Al Jarnow (born 1945) is an American artist, animator, sculptor, and filmmaker.
Early life and education
He was born in Brooklyn in 1945.
He attended
Dartmouth College
Dartmouth College (; ) is a private research university in Hanover, New Hampshire. Established in 1769 by Eleazar Wheelock, it is one of the nine colonial colleges chartered before the American Revolution. Although founded to educate Native ...
and the
Brooklyn Museum Art School
The Brooklyn Museum Art School was a non-degree-granting professional school that opened at the Brooklyn Museum in Brooklyn, New York in the summer of 1941. The Brooklyn Museum Art School provided instruction for amateur artists as well until Janua ...
.
Career
Jarnow made his first animated film, “The Owl & the Pussycat,” in 1968. He made his first short film for
Sesame Street
''Sesame Street'' is an American educational children's television series that combines live-action, sketch comedy, animation and puppetry. It is produced by Sesame Workshop (known as the Children's Television Workshop until June 2000) ...
in 1970. Between the 1970s and the 1990s, Jarnow produced and/or directed over 100 short films for Sesame Workshop, including "Yak", "Orange", "Floor Tiles", "Perspectives", "Litter Rap", "One Thousand Faces", "Real Cats Drink Milk", "Three Primary Colors", "Rap Animation Numbers", and "Box City Recycling Rap".
Jarnow's films use stop-motion, timelapse, cell animation, and other experimental techniques to bring everyday objects to life and illustrate scientific concepts by blending education and entertainment.
Jarnow has also been a cover artist for
Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine
''Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine'' (AHMM) is a bi-monthly digest size fiction magazine specializing in crime and detective fiction. ''AHMM'' is named for Alfred Hitchcock, the famed director of suspense films and television.
History
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and Agatha Christie titles. His artwork has been display at New York City's
Museum of Modern Art
The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) is an art museum located in Midtown Manhattan, New York City, on 53rd Street between Fifth and Sixth Avenues.
It plays a major role in developing and collecting modern art, and is often identified as one of ...
and the
Pompidou Center
The Centre Pompidou (), more fully the Centre national d'art et de culture Georges-Pompidou ( en, National Georges Pompidou Centre of Art and Culture), also known as the Pompidou Centre in English, is a complex building in the Beaubourg area of ...
Science World (Vancouver)
Science World is a science centre run by a not-for-profit organization called ASTC Science World Society in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. It is located at the end of False Creek and features many permanent interactive exhibits and displa ...
,
Brooklyn Children's Museum
The Brooklyn Children's Museum is a children's museum in the Crown Heights neighborhood of Brooklyn in New York City. Founded in 1899, it is the first children's museum in the United States – and according to some, the first one worldwide. It ...