Jeff Scher Movies

  • 1997
    Yours

    Yours

    Yours

    4.91997HD

    An animated short film created by the artist Jeff Scher.

    Yours
  • 1998
    Sid

    Sid

    Sid

    01998HD

    This film was really Sid’s idea, I was just the cameraman. Sid was an obsessive Boston Terrier whose idea of bliss was to be swung around on a...

    Sid
  • 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
  • 2013
    Tunnel Vision

    Tunnel Vision

    Tunnel Vision

    02013HD

    Jeff Scher's 2013 ode to underground public transport.

    Tunnel Vision
  • 2021
    Graham Nash: Dirty Little Secret

    Graham Nash: Dirty Little Secret

    Graham Nash: Dirty Little Secret

    02021HD

    The Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921 is retold in song and animation.

    Graham Nash: Dirty Little Secret
  • 1976
    NYC

    NYC

    NYC

    01976HD

    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
  • 2003
    While You Were Sleeping

    While You Were Sleeping

    While You Were Sleeping

    82003HD

    The fleeting inverted image of the landscape in the raindrops as they swell from drop to drip is an optical phenomenon, but to me it’s pure...

    While You Were Sleeping
  • 2020
    Crazy Walk

    Crazy Walk

    Crazy Walk

    02020HD

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

    Crazy Walk
  • 1998
    Bang Bang

    Bang Bang

    Bang Bang

    01998HD

    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
  • 2009
    Where There's Smoke

    Where There's Smoke

    Where There's Smoke

    02009HD

    Dancing flames of a burning log in a fireplace can take you out of yourself and connect you with a deep and primal place. Echoes of holidays past...

    Where There's Smoke
  • 2012
    The Shadow's Dream

    The Shadow's Dream

    The Shadow's Dream

    02012HD

    The Shadow's Dream
  • 1995
    Kodachrome Love Poem

    Kodachrome Love Poem

    Kodachrome Love Poem

    01995HD

    Kodachrome Love Poem
  • 2020
    Vote

    Vote

    Vote

    02020HD

    Vote
  • 1998
    Postcards From Warren

    Postcards From Warren

    Postcards From Warren

    01998HD

    The postcards in this film were all sent to me by my friend and filmmaking mentor, Warren Sonbert, who died of AIDS in 1995. Warren was a great...

    Postcards From Warren
  • 1970
    Ashtray Ballet

    Ashtray Ballet

    Ashtray Ballet

    01970HD

    "I made this in 1975 while in college. It was my anti smoking response to Oskar Fischinger's cigarette commercials. It was aired a few times on PBS."...

    Ashtray Ballet
  • 1997
    Whiplash

    Whiplash

    Whiplash

    01997HD

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

    Whiplash