List of inspiring stop motion artists and animations
Following is a list of artists, studios, and links to videos all focused around stop motion animation. In one way or another these works and/or the people behind them have and in most cases continue to inspire me. The list is certainly not all inclusive, but it does contain a decent sample from which I often reflect. It is not sorted in any particular order.
The Brothers Quay
Street of Crocodiles - https://youtu.be/fNOfsJz4TjA
Unmistaken Hands - https://youtu.be/P_HisW3s8Rc
Quay (Christopher Nolan) - https://youtu.be/6S4clnIv2v0
Tim Burton - https://www.moma.org/explore/inside_out/2010/04/07/crude-elegance-stop-motion-animation-and-tim-burton/
The Nightmare Before Christmas - https://youtu.be/wr6N_hZyBCk
Corpse Bride - https://youtu.be/AGACeWVdFqo
Frankenweenie - https://youtu.be/XBfcGLBJ2Uc
Will Vinton (Will Vinton Studios, now Laika)
Closed Mondays - https://youtu.be/QoBmlbQApJE
California Raisins - https://youtu.be/EJnmsS00fLs
PBS - Oregon Art Beat - Oregon’s Animation Magic - https://www.pbs.org/video/season-18-episode-17-oregons-animation-magic-mifudv/
Laika
Coraline - https://youtu.be/m9bOpeuvNwY
Paranorman - https://youtu.be/wrFmJdnMdjg
The Boxtrolls - https://youtu.be/z3eHd87dx6M
Kubo and the Two Strings - https://youtu.be/vex0gPFnBvM
Missing Link - https://youtu.be/-6jCNhebfg8
Aardman Animations
Chicken Run - https://youtu.be/jVdlxwX6A7g
Wallace & Grommit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit - https://youtu.be/566_PBg6jkE
Shaun the Sheep Movie - https://youtu.be/uWX-XTJlOr8
Early Man - https://youtu.be/ZRiPQ8YNrVs
A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon - https://youtu.be/VxtIiuVRu4k
Wes Anderson
Fantastic Mr. Fox - https://youtu.be/n2igjYFojUo
Isle of Dogs - https://youtu.be/dt__kig8PVU
Ray Harryhausen
Jason and the Argonauts (Skeletons) - https://youtu.be/pF_Fi7x93PY
Clash of the Titans (Medusa) - https://youtu.be/8X7W-oPhY48
Jan Svankmajer
Dimensions of Dialogue - https://youtu.be/578Xm6bgMdQ
Jabberwocky - https://youtu.be/DI00Daqxw8w
Terry Gilliam (cut-out animation & Monty Python) - https://youtu.be/KOqcHCEqO1k
Willis O'Brian
King Kong (original movie) - https://youtu.be/MMNICLfHE3M
Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer - https://youtu.be/BctWze2UMj4
Santa Claus is Comin’ to Town - https://youtu.be/iU957dn3CR8
The Year Without Santa Claus - https://youtu.be/PxZm5uHlL5
Tool (music videos - Adam Jones)
Prison Sex - https://youtu.be/cUPV4OfNlt0
Sober (style inspired by Brothers Quay) - https://youtu.be/nspxAG12Cpc
Stinkfist - https://youtu.be/6zpvlMp04D0
AEnema - https://youtu.be/CehYA3omb5o
Schism - https://youtu.be/MM62wjLrgmA
Parabola - https://youtu.be/-_nQhGR0K8
Vicarious - https://youtu.be/h_TUP2vuaDs
Steven Wilson (music video - Jess Cope/Owl House Studios)
Routine - https://youtu.be/sh5mWzKlhQY
Max Hattler
AANAATT - https://youtu.be/kys3lRzOOEY
Christiane Cegavske
Blood Tea and Red String - https://youtu.be/lRgprpmQMeM
Seed in the Sand - https://youtu.be/pEcXQ942x44
Portlandia
Rats - https://youtu.be/y-qjnzqnqKM
Adam Elliot
Mary and Max - https://youtu.be/MgRjB8PEDkM