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Jimmy Picker
Jimmy Picker is an American stop-motion claymation filmmaker, screenwriter, producer, and director. He was claymation director for The Electric Company from 1976 to 1977 and produced several short movies and two longer films. He contributed the animated sequence to Savage Steve Holland's '' Better Off Dead''. As a director, his short film ''Jimmy the C'' (1977) received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film. In 1983, he won the award for his short film ''Sundae in New York''. Career In 1977, he co-produced the animated short ''Jimmy the C'' alongside Robert Grossman, receiving a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film. Selected filmography * ''Jimmy the C'' (1977) * ''Sundae in New York ''Sundae in New York'' is a 1983 American animated short film directed by Jimmy Picker and starring Scott Record. Summary A variety show featuring caricatures of New York personalities including then mayor Ed Koch to the tune of ''Theme from N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Electric Company
''The Electric Company'' is an American educational children's television series produced by the Children's Television Workshop (CTW, now known as Sesame Workshop). It was co-created by Paul Dooley, Joan Ganz Cooney, and Lloyd Morrisett. The series aired on PBS for 780 episodes over the course of its six seasons from October 25, 1971, to April 15, 1977. The program continued in reruns until October 4, 1985. ''The Electric Company'' later reran on Noggin, a channel co-founded by the CTW, from 1999 to 2003. Noggin also produced a compilation special for the show. The Workshop produced the show at Reeves Teletape Studios in Manhattan. ''The Electric Company'' employed sketch comedy and various other devices to provide an entertaining program to help elementary school children develop their grammar and reading skills. Since it was intended for children who had graduated from CTW's flagship program, ''Sesame Street'', the humor was more mature than what was seen there. The sh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Savage Steve Holland
Savage Steve Holland (born April 29, 1958) is an American writer, cartoonist, producer, voice actor, animator, and film director who wrote and directed the films '' Better Off Dead'' (1985) and ''One Crazy Summer'' (1986), starring John Cusack. He also directed the film '' How I Got into College'' (1989), and animated the "Whammy" on the game show ''Press Your Luck''. He later went on to create and produce '' Eek! the Cat'' and '' The Terrible Thunderlizards'' for Fox Kids. He now manages his own studio, Savage Studios Ltd., and directs shows for Disney Channel and Nickelodeon. He studied animation at the California Institute of the Arts, where one of his student projects ''Going Nowhere Fast'' (1980), was exhibited at the Museum of Modern Art show ''Tomorrowland: CalArts in Moving Pictures''. Selected filmography *'' Better Off Dead'' (1985) *''One Crazy Summer'' (1986) *'' How I Got into College'' (1989) *'' The Last Halloween'' (1991) *'' The Incredible Crash Dummies'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Better Off Dead (film)
''Better Off Dead'' is a 1985 American surrealist black comedy film written and directed by Savage Steve Holland. It stars John Cusack as high school student Lane Myer, who becomes suicidal after his girlfriend breaks up with him shortly before Christmas. Plot In the town of Greendale in Northern California, high school student Lane Myer's two main interests are skiing and his girlfriend of six months, Beth Truss. Shortly before Christmas, Beth dumps Lane for the handsome and popular captain of the ski team, Roy Stalin. Roy is an arrogant bully who unfairly rejects Lane at ski team tryouts. Beth also criticizes Lane's car, an old station wagon. Although Lane also owns a 1967 Camaro, he has not been able to get it running and it sits in the driveway in a dilapidated state. Lane lives in a suburban development with his mother, Jenny, a ditzy housewife who routinely concocts creepy (and creeping) family meals; his genius little brother, Badger, who never speaks but at the age of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Academy Award For Best Animated Short Film
The Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film is an award given by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) as part of the annual Academy Awards, or Oscars, since the 5th Academy Awards (with different names), covering the year 1931–32, to the present. From 1932 until 1970, the category was known as Short Subjects, Cartoons; and from 1971 to 1973 as Short Subjects, Animated Films. The present title began with the 46th Awards in 1974. During the first 5 decades of the award's existence, awards were presented to the producers of the shorts. Current Academy rules, however, call for the award to be presented to "the individual person most directly responsible for the concept and the creative execution of the film." Moreover, " the event that more than one individual has been directly and importantly involved in creative decisions, a second statuette may be awarded." Only American films were nominated for the award until the National Film Board of Canada (NFB) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sundae In New York
''Sundae in New York'' is a 1983 American animated short film directed by Jimmy Picker and starring Scott Record. Summary A variety show featuring caricatures of New York personalities including then mayor Ed Koch to the tune of ''Theme from New York, New York''. Accolades The film won the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film at the 56th Academy Awards, beating out ''Mickey's Christmas Carol'', the Disney animated short that was also nominated for the same award that year. The Academy Film Archive preserved ''Sundae in New York'' in 2006. See also *''New York, New York''-the 1977 Martin Scorsese film that the theme originated from *Independent animation References External links * on YouTube YouTube is a global online video sharing and social media platform headquartered in San Bruno, California. It was launched on February 14, 2005, by Steve Chen, Chad Hurley, and Jawed Karim. It is owned by Google, and is the second most ... {{Academy Award Best ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jimmy The C
