BobStenhouse
- Animator
Bob Stenhouse, the first Kiwi animator to be nominated for an Academy Award, spent 12 years working for state television. After joining the Government’s National Film Unit in 1980, he made Oscar-nominated short The Frog, The Dog and the Devil. Stenhouse’s later films have included several Joy Cowley short stories, plus award-winning short The Orchard, a Japanese fable adapted to a New Zealand setting.
Screenography
Biography
Bob Stenhouse was born and raised in Dunedin. His childhood involved many Disney and Beano comics, and repeated borrowings of Walt Disney book The Art of Animation from the library. That interest in animation grew while at Canterbury University’s Ilam School of Fine Arts. In 1968 he won an international award judged by legendary British-based animator John Halas; Stenhouse’s short The Equality of Man illustrated one aspect of the United Nations Declaration of Human Rights.
Awards
2000 Annecy International Festival of Film Animation (France)
Jewel of the Century: The Frog, the Dog and the Devil
1996 Chicago International Children's Film Festival (United States)
Jury Prize: for The Orchard
“The main kick is seeing the artwork move and the effects that can be achieved, and seeing the reaction of other viewers.”