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unusual facts about short films



Drew Renaud

He directed a total of 8 short films (one documentary and two music video) in a period of 5 years – Housekeeping, Lunchbreak, Dirty Boots, Disconnected, Divide The Day and Live Fast (music videos), and Street Angels (documentary).

Hana and Alice

Originally shot as a series of short films for the 30th anniversary of Kit Kat in Japan, it was later expanded into a feature film by Iwai and received theatrical release in Japan in 2004.

The Aztec Economy

The Aztec Economy is a Brooklyn-based non-profit mixed-media joint venture that conceives, develops, and trades in D.I.Y. cultural commodities such as original theater, short films, live music, visual art, happenings, chapbooks, psycho-geographical derives, and mock human sacrifice.

The Kids of Degrassi Street

It grew out of four short films: Ida Makes a Movie, Cookie Goes to the Hospital, Irene Moves In and Noel Buys a Suit, which originally aired as after-school specials on CBC Television in 1979, 1980, 1981 and 1982, respectively.


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Lucas's aesthetic and style was strongly influenced by it for the Star Wars films and a number of other works, including American Graffiti and his pure cinema short films 6-18-67, 1:42.08, Look at Life, his short film Electronic Labyrinth: THX 1138 4EB and the feature it inspired, THX 1138.

Bülent Akinci

After shooting some short films, he finally won the F. W. Murnau prize in 2002 for his short film A short story (2001), starring actress Gudrun Landgrebe.

California Film Awards

The California Film Awards (CFA) is a film awards ceremony that offers awards in the categories of Best Picture, Actor, Actress, Cinematography, Directing, First-Time Directors, Editing, Screenplay, Animation, Art Design, Music Videos, Short Films, Experimental Films, Student Films, California Films, Foreign Films, Documentaries, and Feature Narratives.

Chizzy Akudolu

In 2013, Akudolu wrote and produced two short films, under the name of "Don't Give Up Your Day Job Productions" The films titled, 'Life's a Bitch" and "5 Minutes respectively.

Craig Boreham

In 2008, LesGaiCineMad and Fundación Triángulo in Madrid, programmed a retrospective of Boreham's short films titled True Cinema Poison.

Don Levy

He then made a number of short films for the Nuffield Foundation, including the experimental documentary Time Is (1964).

Donald and Pluto

Donald and Pluto is available on The Chronological Donald, Volume 1 in the Walt Disney Treasures series along with many other early Donald short films

Dorian Concept

In 2011, Jason Swincoe invited him to continue his collaboration with The Cinematic Orchestra by asking him to compose film music (with Tom Chant) for two avant-garde shorts by Peter Tscherkassky, "Outer Space" and "Dream Work," for the Cinematic Orchestra's "In Motion" series in which musicians are asked to compose original scores for classic short films.

Dylan Greenberg

They are most notable for having directed the short films Blood Possession starring Reverend Jen Miller and Faceboy, and "Puppeteer" starring Richard Manitoba, releasing four albums and three EPs as part of a project called H/ELLO, and playing serial killer Henry Lee Lucas as a child on A&E Biography.

Eliane Lima

Lima’s short films have screened in the Liverpool Biennial (UK), SFMOMA (SF), Victoria Theater (SF), Anthology Film Archives (NY), Pacific Film Archive (SF), Brazil, Cuba, Canada, and elsewhere.

Emanuele Crialese

During this time he made several short films including Heartless (1994).

Eric Swinderman

In 2011, Swinderman began producing Made in Cleveland, an anthology of 11 short films by 7 different Cleveland directors and stars Busy Philipps and Gillian Jacobs.

Farah Abushwesha

She has made three award-winning short films, and her film production works includes Wasteland, The Comedian and Late Bloomers, with William Hurt and Isabella Rossellini.

Greek Buck

Pyle and Zealley also composed the scores to several films by John Greyson (including Proteus, The Law of Enclosures and the short films This is Nothing and Herr), Sarah Polley (I Shout Love) and Wrik Mead (Fruit Machine, Hoolboom, Camp).

Hoot Evers

Born in St. Louis, Missouri in 1921, Evers gained the nickname "Hoot" as a child when he was a devoted fan of the films of Richard “Hoot” Gibson, a popular cowboy who released nearly 75 short films during the first 10 years of Evers’ life.

Jim Blashfield

Jim Blashfield (born September 4, 1944, Seattle, Washington) is an American filmmaker and media artist, best known for his short films such as Suspicious Circumstances and The Mid-Torso of Inez, and his music videos for musicians Talking Heads, Joni Mitchell, Nu Shooz, Paul Simon, Peter Gabriel, Michael Jackson, Tears for Fears, "Weird Al" Yankovic and Marc Cohn.

Joaquim Dos Santos

After that project, he moved back to Warner Bros. Animation, where he directed two DC Showcase short films: The Spectre (accompanying the Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths direct-to-video movie) and Jonah Hex (on Batman: Under the Red Hood).

John Hubley

Hubley is survived by his daughters Georgia Hubley, who plays drums and sings for the rock band, Yo La Tengo as well as Emily Hubley, a filmmaker and animator, who has made numerous short films, including animated inserts and segments for documentaries such as Blue Vinyl and the film version of Hedwig and the Angry Inch, and a feature called The Toe Tactic (www.thetoetactic.com) which combines live action and animation.

John Willsteed

He has worked on a number of Australian features - including Angst and The Rage In Placid Lake – and over 60 television documentaries and short films.

Joseph Greco

Greco has directed many plays, short films, music videos & PSAs, working with actors such as Harrison Ford, Matthew Modine, and Cloris Leachman.

