Wow! So, I am so excited to put two and two together and find some of my favorite animators on youtube! Woo hoo!

(much thanks to klip for her part in my epiphany!)

NFduC info:
Key Filmmakers

I always wanted to see Bead Game by Ishu Patel and now I have and you can too!

Bead Game

Caroline Leaf is one of my favsThe Street (1976)

Norman McLaren: an amazing experimenter:

Pen Point Percussion

Pas De Deux

And one of my favorites from Frédéric Back:
(the quality on youtube is bad you should rent it!)

The Man Who Planted Trees

Pinscreen animation by Jacques Drouin:

Mindscape

Len Lye:

Colour Box

I can't find, "Shorelines", by Al Jarnow yet.... I loved that film.

There are some whose names I can't remember right now...

One guy whose first name I think is Paul and he did an animation of a greyhound running.

And a woman who did an amazing drawing on film animation re: celtic mythology. I think she was from portland.

And then there is pencil booklings...

Whew more later!

BIG KUDOS. you're my hero!

Human Tetris not really animation, but still stop motion and very colourful

Ah! I totally consider that animation! It is just not "traditional". Very cool! I liked it. Thanks for finding that!

A list of independent animators (by no means comprehensive!):

Sally Cruikshank
Kathy Rose
Christine Panushka
Marge Brown
Joanna Priestly

I am adding a link to Jen Stark's animation here as it is way cool!

http://www.jenstark.com/animation.html

Some Joan Gratz stuff:

Mona Lisa Descending a Staircase

Let Me Paint You A Picture

Microsoft 95

A Joanna Priestley piece: Voices

Find out more about Joanna Preistley.


Tir Nan Og by Fursy Teyssier
Wow! I found this today. Very amazing!

a little bit different...
but very cool for those of you who did not catch the show...
hope it was an ok place to post this here...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ejOnBBnY_w
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OEgPyzq9Nfk&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=riGbxA1yyZw&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X0SRI0Nbnv4&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ASG_dr3a9ec&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zffp2VPEEdc&feature=related

i dont know if/when anyone will ever out do this show...
the director/producer of this act has got to be a genius!

Sure! That is cool!

Interesting stuff by Satoru Ohno

The Black Ghosts: I want nothing

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y8Ed4fJ8P68

I have a secret love for Target Ads!

I especially love this animated one: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FZf7TjGbaHA&feature=fvw

Geek out with this lego animation:

8-bit trip

Very cool stop motion:

My Animated World

More of his stuff: Jelle Van Dun