30 Jun 1897
Le premier cigare
Since this is lost the content of the film can only be presumed but it was supposedly depicted a schoolboy smoking his first cigar.
The Limited Bird
John's first independent work from 1989. Won Best of Fest Shorts at the Cinequest Film Festival, CA. The film is comprised of highly rendered drawings with very little moving parts to tell a complex story of relationships "gone to the birds".
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