Film director Al Jarnow: biography, career, and where to

Shorelines

Al Jarnow

After a day of gathering hundreds of seashells and rocks from the beach, Jarnow uses the found objects to construct a stop motion commentary on how we look at nature through various cinematic techniques.

Shorelines

7.0 ⚠️ 1977

США, мультфильм

Architecture

Al Jarnow

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...

Architecture

6.9 ⚠️ 1980

США, мультфильм

Cosmic Clock

Al Jarnow

A mind-twisting time-lapse beginning on a hill just outside town, doing for the concept of time what Charles and Ray Eames's 1968 film The Powers of Ten did for space. One billion years in two minutes.

Cosmic Clock

6.6 ⚠️ 1979

США, мультфильм

Bench

Al Jarnow

A story about cooperation.

Bench

6.4 ⚠️ 1980

мультфильм

Orange

Al Jarnow

An animated orange

Orange

6.3 ⚠️ 1982

мультфильм

Earthworks

Al Jarnow

Beach sand transforms into a lush tree-scattered landscape.

Earth Works

6.3 ⚠️ 1983

мультфильм

Cosmic Letter

Al Jarnow

A companion piece to Cosmic Letter, also produced for 3-2-1 Contact. Jarnow begins at his address in Brooklyn and zooms outward to the farthest reaches of the universe.

Cosmic Letter

6.2 ⚠️ 1979

США, мультфильм

Real Cats Drink Milk

Al Jarnow

A parade of animated cats.

Real Cats Drink Milk

6.2 ⚠️ 1982

мультфильм

Cube

Al Jarnow

A filmed exercise that follows in the path of Rotating Cubic Grid and Cubits, the predictably titled Cube features cubes of varying shapes and size sliding around and growing into and out of one another, demonstrating how multiple parts can make up a whole.

Cube

6.1 ⚠️ 1979

США, мультфильм

Academy Leader Variations

A. Da, Skip Battaglia

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.

Academy Leader Variations

6.1 ⚠️ 1987

США, мультфильм

Skeletons

Al Jarnow

A short film made of cel drawings, showing us how various mammals, plants and objects all share similar skeletal structures. Produced for Sesame Street.

Skeletons

6.0 ⚠️ 1979

США, мультфильм

Scratching and Painting on Film

Al Jarnow

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.

Scratching and Painting on Film

6.0 ⚠️ 1968

США, мультфильм

Paper Origami

Al Jarnow

Things you can do with a single sheet of paper.

Paper Origami

6.0 ⚠️ 1995

США, мультфильм

Facial Recognition

Al Jarnow

A group of kids demonstrate the concept of image resolution.

Facial Recognition

6.0 ⚠️ 1978

США, семейный

Cubits

Al Jarnow

Jarnow adapts an architectural grid catalogue of cubic rotations in order to explore a direct relationship between animation procedure and logical numerical operations. The film is as much the making of animation as it is a paper model of a computer. The cube sheet, upon which the film is based, is so constructed that a horizontal cubic rotation and a diagonal pan yields a diagonal rotation. Combinations of these primary moves result in more complex rotations throughout this awe inspiring film.

Cubits

6.0 ⚠️ 1978

мультфильм

Jesse: The First Year

Al Jarnow

For a year, Jarnow photographed and recorded the sounds of his newborn child.

Jesse: The First Year

5.9 ⚠️ 1979

США, семейный