John's first independent work from 1989. Won Best of Fest Shorts at the Cinequest Film Festival, CA. The film is comprised of highly rendered drawings with very little moving parts to tell a complex story of relationships "gone to the birds".
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Everything's unfair, especially at the fun fair.
A culinary artist perfects his pièce de résistance and cordially invites you to dinner...
Farmer Al Falfa goes to Paris along with a flapper who turns out to be some crook.
Terrytoons animated short film directed by Frank Moser
A fisherman once caught a talking golden fish. He gave him his freedom and was allowed to make a wish in return. He asked for a boat, but this was not enough for his wife, who demanded a house. Driven by his wife's greed, the fisherman demanded more and more until he had lost all the wealth he had gained.
A gentle physician saved an injured rabbit in the forest, not knowing that it was actually a Rabbit Spirit. The Rabbit Spirit decided to visit the physician in a human form, and they started to become closer. But when the Rabbit Spirit hears the story of the White Snake, and how human and demons are not destined to be together, she begins to doubt if she should stay at the physician's side. (Short film sequel to the 医女和兔子精的故事 music video)
Throughout a night out in downtown Tijuana, Laura waits for her destiny to arrive.
In this extra scene from "Descendants: The Rise of Red," Bridget follows her dream of spreading love and joy to all through her dance, the "Shuffle of Love." Red and Chloe see how important the dance is to Bridget and offer to help perfect it in time to debut the dance at Merlin Academy’s biggest event, Castlecoming. In the euphoria of perfecting her dance for all to see, Bridget’s imagination runs wild, and her dance explodes beyond her wildest dreams… or so she thinks.
Sirenetta's boyfriend is finally meeting her family, but there's just one little problem; he's a human and they're all mermaids.
A re-enactment of the chestburster scene from Ridley Scott's Alien, but with a loaf of bread in place of a Xenomorph.
The short film companion to Mac Miller's Balloonerism follows a group of school friends who are transfigured by the music of a chord organ and launched into a shadow world. Swallowed by the turtle of time, they must plod through the underbelly of adulthood.
After a protest gets out of control, activists Nell and Esme are forced to go on the run. They squat in a beautiful and seemingly empty mansion, but danger descends when another interloper arrives with an unexpected connection to Esme.
After getting lost looking for a skinwalker, two guys have a strange encounter with a hippie that may just lead the skinwalker right to them.
The patriarch of a family dies, leaving his seven sons to fight for the inheritance.
A cryptic young creature takes the train from Dublin to Sandycove, confronting ideas of a splintered self-image, loneliness, and being seen in a fundamentally blind world.
The absurd story of an appropriately named little frog man and the path of havoc he leaves behind him. Watch as his shenanigans catch up to him in Little Frog Man.
Eight funny, fascinating stories in which the most popular hero of folk legends and legends, Nesterka, and his inseparable friends, the dog and the cat, find a way out of any situation. They turn ordinary clay pots into musical instruments, defeat the bloodthirsty Dragon who kidnapped Nesterka's bride, and find a solution to the Licho, who settled in their house...