Joy of Giving Week

Stories of Joy brings together five short films that carry the message of Joy of Giving through interesting stories.

Justin Edwards

His film work includes The Duchess, Albatross, Virgin Territory as well as playing Giant Haystacks and Gan in Tim Plester's short films World of Wrestling and Blakes Junction Seven.

KDK Factory

It began by producing short films and then moved to feature-length documentary productions of which 16 Days in Afghanistan is the most known.

Kim Carroll

Carroll also composed music for the dark comedy 'Congratulations', the dramatic feature 'Gone Missing' along with the music for the short films 'Hellholes', 'Insex', 'The Pool', and 'La Carretera'.

Mateo Guez

Recent efforts include his work as one of three contributing directors to the unique interactive feature, Late Fragment – an official selection at TIFF 2007 – as well as a variety of short films/photo installations shot using only a Motorola cell phone.

Maximo Chanda Mwale

He appeared in a number of short films known as Play Cicle on the Zambia National Broadcasting Corporation (ZNBC).

Mika Yamaji

Upon graduation, Mika wrote, directed and two short films in Tokyo with sponsorship from Nikkatsu Studios.

Milroy Goes

Milroy Goes was known for his short films, ad film with Australian Cricketer Brett Lee and music videos, one of which was featured on the channel VH1 India.

Neha Oberoi

Her foray into films started with the Telugu blockbuster Balu ABCDEFG and was followed by a role in one of the short films in Dus Kahaniyaan.

NVTV

Most of the station’s programming comes through once off short films and documentaries, although there are several regular shows including, the current affairs programme, 'Agenda'; 'Kick out the Jams', a music show named after the MC5 song of the same name; the 'Experiences of Childhood' series; the 'Book Show'; and feature interviews titled 'A Few Moments With...'.

Pictures with Woofer

Patty (Donna Miller) and her dog Woofer (a puppet) introduced short films produced by the CBC and by The Walt Disney Company.

Proof of concept

Similarly, Pixar created several short films as proofs of concept for new techniques for water motion, sea anemone tentacles, and a slowly appearing whale in preparation for the production of Finding Nemo.

Ralph Camargo

He was also well known for being "the voice of Dynamic," narrating many short films in the 1950s and 1960s for the Firestone Tire and Rubber Company.

Raúl daSilva

Starting as a writer in the animation department, Raúl moved to live action and became a director of several hundred short films for clients such as General Motors, Merck & Co., Chevrolet, and The Boy Scouts of America.

Robert Budreau

Before completing his debut theatrical feature film That Beautiful Somewhere starring Roy Dupuis, he made a series of short films that won awards at film festival around the world and aired on various television stations.

Ruby Wendell

Filmmaker Wim Wenders picked the short film Four Years, Six Months that starred Wendell and actor Keir O'Donnell as one of his favorite short films on the website Filmaka.com.

Solveig Nordlund

She also directed short films and documentaries about writers, such as Marguerite Duras, J.G. Ballard and António Lobo Antunes.

Ssaki

This was the last of Polański's short films before he began work on his first feature, Knife in the Water.

Stefan Lindfors

In addition to design, Lindfors has also made short films, TV programmes, commercials (including: Nokia, and DNA Oy) and pop videos (including HIM's ”Funeral of Hearts” - which received music magazine Kerrang!’s award for "Best Music Video 2004").

Strays Don't Sleep

The release includes a DVD of short films that were directed and shot by professional filmmakers and friends, including Gorman Bechard, The Barnes Brothers, Martin Glenn, Matt Boyd and Jared Johnson.

Swinging the Alphabet

It is the only full-length song performed by the Stooges in their short films, and the only time they mimed to their own pre-recorded soundtrack.

The Liberties, Dublin

In its long 78-minute form 'The Liberties' includes 15 short films featuring local butchers, green grocers, boxing clubs, stonemasons, street traders, evangelists, animators, tailors and local residents, including Oscar-winning actor, Brenda Fricker.

The Rhythm Boys

Crosby, who had previously made some short films for Mack Sennett and a few solo records while still with the group, effectively launched his phenomenal solo career in 1931.

Une sale histoire

Une Sale Histoire (also known as A Dirty Story) is an unusual short 1977 French film of two halves, or two related short films tagged on to each other, by French director Jean Eustache.

Urmila Mahanta

A student of the Film and Television Institute of India, Pune, Urmila appeared in various plays, short films and television series, before making her feature film debut in the critically acclaimed 2012 Tamil crime thriller Vazhakku Enn 18/9.

Vasily Shumov

After a decade of artistic activity in the Soviet Union he moved 1990 to Los Angeles (California, USA), where he remains an active musician, making records (both, with Center and solo), playing live shows in USA and Russia, shooting short films and creating multimedia art.

Vittorio Moroni

Among the short films made, Eccesso di zelo (Too Much Zeal) (1997) won awards at many festivals - including the Nanni Moretti’s Sacher Silver Award and Universal Studios Award, which allowed Moroni to make a masterclass at the studios of Universal Pictures in Hollywood.

William Cameron Menzies

In 1929, Menzies partnered with producer Joseph M. Schenck to create a series of early sound short films visualizing great works of music, including a 10-minute version of Dukas' The Sorcerer's Apprentice, and created the production design and special effects for Schenck's feature film The Lottery Bride (1930).

Worker Studio

The company has provided visual effects for a number of short films including Angela Bettis' segment E is for Exterminate in the horror anthology film The ABCs of Death.