Stop Motion Timeline

By EvelyneR

  • Humpty Dupty Circus

    An animated short film by J. Stuart Blackton and Albert E. Smith in 1898. they used a set of small circus dolls with jointed limbs so they could be balanced in place.

  • Fun in a Bakery Shop

    Fun in a Bakery Shop is a stop motion animation by Edwin S. Porter using the stop trick technique in the 'lightning sculpting' sequence.

  • Haunted Hotel

    Haunted Hotel is a stop motion film by J. Stuart Blackton.

  • A Sculptor's Welsh Rarebit Nightmare

    This film was released in 1908

  • The Sculptor's Nightmare

    This short film was created by Billy Bitzer.

  • El Hotel Eléctrico (The Electric Hotel)

    Spanish animator, Segundo de Chomón released this film using similar techniques to Blackton.

  • The Beautiful Lukanida

    This was created by European animator, Wladyslaw Starewicz.

  • The Battle of the Stag Beetles

    Wladislaw Starewicz created this short film.

  • The Ant and the Grasshopper

    This short film was created by Wladislaw Starewicz.

  • Modelling Extraordinary

    This was on of the earliest claymation films created.

  • Automatic Moving Company

    Italian animator, Roméo Bossetti created this short film in 1912.

  • Miracles in Mud

    This was created by Willie Hopkins who made 54 episodes of Miracles in Mud

  • Romeo and Juliet (Adaptation)

    In December 1916, the first woman animator, Helena Smith Dayton began experimenting with claymation and released an adaptation of William Shakespeare's 'Romeo and Juliet' in 1917.

  • The Lost World

    This film was created by Willis O'Brien. It is an adaption of the book by Arthur Conan Doyle and combines both live action and stop motion footage.

  • The Tale of the Fox

    This feature film was created by Wladyslaw Starewicz. A lo-tech, manual version of the blurring technique 'Go Motion' was used in this film.

  • King Kong

    This film was created by Willis O'Brien.

  • Mighty Joe Young

    This film was created by Ray Harryhausen, the protege of Willis O'Brien.

  • It Came From Beneath the Sea

    This film was created by Ray Harryhausen.

  • Jason and the Argonauts

    This Boxoffice hit was created by Ray Harryhausen.

  • Clay (Origin of Species)

    This Oscar-nominted film was produced by Eliot Noyles Jr. who refined the echnique of 'free-form' clay animation.

  • The Golden Voyage of Sinbad

    This film was created by Ray Harryhausen.

  • Sandman

    This film was created by Eliot Noyles Jr. He used stop motion to animate sand lying on glass.

  • Closed Modays

    This expeimntal film was created by filmmaker, Will Vinton, and sculptor, Bob Gardiner. This became the world's first stop motion film to win an Oscar.

  • Morph

    Morph was created by Peter Lord and David Sproxton, who formed Aardman Animations. Morph first appeared on BBC TV programme 'Take Hart'.

  • The Sand Castle

    This film was created by Dutch-Canadian animator, Co Hoedeman. This film won an Oscar.

  • Quaq Quao

    This stop motion film was created Italian animator, Franesco Misseri which used origami.

  • The Amazing Adventures of Morph

    This TV series was produced by Aardman Animations and was aired in 1980.

  • I Go Pogo

    Directed by Marc Paul Chinoy in 1980, this became the first feature-length clay animation film. It ws based onthe famous comic strip, 'Pogo'.

  • Clash of the Titans

    This film was created by Ray harryhausen. This film combined stopmotion animation and live action.

  • The Trap Door

    Trapdoor is a British claymation and was created by Terry Brain in 1984. In the episode 'Ghoulies' a variety of techniques are shown. A 2D cartoon animation of green ghosts was overlayed onto the claymation footage, however, there are no links to what software was used at the time.

  • Wallace and Gromit - A Grand Day Out

    This short film was created by Nick Park of Aardman Animations using claymation.

  • The Nightmare Before Christmas

    This popular stop motin film was produced by Tim Burton and directed by Henry Selick. The film was released on VHS on September 30th 1994, but premiered on October 9th 1993.

  • Wallace and Gromit - The Wrong Trousers

    This short film was created by Nick Park/Aardman Animations. It is made using claymation. In fast paced scenes, sometimes multiple exposures per scene are used to create a motion blur effect.

  • Wallace and Gromit - A Close Shave

    This short film was created by Nick Park of Aardman Animations. It uses the claymation technique, creating a distinc style.

  • Wallace and Gromit - The Curse of the Were-Rabbit

    This full-length film was created by Nick Park of Aardman Animations using claymation and motion blurring.

  • Wallace and Gromit - A Matter of Loaf and Death

    This short film was created by Nick Park of Aardman Animations using claymation.

  • Coraline

    This stop motion film was directed by Henry Selick and was based on the book by Neil Giaman. The technique used to create this film is Stereoscopic Stop Motion.