CFB's 100 Important Directors of Animated Short Films

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100 Important Directors of Animated Short Films: Background

This list of 100 important directors of animated short films was assembled in late 2008 to serve as a complement to “Brief Encounters,” a proposed list of 250 great short films (both animated and live-action) which was to be developed by the folks at the They Shoot Pictures, Don’t They? website. Unfortunately, that 250-film list is in limbo, leaving our list without a home.

The “100 Important Directors of Animated Short Films” list is not intended to be comprehensive. These are simply 100 directors whom we feel are important and deserving of increased recognition by film lovers. For each director, we selected three “highly recommended” movies. In addition, we included a category of “TSPDT 250 Greatest Shorts” to highlight any of these directors’ films which were tentatively slated to place on the abandoned Brief Encounters list.

This project was facilitated by Lee Price (lee-109) on the IMDb Classic Film message board. Project team: Lee Price, Robert Reynolds (Illtdesq), Jorge Didaco (jdidaco), Bill Kamberger (bkamberger), and Rob Tomshany (RobT-2), with additional input from animation fans on the IMDb Classic Film message board.

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    Hillbilly Hare

    1950, in 0 top lists Check
  2. 214 -

    A-Lad-in His Lamp

    1948, in 0 top lists Check
  3. 213 -

    Walky Talky Hawky

    1946, in 0 top lists Check
  4. 212 -

    Dreams of the Rarebit Fiend: The Flying House

    1921, in 0 top lists Check
  5. 211 -

    The Sinking of the 'Lusitania'

    1918, in 5 top lists Check
  6. 210 -

    Winsor McCay, the Famous Cartoonist of the N.Y....

    1911, in 2 top lists Check
  7. 209 -

    Gertie the Dinosaur

    1914, in 6 top lists Check
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    Kumo to chûrippu

    1943 — a.k.a. The Spider and the Tulip, in 0 top lists Check
  9. 207 -

    Chagama ondo

    1935, in 0 top lists Check
  10. 206 -

    Nansensu monogatari dai ippen: Sarugashima

    1931, in 0 top lists Check
  11. 205 -

    Swinging the Lambeth Walk

    1940, in 0 top lists Check
  12. 204 -

    Colour Flight

    1939, in 0 top lists Check
  13. 203 -

    A Colour Box

    1935, in 5 top lists Check
  14. 202 -

    Free Radicals

    1958, in 7 top lists Check
  15. 201 -

    Trade Tattoo

    1937, in 2 top lists Check
  16. 200 -

    Rainbow Dance

    1936, in 2 top lists Check
  17. 199 -

    Pulcinella

    1973, in 0 top lists Check
  18. 198 -

    Alì Babà

    1970, in 0 top lists Check
  19. 197 -

    La gazza ladra

    1964, in 1 top list Check
  20. 196 -

    A

    1965, in 1 top list Check
  21. 195 -

    Labirynt

    1963 — a.k.a. Labyrinth, in 1 top list Check
  22. 194 -

    Nowy Janko muzykant

    1961, in 0 top lists Check
  23. 193 -

    Entre deux soeurs

    1991 — a.k.a. Two Sisters, in 1 top list Check
  24. 192 -

    The Metamorphosis of Mr. Samsa

    1978, in 0 top lists Check
  25. 191 -

    The Street

    1976, in 1 top list Check
  26. 190 -

    Tin Toy

    1988, in 1 top list Check
  27. 189 -

    Red's Dream

    1987, in 0 top lists Check
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    Luxo Jr.

    1986, in 2 top lists Check
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    Knick Knack

    1989, in 0 top lists Check
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    The Hams That Couldn't Be Cured

    1942, in 0 top lists Check
  31. 185 -

    Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy of Company 'B'

    1941, in 0 top lists Check
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    Knock Knock

    1940, in 0 top lists Check
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    Comment Wang-Fo fut sauvé

    1987 — a.k.a. How Wang-Fo Was Saved, in 0 top lists Check
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    Les escargots

    1966, in 0 top lists Check
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    Les temps morts

    1965 — a.k.a. Dead Times, in 0 top lists Check
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    La traversée de l'Atlantique à la rame

    1978 — a.k.a. Rowing Across the Atlantic, in 1 top list Check
  37. 179 -

    Le masque du diable

    1976, in 0 top lists Check
  38. 178 -

    La demoiselle et le violoncelliste

    1965, in 1 top list Check
  39. 177 -

    Strojenie instrumentów

    2000 — a.k.a. Tuning the Instruments, in 2 top lists Check
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    Przez pole

    1992, in 0 top lists Check
  41. 175 -

    Refleksy

    1979, in 0 top lists Check
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    Andrey Svislotskiy

    1992, in 0 top lists Check
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    Ego zhena kuritsa

    1990 — a.k.a. Hen, His Wife, in 1 top list Check
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    Goofy Gymnastics

    1949, in 0 top lists Check
  45. 171 -

    How to Play Football

    1944, in 0 top lists Check
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    How to Swim

    1942, in 0 top lists Check
  47. 169 -

    Der Fuehrer's Face

    1942, in 2 top lists Check
  48. 168 -

    Donald's Snow Fight

    1942, in 0 top lists Check
  49. 167 -

    Truant Officer Donald

    1941, in 0 top lists Check
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    Mr. Duck Steps Out

    1940, in 0 top lists Check
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