I am flooded with emails from ambitious female animators entering the field and asking me for advice and mentoring. Sooooo, I wanted to give props to one female animator I have always admired and wished could have been MY mentor - Tissa David.
There is a sensual flow to her work that I just love. the lines of action drip with fluidity. I would love to animate like this woman one day.
The animated short above is an Ani-jam with over 30 NYC animators working to the theme of "eat or get eaten." Tissa David's section of the jam is at about 3:30 minutes into the short. She animated a dog eats pasta and you can see the gorgeous lines there as the pasta forms from a tornado whirlwind to the plate.
Micheal Sporn (one of my favorite animation bloggers)
posted the movie above on his Splog.
It's a great cycle Tissa David created for the animated short "Eggs."
Below is the Eggs short in it's entireity.
Thanatos & eros as a feudin' couple, love it. It gets off to a slow start but hang in there. From The Great American Dream Machine, a very cool 60s style (read free spirit) series on PBS in 1971. In the sub-plots the medical futurism seems very prescient.
Eggs Cast and Crew List:
* 1970
* Directed by: Faith Hubley, John Hubley
* Cast (in credits order): David Burns, Anita Ellis
* Produced by: Faith Hubley, John Hubley
* Original Music by: Quincy Jones
* Film Editing by: Faith Hubley
* Art Department: Nina Di Gangi, Nathan Garland, Susan Goldberger, Faith Hubley, John Hubley, Peter White
* Animation Department: Tissa David,
* Other crew: Jean Williams
Tissa David was born in Transylvania in 1921. She attended the Academy of Beaux Arts in Budapest, where she also co-owned an animation studio. She began her animation career in Budapest, Hungary in 1943, and escaped the Communist takeover of Hungary by moving to Paris in 1950 and directed the animated feature Bonjour Paris in 1953. She worked in Paris until 1955 when she moved to the United States. She has been working in the New York area since 1956 doing animation and direction for UPA, the Hubley's Storyboard Films, Inktank and Michael Sporn. She was a lead animator on Raggedy Ann in 1977.
Links:
Michael Sporn's Bio on Tissa David
Dave Nethery's Page about Tissa David
ASIFA Hall of Fame - Tissa David
Still hard at work - Tissa David IMDB
Animation Blog - Tissa David