YTV of Canada,"Twisteeria"

A half-hour stop-motion animation / live-action special for YTV of Canada, winner of the 1999 Leo Awards "Best Animated Program" and nominated for (4) 1999 Gemini Awards Starring Tom Cavanagh, Created by writer Tony Philpott, David Bowes and Lisa-Jane Gray. "TWISTEERIA" (Animation Director David Bowes, Art Director Lisa-Jane Gray, Live-action Director Andrew Currie) featured 32 foam rubber latex characters (fabrication under the direction of Jon Craney) and over 52 miniature sets: From restaurant critic sharks riding mopeds, singing gargoyles high above the city, to two terrible twin trolls with a not so honest business of towing. All based on the "12 Original Tongue Twisters" copyright Bowes Productions 1994 written by David Bowes and Lisa-Jane Gray. Produced with Scintilla Entertainment.

Fuji Television Corporation, "The Big Blue Ball"

Created and produced the clay animated short entitled "The Big Blue Ball" using the song "The Big Blue Ball" produced by The Brothers Four, out of Seattle. The piece was featured on the Japanese children's show "Hirake Ponkiki" and was created for environmental awareness.

Wasserman & Partners Inc.,
The BC Injury Prevention Centre, "Hemorrhage Hank and Lil Snicker"

Hemorrhage Hank and Li'l Snicker" Created two 30 second spots using (2) clay characters Hank and Snicker which were combined with line drawn backgrounds to create a unique way of informing children of crosswalk signals and the importance of wearing safety equipment while on roller blades.
Web Site: injuryfreezone.com

Fuji Television Corporation "Tongue Twisters"

Completed 5 English speaking tongue twisters using clay animation for the series "Hirake Ponkiki", Tokyo, Japan - the Japanese equivalent of the North American "Sesame Street".

Fuji Television Corporation "Monty Gluey"

Chosen by World Media Service to create a one-minute clay animated English language segment for Fuji Television's "Hirake Ponkiki" series. The clay character "Monty Gluey" was stuck to bubble gum in front of a candy shop late at night, singing to the viewers the difference between "Icky and Sticky and Gooey and Gluey".

Dennis Lee's "Alligator Pie" - "The Sitter and the Butter and the Better Batter Fritter"

Dennis Lee's "Alligator Pie" - "Psychapoo"

Produced two clay-animated segments for the one-hour prime time CBC children's special produced by Calico Pix Inc./A.P. Productions, and funded by CBC, Telefilm Canada, Ontario Film Development Corp., and Rogers Telefund. The two segments were created following the poems "Psychapoo" and "The Sitter and the Butter and the Better Batter Fritter", by well-known Canadian author Dennis Lee. The production has been presented to an international audience, and has been aired on the Disney channel and is presently available through Video Distribution.

"Take-Off" Friday Street Prductions
 
 

Created seven minutes of clay animation for the children's television series "Take-Off", produced by Friday Street Productions and sponsored by Telefilm Canada. It is presently being aired on local networks across Canada, including the Family Channel, and has been aired to international audiences.

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