"Daydreams" (1982)--awards from Ann Arbor, Toronto, and Los Angeles film festivals; aired on France's Antennae 2  Daydreams was the first time Benny Bugg appeared, albeit in a slightly different form than his Disneyfied appearance is now. Then he was a bug, imagine that. Someone in Ann Arbor thought he was gay. Someone else there said the whole thing was "Kafka meets Busby Berkeley." I was just worried about violating sound copyrights with the use of "42nd Street" from an old 78.

"Alpha" (1985)--awards from Ann Arbor, Toronto, Lisbon, Tunis, and Melbourne film festivals. This collection of 2500 cel and paper background drawings saw more of the world than I did. When it played in Tunis, there was Arafat--when it played in Lisbon, there was an earthquake-- when it played in Brazil, there was economic collapse...perhaps I need to bring it out for the festival circuits again!

"Channel Surfing" (1994)--Promotional animation for Fox television pilot. Here's a lesson--get it in writing. After working on a pilot with Kevin Matthews (then enjoying some popularity at WLUP) for nearly six months on this, the whole plug was pulled when FOX wanted the two of us to take on all legal fees for them. So we have a great 45 second sequence of a transsexual promoting prelubed jewelry and the opening animation, which managed to feature Mr. Bugg. Live and learn!

"Who's Got the Keys?" (1997)--Opening credits and animated links for video musical satirizing the effects of managed care on the hospital workplace

"Rush Job" (1998)--2D animation project completely rendered on computer, synchronized to Chopin's Waltz in A Minor. The film got its name from its production schedule of six weeks, in free time, during 1998. The storyboard had been "under development" since 1984. One could argue that the project hearkens to a bit of a mid life crisis.

"Sfumato #1: Flute Solo" (1999)--2D abstract animation synchronized to a flute solo recorded in 1905 by the Edison studios; finalist, 15th World Animation Celebration, June 2000

"Chippewa Projects" (1999-2004)--2D animation for children's day care series, casino promotions, PSAs, Chippewa creation legend... all together, it came to about 4 minutes' worth of animation

"Good Garbage II" (work in progress); every 30 years or so, I think any animator should get nice and cranky and make some futile political gesture that will expend lots and lots of time and energy and not really make any impact since most of the viewers will be perfectly content to watch reruns of F-Troop. Not that F-troop was a bad show, mind you, but it does make a point...I could just as easily have said Joe Millionaire.

FILMOGRAPHY Educational
"A New Pharmacy Film" (1976)--publicity film for the Ferris State University College of Pharmacy

"The Battle Creek Idea" (1992)--film about Dr. John Harvey Kellogg, medical director at the Battle Creek Sanitarium and originator of modern day breakfast foods

"Behind the Counter" (1993)--10 episode pharmacy promotional series for the Michigan Pharmacy Foundation; script, direction, production, and edit
"The One Dollar Miracles of Battle Creek" (1993)--a look at the patent medicine industry in Battle Creek
"Joy at the Speed of Light" (1995)--documentary about individual contributors to the art of animation--Kids! Try this at home!