Al Jarnow Movies

An animated orange

A stream of consciousness experiment committed directly to celluloid, Jarnow pays homage to Stan Brakhage and Harry Smith. Abstract designs transform...

A short film made of cel drawings, showing us how various mammals, plants and objects all share similar skeletal structures. Produced for Sesame...

After a day of gathering hundreds of seashells and rocks from the beach, Jarnow uses the found objects to construct a stop motion commentary on how...

Daylight moves through a room. Or is it the room that moves?

Jarnow regularizes a child's primitive sketch of a house into increasingly firmer architecture, showing how the same place might by rendered by...

The letter M in various typefaces.

Shells create intricate patterns in this short stop-motion animation.

Documentary about the experimental animator.

Three rocks attempt to cross a river.

A parade of animated cats.

Words that start with the letter O, P, and R. A typographic animation.

Kids rapping about the number 11.

Mixed animation set to music.

Kids recycle household objects to make a miniature city.

The letter Z in various typefaces.

A method by which drawings can be enlarged on a grid.

A rock performs an acrobatic feat for the assembled crowd.

The letter X in various typefaces.