Table of Contents

Foreword by Serge Bromberg
Neighbours (Norman McLaren, Oscar 1952)
Frank Film (Frank Mouris, Oscar 1973)
Le Chateau de sable (Co Hoedman, Oscar 1977)
A Legy (Ferenc Rofusz, Oscar 1980)
Anna & Bella (Borge Ring, Oscar 1985)
L'homme qui plantait des arbres (Frederic Back, Oscar 1987)
Balance (Christoph and Wolfgang Lauenstein, