Al Jarnow Movies

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...

A companion piece to Cosmic Letter, also produced for 3-2-1 Contact. Jarnow begins at his address in Brooklyn and zooms outward to the farthest...

In what would become a familiar theme throughout his carrer, Jarnow explores the earth from above, invoking Buckminster Fuller's Dymaxion and the...

Tondo introduces the cosmic formalism that was the primary theme of Al Jarnow's independent films. An infinite gridscape alternates with vibrating...

Kids rapping about the number 17.

Short animation by Al Jarnow based on the work of British poet Edward Lear. Made at NYU.

A story about cooperation.

Beach sand transforms into a lush tree-scattered landscape.

A rock performs an acrobatic feat for the assembled crowd.

Things you can do with a single sheet of paper.

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

Documentary about the experimental animator.

Three rocks attempt to cross a river.

Words that end in -ake and start with ch-. A typographic animation.

A parade of animated cats.

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

Experimental computer imagery

When Jill Jarnow won a blue Volkswagon in a design contest, and named the car Wart after the young king Arthur in T.H.White's The Sword and the Stone...