Jimmy the C is a 1977 animated short film, directed by Jimmy Picker and co-produced by Picker (going by James), Robert Grossman and Craig Whitaker. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Animated Short Film. The film was preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2009. Plot The three-minute film features a clay-animated Jimmy Carter (who was U.S. President at the time) singing ''Georgia on My Mind'', referencing his birth state. He is accompanied by a choir of Mr. Peanut lookalikes, and gazes at the moon at night. Ray Charles Ray Charles Robinson Sr. (September 23, 1930 – June 10, 2004) was an American singer, songwriter, and pianist. He is regarded as one of the most iconic and influential singers in history, and was often referred to by contemporaries as "The Ge ...' rendition of the song is used on the soundtrack. External links * * References {{Reflist 1970s American animated films 1977 films 1977 animated films American animated short films American politica ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Grossman (artist)
Robert Samuel Grossman (March 1, 1940 – March 15, 2018) was an American painter, sculptor, filmmaker, comics artist, illustrator and author. In a career spanning fifty years, Grossman's illustrations have appeared over 500 times on the covers of various national publications. '' TIME, Newsweek, Rolling Stone, Esquire, TV Guide, Sports Illustrated, The Times, The Nation, The New York Observer, The Atlantic Monthly, The New Republic, Evergreen Review, New York'' magazine, '' National Lampoon'', and '' The New York Times'' have all published illustrations by him. Grossman's work has appeared in children's books, including ''The 18th Emergency'' (text by Betsy C. Byers), and ''What Could a Hippopotamus Be?'' (text by Mike Thaler). He has created album covers for Columbia, Epic, Warner Bros., and United Artists. Education and early career Grossman's father, Joseph Grossman, was a display artist who gave his son his earliest training. The elder Grossman also sent Robert t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Age Of Ignorance
''Days of Darkness'' (french: L'Âge des ténèbres), also known as ''The Age of Ignorance'', is a 2007 black comedy-drama film written and directed by Denys Arcand and starring Marc Labrèche, Diane Kruger and Sylvie Léonard. Presented as the third part of Arcand's loose trilogy also consisting of ''The Decline of the American Empire'' (1986) and ''The Barbarian Invasions'' (2003), it was followed by a fourth film with similar themes, ''The Fall of the American Empire'' (2018). The film follows a depressed québecois bureaucrat who, feeling insignificant, retreats into a fantasy world. The film was screened out of competition at the 2007 Cannes Film Festival. It was nominated for four Genie Awards, including Best Motion Picture, and was shortlisted for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. Plot Jean-Marc Leblanc is a bureaucrat and a once passionate supporter of the Quebec sovereignty movement. His wife, Sylvie, and daughters are no longer interested in him. At wor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Living People
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Directors Of Best Animated Short Academy Award Winners
Director may refer to: Literature * Director (magazine), ''Director'' (magazine), a British magazine * The Director (novel), ''The Director'' (novel), a 1971 novel by Henry Denker * The Director (play), ''The Director'' (play), a 2000 play by Nancy Hasty Music * Director (band), an Irish rock band * Director (Avant album), ''Director'' (Avant album) (2006) * Director (Yonatan Gat album), ''Director'' (Yonatan Gat album) Occupations and positions Arts and design * Animation director * Artistic director * Creative director * Design director * Film director * Music director * Music video director * Sports director * Television director * Theatre director Positions in other fields * Director (business), a senior level management position * Director (colonial), head of chartered company's colonial administration in a territory * Director (education), head of a university or other educational body * Company director * Cruise director * Executive director * Finance director or chief f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Producers Who Won The Best Animated Short Academy Award
Producer or producers may refer to: Occupations *Producer (agriculture), a farm operator *A stakeholder of economic production *Film producer, supervises the making of films **Executive producer, contributes to a film's budget and usually does not work on set *Line producer, manager during daily operations of a film or TV series * News producer, compiles all items of a news programme into a cohesive show *Online producer, oversees the making of content for websites *Radio producer, oversees the making of a radio show *Record producer, manages sound recording *Television producer, oversees all aspects of video production on a television program *Theatrical producer, oversees the staging of theatre productions *Video game producer, in charge of overseeing development of a video game *Impresario, a producer or manager in the theatre and music industries Film and television works * ''The Producers'' (1967 film), black comedy by Mel Brooks * ''The Producers'' (2005 film), American mus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
