Howard Beckerman Movies

The senior thesis film of Elyssa DiGiovanni

An office drudge goes on a cruise and winds up a castaway on a tropical island. He soon meets his man Friday in the form of a friendly ape.

Directed by Shamus Culhane, this was a fine animated short about the title character turning his pipes into a musical instrument with a performance...

Rather than adapt a later or create a new Oz story, this production has Dorothy still in posession of the shoes, and she clings to an apple tree...

A strange night in a small town, illuminated by the town's lighthouse.

A diverse compilation of short animations from NYC's popular festival, Animation Block Party. Various genres and narratives. A great mix-tape of...

For half a century Harvey Comics characters ruled newsstands, television screens, and the imaginations of children across the United States. While...

The extemporaneous musings of an actress about her career provide the springboard for an imaginative fantasy on the fragility of fame.

A documentary about the early days of animation.

The half-blind Sir Blur, who is both knight and mailman, torments a blacksmith with his bumbling.

Sir Blur stumbles into a kingdom. A king is having trouble getting someone to marry his daughter because she's, to put it mildly, ugly. Guess who...

The story of Geronimo, an American indian, and his brother.

An elephant is on the loose when escaping from the jungle.

"The Eyeball Chase" is Jeremie Duval's SVA Animation Thesis from 2007.

A documentary about the early days of animation.

Cousin Maggie goes away on a trip and leaves Honey Halfwitch with instructions on how to make rain to water their garden, on the account that the...

Little Billy and Isabel catch Red Lantern, the Magic Fish. He takes them to the Land Of The Lost to meet King Find All, Rosita Wristwatch, and Wally...

Lonesome Honey Halfwitch draws a friend and bewitches the paper so that her drawing comes to life.

About Native Americans Geronimo and Son.

Cartoon Carnival tells the story of the pioneering early days of the animated art-form and chronicles one film preservationist's quest to rescue...