Animation: The Mechanics of Motion

Appendix 3: Further Viewing

This listing represents my personal view of the very best of animation across a range of disciplines, but it is personal.

Animator/film-maker

Title

Discipline

1.

Winsor McCay

Girtie the Dinosaur

2D classical animation

2.

Chuck Jones

What s Opera Doc

2D classical animation

3.

Tex Avery

King Sized Canary

2D classical animation

4.

Willis O Brian

King Kong

3D stop-frame animation

5.

John Lasseter

Luxo Jnr

Computer animation

6.

Uri Norstein

Hedgehog in the Fog

Cut-out

7.

Bob Godfrey

Karma Sutra Rides Again

2D classical animation

8.

John Kricfalusi

Son of Stimpey

2D classical animation

9.

Ub Iwerks (Disney)

Skeleton Dance

2D classical animation

10.

Fredrick Back

The Man Who Planted Trees

Drawn animation

11.

Caroline Leaf

The Two Sisters

Scratch on film

12.

Jan Svankmajer

Faust

Pixellation

13.

Len Lye

Rainbow Dance

Mixed media

14.

Lotte Reiniger

Prince Achmed

Cut-out

15.

Clive Walley

Divertimenti

Paint on glass/mixed media

16.

Phil Maloy

Cowboy s Revenge

Drawn animation

17.

Joanna Quinn

Girls Night Out

2D classical animation

18.

Pixar

Toy Story

CGI

19.

Ladislaw Starewicz

The Tale of the Fox

2D classical animation

20.

Disney

Pinocchio

2D classical animation

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