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List of inspiring stop motion artists and animations

  • Writer: Brian Nelson
    Brian Nelson
  • Feb 10, 2021
  • 2 min read

Following is a list of artists, studios, and links to videos all focused around stop motion animation. In one way or another these works and/or the people behind them have and in most cases continue to inspire me. The list is certainly not all inclusive, but it does contain a decent sample from which I often reflect. It is not sorted in any particular order.


The Brothers Quay


Street of Crocodiles - https://youtu.be/fNOfsJz4TjA

Unmistaken Hands - https://youtu.be/P_HisW3s8Rc

Quay (Christopher Nolan) - https://youtu.be/6S4clnIv2v0


The Nightmare Before Christmas - https://youtu.be/wr6N_hZyBCk


Will Vinton (Will Vinton Studios, now Laika)


California Raisins - https://youtu.be/EJnmsS00fLs


PBS - Oregon Art Beat - Oregon’s Animation Magic - https://www.pbs.org/video/season-18-episode-17-oregons-animation-magic-mifudv/

Laika


Kubo and the Two Strings - https://youtu.be/vex0gPFnBvM

Aardman Animations


Wallace & Grommit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit - https://youtu.be/566_PBg6jkE

Shaun the Sheep Movie - https://youtu.be/uWX-XTJlOr8

A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon - https://youtu.be/VxtIiuVRu4k

Wes Anderson


Fantastic Mr. Fox - https://youtu.be/n2igjYFojUo


Ray Harryhausen


Jason and the Argonauts (Skeletons) - https://youtu.be/pF_Fi7x93PY

Clash of the Titans (Medusa) - https://youtu.be/8X7W-oPhY48


Jan Svankmajer


Dimensions of Dialogue - https://youtu.be/578Xm6bgMdQ


Terry Gilliam (cut-out animation & Monty Python) - https://youtu.be/KOqcHCEqO1k


Willis O'Brian


King Kong (original movie) - https://youtu.be/MMNICLfHE3M

Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer - https://youtu.be/BctWze2UMj4

Santa Claus is Comin’ to Town - https://youtu.be/iU957dn3CR8

The Year Without Santa Claus - https://youtu.be/PxZm5uHlL5


Tool (music videos - Adam Jones)


Sober (style inspired by Brothers Quay) - https://youtu.be/nspxAG12Cpc


Steven Wilson (music video - Jess Cope/Owl House Studios)


Max Hattler


Christiane Cegavske


Blood Tea and Red String - https://youtu.be/lRgprpmQMeM

Seed in the Sand - https://youtu.be/pEcXQ942x44


Portlandia



Adam Elliot


 
 
 

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