Animation Essentials

Great Aussie animators, starting with: Max Bannah

Bruce Petty - Leisure [1976].  Academy Award for Best Short Film (Animated)

Denis Tupicoff - Five animated films: Trailer

Sarah Watt - Catch of the Day [1995]

Adam Elliot - Harvie Krumpet  [2003]

Anthony Lucas - The Mysterious Geographic Explorations of Jasper Morello [2005]

Embedded below for your viewing pleasure - 136 years of Innovative animation:

Eadweard Muybridge (English/American) - Galloping Horse [1887]

Émile Cohl (French) - Fantasmagorie [1908]

Winsor McCay (American) - Gertie the Dinosaur [1914]

Lotte Reiniger (German) - The Adventures of Prince Achmed [1926]

Walt Disney (American) - Steamboat Willie [1928]

Norman McLaren (Scottish/Canadian) - Begone Dull Care [1949]

Caroline Leaf (Canadian/american) - The Street [1976]

Jan Švankmajer (Czech) - Dimensions of Dialogue [1982]

Brothers Quay (American) - Epic of Ghilgamesh [1985]

Nicole Van Goethem (Belgian) - A Greek tragedy [1986]

Joanna Quinn (English) - Girls Night Out [1986]

Brothers Quay (American) - Street of Crocodiles [1986]

Frédéric Back (Canadian) - The Man Who Planted Trees [1987]

Nick Park/Aardman Animations (English) - Creature Comforts [1989-2011]

PIXAR (American) - Toy Story [1995]

Aleksandr Petrov (Russian) - The Old Man and the Sea [1999]

Dorota Kobiela (Polish) - Loving Vincent [2017]

Valve (American) - Half Life: Alyx Trailer [2020]

Avatar: Way of Water - Official Trailer (American) [2023]

Embedded below for your viewing pleasure - Where animated music videos began:

Accidents Will Happen [1979] - Elvis Costello and the Attractions

Take on Me [1985] - A-Ha

Money for Nothing [1985] - Dire Straits

Sledgehammer [1986] - Peter Gabriel

I Miss You [1995] - Björk

Clint Eastwood [2001] - Gorillaz