Animation Links

Updated April 19th 2003.

Want to more about an Oscar nominated animated short? It's Director or Production Company? There may be a link on this page that will take you there.
 

Want to know more about the Oscars? The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has an official web site that is information rich and searchable.

Infoplease has a year by year listing of the Oscar winners and nominees in all Categories.

The Animation World Network site is the hub of animation information. They have an Oscar Animation Showcase.

The Internet Movie Database has information on just about any movie.

The Big Cartoon Database has lots of info on American Cartoons.

Many of the shorts are catalogued in sites such as the Warner Brothers Animation Database the Online Encyclopedia of MGM Animated Shorts, and the American Animated Short Cartoons Database.

The Chronology of Animation provides an interesting perspective on the history of the art.

Many of Aardman's works , and others, can be viewed on line at Atom Films.

iFilm is another place to see animation on line.

At Voice Chasers you can learn more about the actors who provide the voices for the animated characters. They are currently revamping the website. 

DVDtoons has a data base of animation on DVD.

Many production studios and directors have their own sites.

Aardman Animations brought you works by Nick Park, (Creature Comforts and Wallace and Gromit), Peter Lord (Adam and Wat's Pig) and Peter Peake (Hum Drum).

A. Film from Denmark produced When Life Departs, directed by Stefan Fjeldmark and Karsten Kiilerich.

AR&T Animation by Paul Fierlinger maker of It's so Nice to Have a Wolf Around the House. His biography "Still Life with Animated Dogs" has been airing on PBS.

Here is the Tex Avery Tribute site.

Frédéric Back's (Crac, Mighty River, Man Who Planted Trees) work is listed on this AWN site.

Astley Baker has information on Mark Baker's pieces The Village, The Hill Farm and Jolly Roger.

Cordell Barker's work (Cat Came Back, Strange Invaders) can be found on the NFB Site.

Bitter Films site has notes on Rejected by Don Hertzfeldt.

Blue Sky Studios where Chris Wedge used computers to render Bunny. He also directed "Ice Age".

The Multimedia Studio site links to The Official Bruno Bozzetto site where you can find out more about the creator of Grasshoppers.

Chuubchubbs has its own site.

As well as the information on the NFB site, Richard Condie (La Salla, The Big Snit) has an AWN affiliated site.

Gene Deitch (Munro, Self Defense for Cowards and Nudnick #2) has a site on AWN which links to his official site and his biography.

Disney's  characters are on their official web site.

Michael Dudok de Wit who made The Monk and the Fish, and Father and Daughter.

Here is an AWN interview with Jules Engel. (Icarus Montgolfier Wright)

Fifty Per Cent Gray was made by Ruairi Robinson at Zanita Films.

Give Up Aul Yer Souls  was made at Brown Bag Films by Cathal Gaffney.

Here are two articles on the Hubley's. One on John and an interview with Faith.

The Italtoons site has some info on works by Gianini & Luzzati (Pulcinella and The Thieving Magpie), Bruno Bozzetto (Grasshoppers), and Michael Sporn (Doctor Desoto).

Chuck Jones has his own official web site.

You can test your language skills at the Kratky Film site and learn what the studio that made Reci, Reci, Reci by Michaela Pavlátová is doing now.

Bill Kroyer (Technological Threat) is involved with Rhythm & Hues.

As well as the information on the NFB site, Caroline Leaf (The Street) has an AWN affiliated site.

Michael Mills (History of the World) has a site for his Thumbnail Animation.

Jimmy T. Murakami (The Magic Pear Tree) has been working on a new version of the Christmas Carol.

The National Film Board of Canada site has a searchable database containing information on every film they have produced as well as notes on directors.

Noble Tales is the official site of Maurice Noble.

PannóniaFilm where The Fly was made by Ferenc Rófusz, and  Marcell Jankovics made Sisyphus.

The Pascal Blais web site has info on Alexander Petrov's The Old Man and the Sea and Sylvain Chomet's The Old Lady and the Pigeons.

Jan Pinkava, who made Geri's Game with Pixar, has his own site.

Pixar (Luxo Jr., Tin Toy, Geri's Game, For the Birds and Mike's New Car) has a place on the web.

Platige Image is where Tomek Baginski made The Cathedral (Katerdal).

Bill Plympton's (Your Face) official web site.

Montgomery Films (Quest) has its own site.

Das Rad has its own site.

Rembrandt Films has a site with info on their shorts.

Here's what Zbig Rybczynski (Tango) has been up to.

As well as the information on the NFB site, Alison Snowden and David Fine (Bob's Birthday, George and Rosemary) have an AWN affiliated site.

John Dilworth's (The Chicken from Outer Space) Stretch Film has been working on Courage the Dog.

Stubble Trouble was made by Joseph E. Merideth at Calabash.

Tandem Film's site has info on Daniel Greaves' Manipulation and other works.

Tom & Jerry information can be found on Randy's Info Page.

Will Vinton (Closed Mondays and Rip Van Winkle).

The Non-Stick Looney page is a great resource for information on Warner's shorts.

Warner Bros. official web site has animation content.

Though dedicated to the restoration of The Thief and the Cobbler, this page has info on Richard Williams (A Christmas Carol).

Fred Wolf (The Box) has his business card on the web.

Yamamura Animation has info about Koji Yamamura's Mt Head.

Looking to Buy Some of the Titles?
 

Bitter Films is now selling Rejected.

Direct Cinema has lots of award winners in their catalog.

The National Film Board of Canada has almost all titles available.

Pyramid Media's catalogue has many nominees in it.

Rembrandt Films have a site where you can get their nominated shorts as well as those from Zagreb.

Will Vinton has a sight where you can order many of his pieces on VHS.