Directing
Fred Mogubgub
Born — Died
1927-09-25 — 1989-03-09
Known for
Directing
Credits
7 titles
Fred Mogubgub was an animator and painter who first came to attention through his films related to the pop art movement of the 1960s in New York City. In 1961, Mogubgub joined designer Pablo Ferro and Lew Schwartz to form Ferro, Mogubgub and Schwartz. In 1964, he left the company to form Mogubgub, Ltd.
Known for
Enter Hamlet is a collage of images in cartoon form of a word put in balloon in each jump-cut scene as that word is said by the narrator Maurice Evans during his “To be or not to be…” soliloquy recording.
Enter Hamlet
1965
Rapidly edited animation set to Don McLean's song "American Pie." Screened in the 1972 New York Film Festival.
American Pie
1972
NRA protest film, reminiscent in part of the famous Picasso painting entitled "Guernica". Expressed in child-like Crayola drawings.
Adagio
1969
A pop art extravaganza featuring tarot cards. Inks, colors, and pens are taken over by the unconscious, exploding in a fury of nightmarish designs. A combination of live action and animation.
Unknown Reasons
1970
A Pop Art extravaganza by Fred Mogubgub from the late-1960s, innovative in the use of the quick cut, this film is a parade of pop icons of its time. Features a pre-Playboy, pre-N. O. W. Gloria Steinem.
The Pop Show
1966
A parade of popular consumer items cut to "The Battle Hymn of the Republic". A great example of Pop Art in film.
The Great Society
1967
Behind the camera
Enter Hamlet is a collage of images in cartoon form of a word put in balloon in each jump-cut scene as that word is said by the narrator Maurice Evans during his “To be or not to be…” soliloquy recording.
Enter Hamlet
1965
Rapidly edited animation set to Don McLean's song "American Pie." Screened in the 1972 New York Film Festival.
American Pie
1972
NRA protest film, reminiscent in part of the famous Picasso painting entitled "Guernica". Expressed in child-like Crayola drawings.
Adagio
1969
NRA protest film, reminiscent in part of the famous Picasso painting entitled "Guernica". Expressed in child-like Crayola drawings.
Adagio
1969
A pop art extravaganza featuring tarot cards. Inks, colors, and pens are taken over by the unconscious, exploding in a fury of nightmarish designs. A combination of live action and animation.
Unknown Reasons
1970
A Pop Art extravaganza by Fred Mogubgub from the late-1960s, innovative in the use of the quick cut, this film is a parade of pop icons of its time. Features a pre-Playboy, pre-N. O. W. Gloria Steinem.
The Pop Show
1966
A parade of popular consumer items cut to "The Battle Hymn of the Republic". A great example of Pop Art in film.
The Great Society
1967