Bob Gardiner (animator)

James Robbins "Bob" Gardiner (March 19, 1951 – April 21, 2005) was a multi-talented artist, painter, cartoonist, animator, holographer, musician, storyteller and comedy writer,[1][2] who invented the stop-motion 3-D clay animation technique that Will Vinton would later market as Claymation although Bob preferred the term Sculptimation for his frame-by-frame method of sculpting plasticine clay characters and sets. Closed Mondays was preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2012.[3]

Bob Gardiner
Bob Gardiner, circa 1978
Born
James Robbins Gardiner

(1951-03-19)March 19, 1951
Torrance, California
DiedApril 21, 2005(2005-04-21) (aged 54)
Grass Valley, California

Filmography
  • Closed Mondays (1974), writer, art direction and sculptimation
  • Mountain Music (1975), art direction and sculptimation (uncredited) [4]

Graphic art
1979 advertising posters by Bob Gardiner
  • Advertising poster for Bob Gardiner's multi-media event, January 25, 1979, at Strutters' Hall, Portland, OR.
  • Advertising poster for Bob Gardiner's multi-media event, February 1, 1979, at Strutters' Hall, Portland, OR.
  • Advertising poster for Bob Gardiner's multi-media event, July 27-29 & August 3-5, 1979, at The Alligator Palace Vaudeville Theatre, La Conner, WA.
  • Advertising poster for Bob Gardiner's multi-media event, October 25,1979, at Merchants' Public House, Portland, OR.
  • Advertising poster for Bob Gardiner's multi-media fundraiser event on behalf of The Food Front, November 28, 1979, at The Earth Tavern, Portland, OR.
Lost mural by Bob Gardiner
  • Lost mural painted by Bob Gardiner on exterior wall of a Portland repertory theater no longer in business, circa early 1980s.

Accolades

Gardiner and Vinton won the Oscar for Best Animated Short in 1975[5] for Closed Mondays (1974).[6][7]

References
  1. James Gardiner Obituary -CA|San Francisco Chronicle
  2. James Robbins 'Bob' Gardiener -- Oscar winner - SFGate
  3. "Preserved Projects". Academy Film Archive.
  4. Oddball Films: Tunes and Toons: Animated Adventures in Musicland - Thur. Nov. 19th - 8PM
  5. 1975|Oscars.org
  6. The Portland DIY Clay Experiment That Changed Animation Forever.TV|OPB
  7. Short Film Winners: 1975 Oscars
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