Bob Gardiner (Animator)
James Robbins "Bob" Gardiner (born March 19, 1951 in Torrance , † April 21, 2005 in Grass Valley , California ) was an American animator .
Life
Gardiner grew up as one of six siblings in Southern California and Reno , Nevada. He attended the California College of the Arts in Oakland. He lived in Oregon for ten years and moved to Grass Valley in 1991, where he died and was buried in 2005. Two daughters come from a relationship with Kara Evenson.
Gardiner was active in many ways: As a clay animator, he created commercials and in 1974 with Will Vinton the short film Closed Mondays , for which he was awarded an Oscar . Since he used plasticine for his animation instead of modeling clay, he called his films "sculptimations". Gardiner also performed as a musician and wrote sketches with Mason Williams for two television programs for the Smothers Brothers . He also worked as a painter. Gardiner committed suicide in 2005.
Filmography
- 1974: Closed Mondays
- 1976: Mountain Music
Awards
- 1975: Oscar , Best Animated Short Film , for Closed Mondays
Web links
- Bob Gardiner in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Obituary for Bob Gardiner in the San Francisco Chronicle, April 26, 2005.
Individual evidence
- ↑ See Articles: Bob Gardiner Memorial on June 12th on animateclay.com ( Memento of the original from January 9, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Bob Gardiner . In: Jeff Lenburg: Who's who in animated cartoons . Applause, New York 2006, p. 100.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Gardiner, Bob |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Gardiner, James Robbins (real name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American animator |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 19, 1951 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Torrance |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 21, 2005 |
| Place of death | Grass Valley (California) |