Jeff Scher Movies

  • 2007
    A Walk Into the Sea: Danny Williams and the Warhol Factory

    A Walk Into the Sea: Danny Williams and the Warhol Factory

    A Walk Into the Sea: Danny Williams and the Warhol Factory

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    Esther Robinson's portrait of her uncle Danny Williams, Warhol's onetime lover, collaborator and filmmaker in his own right, offers a exploration of...

    A Walk Into the Sea: Danny Williams and the Warhol Factory
  • 2013
    Tunnel Vision

    Tunnel Vision

    Tunnel Vision

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    Jeff Scher's 2013 ode to underground public transport.

    Tunnel Vision
  • 1989
    Prisoners of Inertia

    Prisoners of Inertia

    Prisoners of Inertia

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    Indecisive newlyweds get into a series of misadventures while on a day trip from Manhattan to Hoboken, New Jersey.

    Prisoners of Inertia
  • 2020
    Crazy Walk

    Crazy Walk

    Crazy Walk

    02020HD

    Jeff Scher's short animation, first released in 2020.

    Crazy Walk
  • 1997
    Whiplash

    Whiplash

    Whiplash

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    During the years preceeding his death, Sonbert channeled his energy into making Whiplash. His vision and motor skills impaired, he gave his...

    Whiplash
  • 2006
    Animation Block Party Mix-Tape, Volume 2

    Animation Block Party Mix-Tape, Volume 2

    Animation Block Party Mix-Tape, Volume 2

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    A diverse compilation of short animations from NYC's popular festival, Animation Block Party. Various genres and narratives. A great mix-tape of...

    Animation Block Party Mix-Tape, Volume 2
  • 1999
    Grand Central

    Grand Central

    Grand Central

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    This film was shot before Grand Central became a tourist attraction and overrun with their lazy directionless gait. It would be a different film if...

    Grand Central
  • 1997
    Trigger Happy

    Trigger Happy

    Trigger Happy

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    “Trigger Happy” was made with hundreds of objects found on the streets and sidewalks of New York. It began as an attempt to make an...

    Trigger Happy
  • 2022
    Abstract

    Abstract

    Abstract

    02022HD

    A Motion picture adaptation of the book. Also, my first film in French.

    Abstract
  • 2002
    The Artist in Me

    The Artist in Me

    The Artist in Me

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    A short documentary following 19-year-old Amanda Dunbar, who shares her thoughts on being an artist alongside a group of children in her art class....

    The Artist in Me
  • 2003
    Spin Cycle

    Spin Cycle

    Spin Cycle

    02003HD

    A short animation featuring a spinning slice of bread by Jeff Scher with music by Shay Lynch.

    Spin Cycle
  • 2022
    Nocturn

    Nocturn

    Nocturn

    02022HD

    Animated on a lampshade by Jeff Scher with music by Shay Lynch.

    Nocturn
  • 2018
    Eztli

    Eztli

    Eztli

    02018HD

    The watercolor-painted animated short depicts an Ancient Aztec human sacrifice.

    Eztli
  • 1997
    Yours

    Yours

    Yours

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    An animated short film created by the artist Jeff Scher.

    Yours
  • 1998
    Bang Bang

    Bang Bang

    Bang Bang

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    Bang Bang was an experiment in animating positive and negative Rorschach-like bilaterally symmetrical ink blots. It is at heart a flicker film, ...

    Bang Bang
  • 2007
    White Out

    White Out

    White Out

    02007HD

    In short, it's a film about winter. And to create it, Jeff Scher composed approximately 2,250 watercolor paintings on paper. Each one is elegant and...

    White Out
  • 1976
    NYC

    NYC

    NYC

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    Scher made this in 1976 as a student at Bard College. He printed it to negative years later and liked the way it looked better than the now faded...

    NYC
  • 2019
    Swanee

    Swanee

    Swanee

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    Painted on a revolving “wheel” of paper mounted on a rig, the film is an animated series of “loops" as the wheel is rotated over...

    Swanee
  • 1995
    Nerve Tonic

    Nerve Tonic

    Nerve Tonic

    01995HD

    This film was a test of an idea for bi-pack shooting. I used some outtakes from Trigger Happy and had a positive and negative high-contrast print...

    Nerve Tonic
  • 1991
    Warren

    Warren

    Warren

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    In Warren, Scher turns the table on his former teacher and mentor, creating an intimate dialogue between friends as well as a battle of directorial...

    Warren