Sally Cruikshank—Animator

With a career spanning nearly five decades, Los Angeles–based animator and illustrator Sally Cruikshank explores the boundaries of animated space with a distinctive, cartoony, and often psychedelic style that’s infused with an outlandish sense of humor. Her best-known film, the highly regarded Quasi at the Quackadero (1975), was named to the National Film Registry in 2009. In addition to her independently produced projects, Cruikshank has also created animations for Sesame Street, television commercials, and for Hollywood films, including sequences in Twilight Zone: The Movie (1983) and Ruthless People (1986). Her work has screened at museums, festivals, and art houses all over the world. Please watch this page for a complete lineup for the program.(program approx. 90 mins., 16 & 35mm)

Lineup

Ducky (1971, 3 mins., 16mm)

Fun on Mars (1971, 4:15 mins., 16mm) 

Chow Fun (1972, 5 mins., 16mm)

 Quasi at the Quackadero (1975, 9:57 mins., 35mm)

Make Me Psychic (1978, 7:54 mins., 35mm)

Quasi's Cabaret Trailer (1980, 2:12 mins., 35mm)

Face Like a Frog (1987, 5:25 mins., 35mm)

 Island of Emotion (1990, 1:36 mins., 35mm)

Ooh What a Fabulous Party (1991, 1:14 mins., 35mm)

I'm Curious (1992, 1:32 mins., 35mm)

Your Feet’s Too Big (1994, 1:50 mins., 35mm)

From Your Head (1996, 1:53 mins., 35mm)

Prints courtesy of the Academy Film Archive.