Richard Williams - The Thief Who Never Gave Up (1982)

This is a great documentary on the making of Richard Williams 'The Thief and The Cobbler'! Though the film had may troubles some of the animation sequences are just mind blowing!

The Theif Who Never Gave Up via Behind The Scenes


You can find more great info on 'The Thief and The Cobbler' here:  The Thief Blog

Shorts by Tout Court

Here are two films by Tout Court. The first one 'The Ugly Square' is a stop motion piece about circles and squares. It kind of reminds me of Chuck Jones film 'The Dot and the Line'. The second is 'Ruelf' and is about how some abstract 'color characters' bring color back to a black and white world. Both films are very interesting and worth a look!

You can learn more about these films here: http://toutcourt.fr/blog/





Le vilain petit carré / The ugly square from Tout Court on Vimeo.

Reulf from Charlesque on Vimeo.

Interview With Bill Melendez

This is a fantastic interview with legendary animator/filmmaker Bill Melendez! It's long and runs about 3.5 to 4hrs but it's a great window into the history of animation. You can also check out his website here http://www.billmelendez.tv/.


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'8BITS' animation short

This is an interesting short. It has lots of action and is basically a long chase sequence. My beef is that the characters lack every emotion except anger (but maybe that's what the creators were going for) and I'm still trying to figure out the story (other than the 'save the girl' angle). I did like how the directors experimented with combining 3D and video game styled sequences despite how confusing some parts were. It's definitely worth a watch.

Film website here: 8Bits



8BITS_hd720 from 8BCREW on Vimeo.

Eric Goldberg talks animation

Here are some great bits of wisdom from Disney animator Eric Goldberg.