (born 1943) is an American experimental animator based in New York. Graduated with a degree in political science in Dartmouth, came to New York City and began working on commercial studios in 1967. He built his own camera and was inspired by the works of Robert Breer, Stan Vanderbeek and John Hubley; made his first film in 1969. Films His best known works are ''Head'' (1975), ''Viewmaster'' (1978), ''Lineage'' (1979), ''It's An OK Life'' (1980), ''Flying Fur'' (1981) set to the music of cartoon composer Scott Bradley for the Tom and Jerry short ''Puttin On The Dog'', ''Ko-Ko'' (1988) set to the music of Charlie Parker and ''A Little Routine'' (1994). ''A Little Routine'' is available as part of Animation Show of Shows. Television He was line producer for R.O. Blechman's ''The Soldier's Tale'' (1984), made commercials for Colossal Pictures and does commissioned works at his own studio called Metropolis Studios. See also *Independent animation *Experimental film ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Breer
Robert Carlton Breer (September 30, 1926 – August 11, 2011) was an American experimental filmmaker, painter, and sculptor. Life and career "A founding member of the American avant-garde," Breer was best known for his films, which combine abstract and representational painting, hand-drawn rotoscoping, original 16mm and 8mm film footage, photographs, and other materials.Carnegie International Museum of Art Website Artist's bio. After experimenting with cartoon animation as a child, he started making his first abstract experimental films while living in Paris from 1949 to 1959, a period during which he also showed paintings and kinetic sculptures at galleries such as the renowned Galerie Denise ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stan Vanderbeek
Stan VanDerBeek (January 6, 1927 – September 19, 1984) was an American experimental filmmaker known for his collage works. Life VanDerBeek studied art and architecture at Manhattan's Cooper Union before transferring to Black Mountain College in North Carolina, where he met polymath Buckminster Fuller, composer John Cage, and choreographer Merce Cunningham. Beginning in 1949, he took two terms of photography courses from Hazel Larsen Archer at the institution. In the 1950s, he directed independent art films while learning animation techniques and painting scenery and set designs for ''Winky Dink and You''. His earliest films, made between 1955 and 1965, mostly consist of animated paintings and collage films, combined in a form of organic development. VanDerBeek's ironic compositions were created very much in the spirit of the surreal and Dadaist collages of Max Ernst, but with a wild, rough informality more akin to the expressionism of the Beat Generation. In the 1960s, Va ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Hubley
John Kirkham Hubley (May 21, 1914 – February 21, 1977) was an American animation director, art director, producer and writer known for his work with the United Productions of America , United Productions of America (UPA) and his own independent studio, Storyboard, Inc. (later renamed Hubley Studio). A pioneer and innovator in the Animation in the United States in the television era, American animation industry, Hubley pushed for more visually and emotionally complex films than those being produced by contemporaries like the The Walt Disney Company, Walt Disney Company and Warner Bros. Animation, Warner Brothers Animation. He and his second wife, Faith Hubley (neé Chestman), with whom he directed alongside from 1959 onward, were nominated for seven Academy Awards, winning three. Hubley was born in Marinette, Wisconsin, Marinette, Wisconsin, in 1914 and developed an interest in art from a young age, as both his mother and maternal grandfather were professional painters. After h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scott Bradley (composer)
Walter Scott Bradley (November 26, 1891 – April 27, 1977) was an American composer, pianist, arranger, and conductor. Bradley is best remembered for scoring the MGM Cartoon Studio theatrical cartoons, including those starring Tom and Jerry, Droopy, Barney Bear, Screwy Squirrel, George and Junior and many one-off cartoons. Career In an autobiographical sketch, Bradley noted that he began his career performing with and later conducting theatre orchestras in Houston, Texas. He studied organ and harmony with Horton Corbett, the choir director of Houston's Christ Church Cathedral, but was "otherwise entirely self-taught in composition and orchestration." (Years later, when he was already established in Hollywood, he sought to improve his technique by studying privately with MGM colleague Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco). In 1926, Bradley moved to Los Angeles to conduct programs over KHJ Radio, an activity that led to his growing involvement in animation at the start of the talkie e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tom And Jerry
''Tom and Jerry'' is an American Animated cartoon, animated media franchise and series of comedy short films created in 1940 by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera. Best known for its 161 theatrical short films by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, the series centers on the rivalry between the titular characters of a cat named Tom Cat, Tom and a mouse named Jerry Mouse, Jerry. Many shorts also feature several List of Tom and Jerry characters#Recurring characters, recurring characters. In its original run, Hanna and Barbera produced 114 ''Tom and Jerry'' shorts for MGM from 1940 to 1958. During this time, they won seven Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film, Academy Awards for Best Animated Short Film, tying for first place with Walt Disney's ''Silly Symphonies'' with the most awards in the category. After the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer cartoon studio, MGM cartoon studio closed in 1957, MGM revived the series with Gene Deitch directing an additional 13 ''Tom and Jerry'' shorts for Rembrandt Films f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |