Michael Rudnick

Film by Michael Rudnick

DR. HAWAII is a film project made by Rock Ross and Michael Rudnick in the early 1970s while both were students at the San Francisco Art Institute. It is a unique sampler of all the various cameras, lenses, film equipment, techniques, filmstocks, editing, lighting, A/B/C/D roll FX, tricks and gimmicks. These various disciplines were incorporated into the film as they were learned. The structure that all this hangs on is that of a man watching television and imagining he is the star of all the shows... also domestic tension raises the stress. There is no escape... or is there?

Film by Michael Rudnick

A stop-motion animation made against a vertical pin screen describes a pedestrian, yet powerful pontification by No Nothing Cinema co-founder Dean Snider.

Collaboration between Michael Rudnick and Rock Ross.

Short film.

Film by Michael Rudnick

DR. HAWAII is a film project made by Rock Ross and Michael Rudnick in the early 1970s while both were students at the San Francisco Art Institute. It is a unique sampler of all the various cameras, lenses, film equipment, techniques, filmstocks, editing, lighting, A/B/C/D roll FX, tricks and gimmicks. These various disciplines were incorporated into the film as they were learned. The structure that all this hangs on is that of a man watching television and imagining he is the star of all the shows... also domestic tension raises the stress. There is no escape... or is there?

Film by Michael Rudnick

A stop-motion animation made against a vertical pin screen describes a pedestrian, yet powerful pontification by No Nothing Cinema co-founder Dean Snider.

Collaboration between Michael Rudnick and Rock Ross.

Short film.

Film by Michael Rudnick

Film by Michael Rudnick

Short film by Michael Rudnick.

Tribute to the filmmaker's late father, Isadore Rudnick

Short film by Michael Rudnick

Compilation film by Michael Rudnick, shot on 5 different film stocks.

This film describes life in San Francisco through the windows of the director’s apartment.

Film by Michael Rudnick

A Film by Michael Rudnick

Collaboration between Rock Ross and Michael Rudnick.

Film by Michael Rudnick

Mold effects, as you might expect.

“...a box of fire.”

Two very cute puppies peer unblinkingly into Michael Rudnick's camera.

Short film by Michael Rudnick

The hills and light of San Francisco create a continuous visual adventure in urban space: buildings and streets rove in height and depth as the open sky shifts from spot to spot, and nothing quite stays as it first appears.

Film by Michael Rudnick

Film by Michael Rudnick

Okay, so Wirework is not an animated film, but it deals with the fundamental concerns of animation so clearly and directly that it I had to include it as part of this program. Don't miss a chance to see Rudnick's rotating wire sculptures in person if you can!

Film by the UC Davis Art Dept. under supervision of Michael Rudnick

Short film by Michael Rudnick

A short film about the family dog.

Short film.