Since graduating from The Sa-
vannah College of Art and Design,
he has moved to Portland which
has become something of a hub
for stop-motion work.
The imagery in Pit Stop is so fan-
tastic and creative that we reached
out to the filmmaker to learn more.
What first got you interested
in stop motion animation and
what do you like best about the
genre?
I’ve always had a love for stop
motion films growing up, I re-
member really enjoying films like
James and the Giant Peach and
The Nightmare Before Christmas
as a child, but once I was in col-
lege, I was introduced to some
more experimental stop-motion
films that really deepened my
interest in the medium. I have
a lot of favorites now, but Jan
Švankmajer’s Dimensions of Dia-
logue is one in particular that
made me fall in love with the
genre even more. I realized that
my favorite part of Stop-Motion
was how non-traditional and phys-
Watch Švankmajer’s Dimensions of Dialogue
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