List of inspiring stop motion artists and animations

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

Tim Burton - https://www.moma.org/explore/inside_out/2010/04/07/crude-elegance-stop-motion-animation-and-tim-burton/

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

Corpse Bride - https://youtu.be/AGACeWVdFqo

Frankenweenie - https://youtu.be/XBfcGLBJ2Uc

Will Vinton (Will Vinton Studios, now Laika)

Closed Mondays - https://youtu.be/QoBmlbQApJE

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

Coraline - https://youtu.be/m9bOpeuvNwY

Paranorman - https://youtu.be/wrFmJdnMdjg

The Boxtrolls - https://youtu.be/z3eHd87dx6M

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

Missing Link - https://youtu.be/-6jCNhebfg8

Aardman Animations

Chicken Run - https://youtu.be/jVdlxwX6A7g

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

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

Early Man - https://youtu.be/ZRiPQ8YNrVs

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

Wes Anderson

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

Isle of Dogs - https://youtu.be/dt__kig8PVU

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

Jabberwocky - https://youtu.be/DI00Daqxw8w

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)

Prison Sex - https://youtu.be/cUPV4OfNlt0

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

Stinkfist - https://youtu.be/6zpvlMp04D0

AEnema - https://youtu.be/CehYA3omb5o

Schism - https://youtu.be/MM62wjLrgmA

Parabola - https://youtu.be/-_nQhGR0K8

Vicarious - https://youtu.be/h_TUP2vuaDs

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

Routine - https://youtu.be/sh5mWzKlhQY

Max Hattler

AANAATT - https://youtu.be/kys3lRzOOEY

Christiane Cegavske

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

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

Portlandia

Rats - https://youtu.be/y-qjnzqnqKM

Adam Elliot

Mary and Max - https://youtu.be/MgRjB8PEDkM