Abel's Island (film)

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Abel's Island
Directed by Michael Sporn
Written by William Steig
Maxine Fisher
Michael Sporn
Based on Abel's Island
by William Steig
Produced byGiuliana Nicodemi
Michael Sporn
Starring Tim Curry
Lionel Jeffries
Heidi Stallings
Narrated by Tim Curry
Cinematography Gary Becker
Wolf Ferro
Edited byGregory Perler
Music byArthur Custer
Distributed by Random House
Release date
  • June 2, 1988 (1988-06-02)
Running time
30 minutes
CountriesSwitzerland
United States
LanguageEnglish

Abel's Island is a 1988 Swiss-American [1] short animated film directed by Michael Sporn. [2] It is based on the children's novel Abel's Island by William Steig. [3]

Contents

Cast

Crew

Rendering Artists

Animators

Conductor

Assistant Animators

Background Artists

Animatic

Pencil Test

Accolades

It was nominated for an Emmy Award [5] in 1989 for Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program.

References

  1. BFI
  2. Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. p. 215. ISBN   0-8160-3831-7 . Retrieved June 6, 2020.
  3. Cartoons of a Different Kind|Current|The Criterion Channel
  4. Stephen MacQuignon - IMDb
  5. What Makes 'Abel's Island' an East Coast Classic|Animation Obsessive