The Animation That Changed Me: Bruce Smith On ‘One Hundred And One Dalmatians’
“My first impressions were that animation was a magical medium. I wished that I could do something like that when I got older,” says Smith.
The Animation That Changed Me
The Animation That Changed Me: Elaine Bogan on ‘Pee-wee’s Playhouse’
The show “reminds me of just how profound an impact animation can have on a young mind,” says Bogan.
The Animation That Changed Me: Peter Chung on ‘Space Adventure Cobra’
Watching the series “was the first time that it really became clear to me what a director does,” says Chung.
The Animation That Changed Me: Nick Park on ‘Pogles’ Wood’
“There was a magical quality in it: it’s more like little dolls that were coming to life,” says Park of the classic British stop-motion series.
Le film d’animation qui a changé ma vie : Sébastien Laudenbach choisit ‘Gwen, le livre de sable’
“Tout était nouveau pour moi, dans ce film,” dit Laudenbach.
The Animation That Changed Me: Sébastien Laudenbach on ‘Gwen, The Book Of Sand’
“Everything in this film was new to me,” says Laudenbach.
The Animation That Changed Me: Céline Desrumaux on ‘Grave Of The Fireflies’
“The more you expand your own emotional journey through life, the more the movie gives back to you,” says Desrumaux.
The Animation That Changed Me: Maureen Furniss on ‘Voices’
“It was a film by a woman, featuring a woman who was talking about very un-cartoony topics,” says Furniss of Joanna Priestley’s 1985 short. “I’d never seen anything like it.”
The Animation That Changed Me: Hisko Hulsing on ‘Pink Floyd — The Wall’
“Here was an insanely beautiful film that was about me!” says Hulsing. “About the pain and depression and craziness that I felt.”
The Animation That Changed Me: Ross Bollinger on ‘Duck Amuck’
Says Bollinger: “Witnessing Daffy Duck coming apart at the seams as his world was deconstructed in front of him … it was sheer genius!”
The Animation That Changed Me: Marcel Jean on ‘Memories Of War’
“To my eyes, this is a genuine work of theater,” says Jean.
Le film d’animation qui a changé ma vie : Marcel Jean choisit ‘Souvenirs de guerre’
“Je vois dans ce film un véritable travail dramaturgique,” dit Jean.
The Animation That Changed Me: Aaron Long on ‘Mind Game’
“The sprawling story seems to touch on almost every aspect of human life,” says Long. “I found it overwhelming and strangely addictive.”
The Animation That Changed Me: Kim Keukeleire on ‘Begone Dull Care’
“This film had everything for me: experimentation, creativity, visuals, sound, movement, rhythm, tempo, dynamics, pace, energy,” says Keukeleire.
The Animation That Changed Me: Wesley Louis on ‘Akira’
“I just don’t think we’ll ever get something that game-changing in animation again,” says Louis of Katsuhiro Otomo’s cyberpunk classic.
The Animation That Changed Me: Joanna Quinn on ‘Carnival’
Susan Young’s 1985 short is set during London’s famed Notting Hill Carnival. “The thing that really excited me was that she’d used animation to say something about society at that time,” says Quinn.
The Animation That Changed Me: Shannon Tindle on ‘Science Ninja Team Gatchaman’
“I didn’t initially know that ‘Gatchaman’ was a Japanese production,” says Tindle, “but I could sense that it was different.”
The Animation That Changed Me: Jérémy Clapin on ‘When The Day Breaks’
“I wasn’t sure what the film was about,” says Clapin, “and that hardly mattered to me.”
The Animation That Changed Me: Sawako Kabuki on ‘Neon Genesis Evangelion’
“I have a kind of fascination with things that have gotten out of control,” says Kabuki. “It’s animalistic and erotic.”
The Animation That Changed Me: Tomm Moore on ‘The Thief And The Cobbler’
In this new series, leading filmmakers and artists discuss works of animation that have had a formative influence on them.
