Al Jarnow Movies

A seashell belonging to a northern moon snail twists and turns 360 degrees in multiple wooden homemade contraptions and through contact sheets at a...

A parade of animated cats.

An animated orange

The letter Z in various typefaces.

A train struggles to stay on track.

A stop motion opus made up of hundreds of hand-painted wooden blocks that takes the viewer through a brief history of architecture. Primitive...

Short animation by Al Jarnow based on the work of British poet Edward Lear. Made at NYU.

The primary motif in this silent picture is a grid that controls the shapes and motions of forms contained within the framework of a rotating cube....

Shapes come to life on a pegboard.

Abstract geometric diagrams come to life.

Mixed animation set to music.

Kids rapping about the number 7.

Three rocks attempt to cross a river.

A stream of consciousness experiment committed directly to celluloid, Jarnow pays homage to Stan Brakhage and Harry Smith. Abstract designs transform...

A companion piece to Cosmic Letter, also produced for 3-2-1 Contact. Jarnow begins at his address in Brooklyn and zooms outward to the farthest...

The letter M in various typefaces.

Beach sand transforms into a lush tree-scattered landscape.

A short film made of cel drawings, showing us how various mammals, plants and objects all share similar skeletal structures. Produced for Sesame...