Al Jarnow

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Academy Leader Variations (1987)

Twenty animators from the U.S., Switzerland, Poland and China express their friendship with and love of animation in a series of animated variations on the standard countdown.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Georges Schwizgebel  •  Piotr Dumała  •  Jerzy Kucia  •  Yan Dingxian  •  Stanisław Lenartowicz  •  Jane Aaron  •  David Ehrlich  •  Hu Jinqing  •  Chang Guangxi  •  George Griffin  •  Skip Battaglia  •  A. Da  •  Paul Glabicki  •  Al Jarnow  •  Krzysztof Kiwerski  •  Claude Luyet  •  Daniel Suter  •  Martial Wannaz  •  Wenxiao Lin  •  He Yumen
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Twenty animators from the U.S., Switzerland, Poland and China express their friendship with and love of animation in a series of animated variations on the standard countdown.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Georges Schwizgebel  •  Piotr Dumała  •  Jerzy Kucia  •  Yan Dingxian  •  Stanisław Lenartowicz  •  Jane Aaron  •  David Ehrlich  •  Hu Jinqing  •  Chang Guangxi  •  George Griffin  •  Skip Battaglia  •  A. Da  •  Paul Glabicki  •  Al Jarnow  •  Krzysztof Kiwerski  •  Claude Luyet  •  Daniel Suter  •  Martial Wannaz  •  Wenxiao Lin  •  He Yumen
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Architecture (1980)

A stop motion opus made up of hundreds of hand-painted wooden blocks that takes the viewer through a brief history of architecture. Primitive structures evolve into larger buildings...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Al Jarnow
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A stop motion opus made up of hundreds of hand-painted wooden blocks that takes the viewer through a brief history of architecture. Primitive structures evolve into larger buildings...  (more)

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Incidence of the Northern Moon (1981)

A seashell belonging to a northern moon snail twists and turns 360 degrees in multiple wooden homemade contraptions and through contact sheets at a progressively rapid pace, before finally synthesizing the gnomic growth of the spiral shell and exploring the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Al Jarnow
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A seashell belonging to a northern moon snail twists and turns 360 degrees in multiple wooden homemade contraptions and through contact sheets at a progressively rapid pace, before finally synthesizing the gnomic growth of the spiral shell and exploring the ...  (more)

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Orange (1982)

An animated orange  (more)

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An animated orange  (more)

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Real Cats Drink Milk (1982)

A parade of animated cats.  (more)

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A parade of animated cats.  (more)

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Earth Works (1983)

Beach sand transforms into a lush tree-scattered landscape.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Al Jarnow
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Beach sand transforms into a lush tree-scattered landscape.  (more)

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Moving Day (1983)

Daylight moves through a room. Or is it the room that moves?  (more)

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Daylight moves through a room. Or is it the room that moves?  (more)

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Shell Life (1984)

Shells create intricate patterns in this short stop-motion animation.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Al Jarnow
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Shells create intricate patterns in this short stop-motion animation.  (more)

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Celestial Navigation (1984)

Beginning with his work for a certain public television show that featured a big yellow bird, Al Jarnow captured life's scientific minutia and boiled it down for easy consumption between cookie eating monsters and counting vampires. Coupling time-lapse, stop motion ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Al Jarnow
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Beginning with his work for a certain public television show that featured a big yellow bird, Al Jarnow captured life's scientific minutia and boiled it down for easy consumption between cookie eating monsters and counting vampires. Coupling time-lapse, stop motion ...  (more)

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Number Rap #17 (1988)

Kids rapping about the number 17.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Al Jarnow
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Kids rapping about the number 17.  (more)

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Ocean (1989)

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Litter Rap (1990)

A rap teaching kids how to use a waste basket.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Al Jarnow
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A rap teaching kids how to use a waste basket.  (more)

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Ake & Ch (1991)

Words that end in -ake and start with ch-. A typographic animation.  (more)

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Words that end in -ake and start with ch-. A typographic animation.  (more)

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Letters O, P, and R (1992)

Words that start with the letter O, P, and R. A typographic animation.  (more)

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Words that start with the letter O, P, and R. A typographic animation.  (more)

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Paper Origami (1995)

Things you can do with a single sheet of paper.  (more)

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Things you can do with a single sheet of paper.  (more)

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Floor Tiles (1997)

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Scratching and Painting on Film (1968)

A stream of consciousness experiment committed directly to celluloid, Jarnow pays homage to Stan Brakhage and Harry Smith. Abstract designs transform self portraiture, lettering tests and images traced from other films including a Charlie Chaplin short.  (more)

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A stream of consciousness experiment committed directly to celluloid, Jarnow pays homage to Stan Brakhage and Harry Smith. Abstract designs transform self portraiture, lettering tests and images traced from other films including a Charlie Chaplin short.  (more)

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The Owl & the Pussycat (1968)

Short animation by Al Jarnow based on the work of British poet Edward Lear. Made at NYU.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Al Jarnow  •  Jill Jarnow
CAST:  Nick Petron  •  Danny Weiss

Short animation by Al Jarnow based on the work of British poet Edward Lear. Made at NYU.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Al Jarnow  •  Jill Jarnow
CAST:  Nick Petron  •  Danny Weiss

Yak (1970)

Jarnow's first work for Sesame Street and the Children's Television Workshop - yak is a goofy take on the letter "Y."  (more)

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Jarnow's first work for Sesame Street and the Children's Television Workshop - yak is a goofy take on the letter "Y."  (more)

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Tondo (1973)

Tondo introduces the cosmic formalism that was the primary theme of Al Jarnow's independent films. An infinite gridscape alternates with vibrating etchings, spirograms and other surreal realities.  (more)

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Tondo introduces the cosmic formalism that was the primary theme of Al Jarnow's independent films. An infinite gridscape alternates with vibrating etchings, spirograms and other surreal realities.  (more)

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