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Short Films by Faith and John Hubley

Introducing John and Faith Hubley

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  • Date With Dizzy

    Directed by John Hubley • 1955 • United States
    Starring Dizzy Gillespie

    Jazz legend Dizzy Gillespie is hired to record the soundtrack for a television commercial—but the music has a mind of its own in this irreverent blend of live-action and animation.

  • Tender Game

    Directed by John Hubley • 1958 • United States

    A charming, inventively animated love story unfolds to the music of the Oscar Peterson Trio and Ella Fitzgerald.

  • Moonbird

    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.