Michael Connor

Zit Life

Clay animation about the zitty side of life: ugly nagging women, stupid ruthless men, and a baby you would love to kill. This is ZIT LIFE, a story where no one is the hero and everyone is the loser.

1977, 16mm, b&w/so, 14m, $45

Dirt

Clay animation about a normal Joe who turns into dirt and finds pain and agony on his way to the gutter.

1978, 16mm, b&w/so, 8m, $25

In Search Of

Clay animation. Dude loses his head and never quite gets it back together.

Awards: Second Place, SF Art Institute Film Festival, 1977; Regional Finalist, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Student Film Award Competition.

16mm, b&w/so, 4m, $20

Secto and the Seconaut

Clay animation. The problems of life when one's consciousness is eating a banana, compounded with technical difficulties.

Awards: Director's Choice for Tour, Ann Arbor Film Festival, 1977; First Place, SF Poetry Film Festival, 1977; Second Place, SF Art Institute Film Festival, 1977; Mike Getz midnight movie tour.

16mm, b&w/so, 9m, $30

What

Clay animation. Bar room drama.

Award: Second Place, SF Art Institute Film Festival, 1977

16mm, b&w/so, 7m, $25