Directed by John Hubley • 1959 • United States
John and Faith Hubley recorded a conversation between their young sons and set it to animated visuals to create this charming, Academy Award–winning adventure in which two boys set out on a late-night quest to capture a bird.
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Skyscraper
Directed by Shirley Clarke and Willard Van Dyke • 1960 • United States
Nominated for an Academy Award, this live-action short film by director Shirley Clarke playfully chronicles the construction of the Tishman Building at 666 Fifth Avenue in New York City. Clarke referred to this work as a musi...
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The Running Jumping & Standing Still ...
Directed by Richard Lester • 1959 • United Kingdom
This film, directed by Richard Lester, was shot over two Sundays in 1959 for a cost of about seventy pounds. Nominated for an Oscar for best live-action short, it features Lester, Spike Milligan, Peter Sellers, Graham Stark, and Bruce Lacey.
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Happy Anniversary
Directed by Pierre Etaix and Jean-Claude Carrière • 1962 • France
A young woman waits and waits for her delayed husband to celebrate their wedding anniversary.
