Jeffrey Leiser

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Norsk Folksang
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Norsk Folksang

Apr 25, 2011
Emerging from the sea onto land an axolotl swims through complex terrain parallel to a man searching for an encounter with God.
Animation
Landvættir (Iceland)
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Landvættir (Iceland)

Sep 01, 2004
an unforgettable journey across the Icelandic landscape as mixing live action and pixilation to produce an enchanting, timeless short film. Shot on Kodachrome Super 8mm in western, northern, eastern and southen Iceland including interior Iceland in late summer 2004. Dedicated to Buddy King Leiser.
Documentary
Faustbook
7.3

Faustbook

Apr 25, 2006
A troubled mortician embarks on an odyssey for truth about life and death.
Horror
Autumn
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Autumn

Oct 31, 2001
childhood memories of Autumn
Family
Terra Incognita
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Terra Incognita

Oct 30, 2002
Terra Incognita is a multi-plane cut out animation made from photocopies of 19th century illustrations made during the race to the poles and drawings by Eric Leiser. For the puppet performance it was flat-rod puppets on a proscenium stage with a screen behind them, onto which the animation Terra Incognita is projected. Many of the sea monster puppets and ships performed in sync with the animated ones, along with splashes of water and powdered chalk to mimic snowfall. These techniques came from my time studying puppet theater in Prague, in 2002, and learning from Svankmajer and Svankmajerova. It was a lot of fun to both animate and to perform live with Jeffrey's wonder score. At the same time the film comments on the colonial race to claim the Arctic by various countries—a race that, in a sense, is still going on today, but this time again for oil—and the murders of the Inuit people who had inhabited the land for millennia.
Animation
Dream: One
8.5

Dream: One

Jun 05, 2005
16mm life size stop motion puppetry and time lapse animation.
Faustbook
7.3

Faustbook

Apr 25, 2006
A troubled mortician embarks on an odyssey for truth about life and death.
Horror
Seraphim on the Go!
6

Seraphim on the Go!

Oct 30, 2021
a life size stop motion child puppet races through memories and daydreams reflecting on the cyclical nature of life.
Animation
Norsk Folksang
6

Norsk Folksang

Apr 25, 2011
Emerging from the sea onto land an axolotl swims through complex terrain parallel to a man searching for an encounter with God.
Animation
Psalms
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Psalms

Jan 02, 2003
A personal experimental exploration of the book of Psalms in the Holy Bible
Animation
Eclectic Shorts by Eric Leiser
1
Eric Leiser displays his boundless creativity in this short collection; A stunning compilation of works presented with a mixture of live action, stop motion animation, puppetry and pixilation techniques, produced between 2001 and 2006.
Animation
Twilight Park
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Twilight Park

Dec 25, 2025
Twilight Park, a life size stop motion animated feature film about a boy Seraphim who along with Howie Heehaw; a rodeo show clown from Tibet, gets the chance to enter his narcoleptic/dementia addled Grandpa's mind and live out his past memories in order to save him.
Animation
LAND
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LAND

Apr 03, 2013
LAND is a fluid series of formal land animation experiments based upon the imprint of landscapes in various locations and intuitive interpretations of those movements. Shot in New York, Thimble Islands Bear Island, Connecticut, Armstrong Redwoods, Sonoma County, California, Hastings, England. note* (part of the EYE Filmmuseum Permanent Collection)
Animation
Regeneration
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Regeneration

Apr 30, 2009
Regeneration is a film about transformation. Starting in a dark place the character reaches toward the divine and breaks into the world of the spirit. Through this act representing an outstretched hand we see that the Holy Spirit represented as a dove is pursuing us even more urgently. The meeting of the two represents the freedom in flight found in trusting fully in the Holy Spirit and is completed with the return to the heart now fully regenerated.
Animation
Transylvania
7

Transylvania

Apr 03, 2006
A Romany woman travels from Praha to her home in Transylvania
Fantasy
Tír na nÓg
6

Tír na nÓg

Jan 01, 2008
a woman's spiritual journey in Ireland on All Hallow-Een
Fantasy
Young Faustus
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Young Faustus

Jan 02, 2005
short film made in anticipation of feature film FAUSTBOOK released in 2006 starring Jacob Faust
Horror
Anthropic Principle
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Anthropic Principle

Oct 26, 2016
arc of the natural world’s evolution from the primeval environment to the Anthropocene and back again premiered in program Death is Green at the Whitney Museum of American Art part of Dreamlands: Immersive Cinema and Art 1905-2016 organized by Chrissie Iles
Animation
Apocalypsis:Theosis
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Apocalypsis:Theosis

Oct 26, 2017
“Revelation” (Gr. apokalypsis) means the uncovering of something that has been previously hidden, in this case the final triumph of the kingdom of God.
Animation
Superfluidity
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Superfluidity

Apr 24, 2017
Glass plate film reflection holograms dance throughout space and time.
Animation
Santa Rosa
6

Santa Rosa

Apr 25, 2021
A family deals with loss of a family member while reflecting on moments of happiness
Family