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FRED O’NEILL FILMS
WE PRESENT A SELECTION OF THE TYPES OF FILMS MADE WITHIN OUR CLUBS , 195-. 2.40
Director / Camera: Fred O’Neill
A series of animated colour titles starring a walking carrot.
PLASTIMANIA, 1958, 7.25
Claymation in which a series of shapes morph into from one to another, into animals and people. Set to a jazz sound track. Writer, director, camera, animator: Fred O¹Neill. Winner of special commendation by Amateur Cine World.
FOCUS ON FRED O¹NEILL FILM ANIMATOR, 1965, excerpt 5.26
An interview with New Zealand film animator Fred O¹Neill who discusses film making and the types of film he likes to make. Shows stages in the making of puppets for some of his claymation films. Excerpts from Plastiphobia. Produced by the NZBC.
THE COURT OF KING COLLYWOBBLE : PLUM PUDDING ca 1965, 5.40
One episode of the television series.The characters of The Court of King Collywobble are introduced. King Collywobble notices that most of the Court people are losing the curl in their hair. He thinks this must be because they are not eating their porridge in the morning. The King decides to investigate. Narrated by Tom Esplin. NZBC
FLIGHT TO VENUS ca1960,12.11
An animated anti-nuclear film during which an earth man flies a rocket
to Venus. The survivors of an atomic war explain the demise of their once
great civilization. The earth man invites his new friend back to earth, but
after viewing the planet through a telescope he declines with the poignant
statement "once is enough for me."Plasti-line Productions Produced by Fred O'Neill
THE GREAT FISH OF MAUI, 1967, 7.03
The claymation animated story of how Maui fished up the North Island from the sea.
Animation by Fred O’Neill. New Zealand National Film Unit