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unusual facts about animated short



Barnegat Bay

It was adapted into the animated short The Family That Dwelt Apart, narrated by White, by the National Film Board of Canada.

Bob's Birthday

Bob's Birthday is a 1993 animated short by Alison Snowden and David Fine, winner of the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film at the 67th Academy Awards.

Drux Flux

Drux Flux is a 2008 animated short by Theodore Ushev, inspired by Herbert Marcuse’s treatise One-Dimensional Man.

George and Rosemary

George and Rosemary is a 1987 animated short co-directed by Alison Snowden and David Fine, about two "golden agers" who prove that passion is not exclusively for the young.

Jeu

Jeu is a 2006 animated short by Georges Schwizgebel.

Now's the Time to Fall in Love

The song is referenced in the 1962 Academy Award nominated animated short Disney musical film, A Symposium on Popular Songs during the song, "Although I Dropped $100,000" written by Al Sherman's songwriter sons, Robert & Richard Sherman.

Putty Tat Trouble

Putty Tat Trouble is a 1951 Looney Tunes (reissued as a Blue Ribbon Merrie Melodie) animated short featuring Sylvester and Tweety, in which Sylvester has a feud with another cat over the canary.

The Hangnail

The Hangnail is a 1999 animated short film made by Shane Acker for Spike and Mike's Sick and Twisted Festival of Animation.

The Tender Tale of Cinderella Penguin

The Tender Tale of Cinderella Penguin is a 1981 animated short by Janet Perlman that comically adapts the tale of Cinderella with penguins.


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Ah Pook Is Here

Burroughs reads from Ah Pook Is Here on his 1990 recording Dead City Radio; this recording, in turn, formed the soundtrack to the animated short Ah Pook Is Here directed by Philip Hunt and featured music by John Cale.

All in the Bunker

All in the Bunker is a 2009 animated short film written, directed, and animated by Andrew Overtoom.

Anti-m

The Bolt Who Screwed Christmas, an award winning animated short written and directed by Anti-M founding member John Wedge Wardlaw.

Ben Hibon

Hibon assisted David Yates in directing the animated short of The Tale of The Three Brothers in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 1.

Betty Co-ed

Betty Co-ed (1931 film), a 1931 Screen Songs animated short that featured a flapper character that had some similarities to Betty Boop

Come On In! The Water's Pink

The storyline of Come On In! The Water's Pink is similar to the 1961 Zagreb Films animated short, Ersatz.

Consumers Union

In March 2005, CU campaign PrescriptionforChange.org released "Drugs I Need", an animated short with a song from the Austin Lounge Lizards, that was featured by The New York Times, JibJab, BoingBoing, and hundreds of blogs.

Danny Antonucci

He continued his career in Vancouver, where he worked on animated shorts and television commercials for Rocketship Limited, and created his first solo work, the animated short Lupo the Butcher.

Death From Above

Death From Above (MechQuest), an animated short film featured in the web based game MechQuest

Doctor De Soto

An animated short of Doctor De Soto was directed in 1984 by American Michael Sporn.

Don Redman

Redman and his orchestra also provided music for the animated short I Heard, part of the Betty Boop series produced by Fleischer Studios and distributed by Paramount.

Dumb Bell of the Yukon

Dumb Bell of the Yukon was a Disney animated short starring Donald Duck and Daisy Duck.

Film Academy Baden-Württemberg

Recent proof of the Film Academy's philosophy of teaching are the Golden Leopard awarded to "Das Verlangen/The Longing" at the Locarno International Film Festival (2002), an Oscar nomination for "Das Rad" in the category "Best Animated Short Film" (2003), the Student Oscar at the Student Academy Awards for "Nimmermeer/Nevermore" in the category "Best Foreign Film" (2007).

Frantix

The game includes the 3D animated short film The ChubbChubbs!; the film's central character, Meeper, is unlocked as a playable character early in the game.

French Rarebit

French Rarebit is a 1951 Warner Bros. Merrie Melodies (Blue Ribbon reissued) animated short, directed by Robert McKimson and written by Tedd Pierce.

Ghosks is the Bunk

Ghosks is the Bunk is a 1939 animated short starring Popeye, Olive Oyl and Bluto.

Hannes Schroll

Walt Disney recorded yodels of Schroll for the animated short Disney cartoon The Art of Skiing in which Goofy goes to Sugar Bowl to learn how to ski.

How Wings Are Attached to the Backs of Angels

Welch has stated that one of the original influences for the film was Arnold Böcklin's painting Isle of the Dead as well as Norman McLaren's 1946 NFB animated short A Little Phantasy on a 19th-century Painting, which incorporates the Böcklin work.

Jan Morgenstern

Morgenstern has won two Jerry Goldsmith awards for his work in the open short film Sintel: Best Score in an Animated Short Film; and Best Song ("I Move On").

