Kaj Pindal

The Animograph, or I Was Born in a Shoebox

The amazing story of the animograph, a machine created in France in the sixties by the cartoonist and self-taught inventor Jean Dejoux (1922-2015), whose creation was intended to revolutionize the animation industry.

Release Date2022-05-12

Charactersd Self (archive footage)

Vote Count3

Peep and the Big Wide World

Peep is a newly hatched chicken who goes on daily adventures with his friends Chirp the robin and Quack the duck. The pals live a large urban park they call "the big wide world" and is the setting for all their lessons. Peep learns specific science concepts on his travels, while the series also incorporates real kids playing and experimenting in their own big wide worlds.

Release Date2004-04-12

DepartmentProduction

JobProducer

Episode Count120

Vote Count12

Pot-pourri

A selection of publicity clips mounted together in one film to show the techniques of NFB animators. As in Hors-d'oeuvre, these "quickie" films were produced originally for government agencies, to carry messages to the public.

Release Date1962-04-07

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Fringe Benefits

A 20-second animated short film to discourage smoking.

Release Date1967-01-01

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Werner - Volles Rooäää!!!

A wicked investor wants Werner's residential area razed to the ground in order to build a shopping center. However, building tycoon Günzelsen has not reckoned with Werner. Together with his master Röhrich he's planning to blow away the plumbings with a gigantic obstruction...

Release Date1999-09-16

DepartmentVisual Effects

JobAnimation

Vote Count100

Anijam

The bizarre adventures of the cartoon character Foska, drawn by 22 animators working in collaboration. Each animator worked on his or her own sequence only and did not know what action preceded or followed his or her sequence, except that the first drawing of a sequence is the last drawing from the previous sequence. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2010.

Release Date1984-01-01

DepartmentVisual Effects

JobAnimation

Vote Count2

Where There's Smoke

A compilation of satirical anti-smoking clips.

Release Date1970-01-01

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Karate Kids

Two indigent street children in a developing country become the target of an HIV positive pedophile who attempts to lure them in with money.

Release Date1990-06-13

DepartmentVisual Effects

JobAnimation

Vote Count2

Twice Upon a Time

In the world of the Murkworks where nightmares are made, the evil Synonamess Botch hatches a scheme to make non-stop nightmares. Only Ralph and Mumford, misfits from the cheery land of Frivoli where good dreams are made, can stop him.

Release Date1983-08-05

DepartmentVisual Effects

JobAnimation

Vote Count27

What on Earth!

In this Academy Award–nominated animated satire, Martian observers analyze life on Earth and reach a startling conclusion: automobiles appear to be the planet’s dominant species, while humans function merely as their parasites. Directed by Les Drew and Kaj Pindal, the film humorously critiques modern society’s dependence on the car.

Release Date1967-01-01

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count10

Peep and the Big Wide World

Peep the chicken ventures out on an adventure into the Big Wide World and makes some friends along the way. Narrated by Peter Ustinov, this 1988 short film commissioned by the National Film Board of Canada comprises three short stories starring Peep the chicken, Quack the duck, and Chirp the Robin, and eventually served as the inspiration for an ongoing 2004 animated series.

Release Date1988-01-01

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Fluxes

Fluxes is Arthur Lipsett's view of the human condition and the mixed-up planet where humans are found. As in his other films (Very Nice, Very Nice; 21-87), Fluxes has a disconnected flow of images that, in their erratic way, build up into a cutting indictment of the world the way it is. The film's only commentary consists of unrelated snatches of words and sounds.

Release Date1968-01-01

DepartmentVisual Effects

JobAnimation

Vote Count2

King Size

This short animation about the perils of tobacco smoking takes us to the kingdom of King Size, a land where "no smoking" is illegal. Here, intoxication dangers and health risks linked to cigarettes are blissfully ignored, and non-smokers are unwelcome. A humorous invitation for young people not to start smoking, or if they have, to relinquish the hazardous habit.

Release Date1968-01-01

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Man: The Polluter

A richly illustrated cartoon film that enlarges on man's capacity to foul his own nest, and to ignore it. Made by a joint team of Canadian and Yugoslav animation artists, the film transmits its warning with unflagging humor, imagination, movement and design. In between animated sequences Dr. Fred H. Knelman, Professor of Science and Human Affairs at Concordia University in Montréal, comments on the import of what is shown and on what lies in store if more responsibility is not taken on a global scale to conserve what is left of our vital resources and usable environment.

Release Date1973-01-01

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Appetizers

A collection of one-minute cartoons produced by the National Film Board of Canada animators for government sponsors. Showcasing a playful selection of animation techniques, the clips include reminders about t4levision programs, traffic safety rules, and admonition from the Department of Labour.

Release Date1960-01-01

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Caninabis

Driven by his love of cannabis, a street dog displays incredible promise for the drug squad when he chases down a local dealer. He makes headlines worldwide as he takes on smugglers and crime lords. But when his drug habit and his work inevitably collide, a clear message emerges: dogs and cannabis don't mix.

Release Date1979-02-10

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Vote Count3

Funeral

A 20-second animated short film to discourage smoking.

Release Date1966-01-01

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Volcano

A 20-second animated short film to discourage smoking.

Release Date1967-01-01

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

The City (Osaka)

An animated fantasy that shows Canadians as urbanized people developing a vast wilderness with the aid of the latest technologies. Shown as part of the Urban Environment exhibit in the Canadian pavilion at the international exposition, Osaka '70.

Release Date1970-03-14

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

The Underground Movie

Everyone has wondered what it would be like to dig right through to the other side of the Earth. This animated film takes the wonder a step further. Here the probe is accomplished with a machine as ingenious as any that have reached the moon. Dubbed 'Old Chucknose' and equipped with amazing gadgetry, it bores through every layer of the Earth's crust and centre. Perhaps it's not a blueprint of things to come, but it's plausible enough as observed in this cartoon.

Release Date1972-01-01

DepartmentWriting

JobStory

Horsing Around

Humorous, full of unimaginable finds, this animated short invites the viewer to follow the antics of a horse trying to acquire a force equivalent to that of a horsepower.

Release Date1973-01-01

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Dynamite

A 1-Mintue animated short film to discourage smoking.

Release Date1967-01-01

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

The Peep Show

A cartoon film for young children about the adventures of a little chick from the time he falls from an egg basket and breaks out of his shell. Together with a duck who happens along, he goes to explore the world and discovers there is much to learn, even about his own farmyard.

Release Date1962-01-01

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector