Stonecutter

Synopsis: Gerald McDermott made this, his first commercial film, at the age of 19. An extremely complex animation short featuring approximately 2000 animation cels presented in six minutes. Influenced by Klee and Matisse, McDermott used silk-screen as well as traditional painting techniques in crafting ethnographic folk tale animation shorts. With films that are startling in intensity, and majestic in execution, McDermott is clearly one of the outstanding animators of his generation, despite having an output consisting of only five films, all of which are under 12 minutes in length. After retiring from film animation at the age of 32, McDermott began producing animated children’s books, eventually becoming one of the world’s best-known authors of books for young readers, winning numerous awards in the process. (6 minutes)
Language: English
Country: Great Britain
Year of production: 1960
Notes: For a biography and filmography, visit McDermott’s page on the Academic Fim Archive site at: www.afana.org/mcdermott.htm
Subjects: Film studies
Keywords: animation films

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