Jane Lui

Lui voices Mother Tanaka in the 2012 animated short film, Hibakusha, alongside Karin Anna Cheung, Daisuke Suzuki, and William Frederick Knight.

Jnan Prakash Ghosh

He also provided music for the Academy Award nominated animated short Bead Game, directed by Ishu Patel for the National Film Board of Canada.

Lego Clutch Powers: Bad Hair Day

LEGO Clutch Powers: Bad Hair Day is a computer animated short that was shown with Lego: The Adventures of Clutch Powers in worldwide theaters and LEGOland theaters.

Lego Indiana Jones

A computer-animated short film series called Lego Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Brick, directed by Peter Petersen, was also released on the official Lego site.

Littlenobody

Most recently they have been awarded funding for their latest stop motion animated short I Wish I Were an Elephant from the UK Film Council, New Cinema Fund, Digital Shorts Scheme via regional screen agency Screen East.

Margaret Mead Film Festival

Furthermore the Mead Festival has introduced New York audiences to such acclaimed films as the Oscar-winning documentary The Blood of Yingzhou District (2006), Oscar-winning animated short The Moon and the Son: An Imagined Conversation (2005), The Future of Food (2004), Power Trip (2003), and Spellbound (2002).

Mask Man

Thank You Mask Man, animated short based on a routine by comedian Lenny Bruce.

Mountain City Four

In addition to the role of the McGarrigle sisters in the band, they are primarily remembered for popularizing a number of songs by Wade Hemsworth, including the National Film Board animated short The Log Driver's Waltz, as well as for Nissenson's recording of an early Bob Dylan concert in Montreal.

Mr. Incredible and Pals

Incredible and Pals is an animated short film produced by Pixar, and included as a bonus on the DVD edition of its 2004 feature film The Incredibles.

Norwegian Canadian

Academy Awards winner for the animated short film The Danish Poet.

One Droopy Knight

In 1958, producers William Hanna and Joseph Barbera were nominated for an Academy Award for "Best Animated Short" for One Droopy Knight, but lost for Birds Anonymous, a Sylvester & Tweety cartoon from Warner Bros..

Oscar Alvarado

Oskar Alvarado Mendoza (born in Guadalajara) is a Mexican illustrator, animator and composer whose work include the comics series Penumbra and the animated short-films Sonámbulo and Murnau the Vampire.

Strangled Eggs

Strangled Eggs is a "Merrie Melodies" cartoon animated short starring Foghorn Leghorn, Miss Prissy and Henery Hawk.

Sylvia Kristel

In May 2006, Kristel received an award at the Tribeca Film Festival, New York for directing the animated short film Topor and Me, written by Ruud Den Dryver.

Thank You Mask Man

Thank You Mask Man is an animated short film based upon a comedy routine by Lenny Bruce involving The Lone Ranger and Tonto.

The Bolt Who Screwed Christmas

The Bolt Who Screwed Christmas is an independent animated short film and a parody or satire of "How the Grinch Stole Christmas!" written and directed by John Wardlaw and animated by Adny Angrand.

The Crunch Bird

The Crunch Bird (El pájaro crujiente) is an animated short by Ted Petok, Joe Petrovich, and Len Maxwell.

The Danish Poet

The Danish Poet also won Best Animated Short at the 27th Genie Awards in 2007, and a Norwegian-language picture book adaptation was nominated for the 2007 Brage Prize.

The NeverEnding Story II: The Next Chapter

Upon its American theatrical release in 1991, the Bugs Bunny animated short "Box-Office Bunny" was shown before the movie.

The Return of Godzilla

The first release was by New World in the mid '80s, another by Starmaker video (who had acquired some of New World's library) in the 1992, and again by Anchor Bay in 1997 All home video releases include the Bambi Meets Godzilla animated short with the exception of the Starmaker release.

The Three Stooges Scrapbook

The pilot featured the slapstick trio getting evicted from a rooming house for cooking in their apartment, looking for a new place to live, finding refuge in the home of a mad inventor (played by Emil Sitka), and presenting an animated short called The Spain Mutiny that imagines the funnymen as part of Christopher Columbus’ crew.

There's Good Boos To-Night

There's Good Boos To-Night is a 1948 animated short directed by Izzy Sparber and narrated by Frank Gallop, featuring Casper the Friendly Ghost.

Tiny Toy Stories

In November 2007, Pixar released Pixar Short Films Collection – Volume 1, which featured all of Pixar's animated short films up through 2006's Lifted.

What's Up, Doc?

"What's Up, Doc?", an instrumental theme composed by Carl Stalling and used in several Bugs Bunny cartoons (later given lyrics for the 1950 animated short)

Your Funeral... My Trial

"The Carny" also inspired the 2004 animated short film Jo Jo in the Stars, which won the BAFTA Award for Best Animated Short Film.

Zoom Suit

Zoom Suit is a series of comic books created and written by John Taddeo, that debuted in April, 2006, a year after the animated short film won its first Best Animation at the Palm Beach Film Festival.