George Griffin

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George Griffin

Biography

Independent animator George Griffin (b.1943) grew up in Knoxville, Tennessee, was drafted into the army, studied political science at Dartmouth, then moved to New York in 1967. He apprenticed in commercial studios while also experimenting with design influenced by Saul Steinberg and animation techniques in the spirit of Robert Breer. Griffin has made over 30 films, 10 seconds to 30 minutes long, cartoon narratives and self-referential documations, melding abstraction and figuration. He also makes viewer-activated, animated objects such as mutoscopes and flipbooks. He received Guggenheim, New York State Council, and National Endowment grants, ...

Production

1988

Zelly & Me

as Title Designer

1979

Lineage

as Director

1976

Viewmaster

as Director

1994

A Little Routine

as Director

2015

Coal Creek

as Director

1979

Lineage

as Writer

1975

Head

as Director

1988

Ko-Ko

as Director

1990

New Fangled

as Director

1981

Flying Fur

as Director

1975

2003

Nikita Kino

as Animation

2005

Ice/Sea

as Special Effects

1973

Trikfilm 3

as Director

1969

Displacement

as Director

1969

Rapid Transit

as Director

1972

1973

Trikfilm 1

as Director

2007

Telepattes

as Title Graphics

1978

BLOCK PRINT

as Director

1987

The Ten-Year Lunch

as Animation

1980

1975

The Club

as Director

1990

1975

L'Age Door

as Director

2009

The Bather

as Director

1977

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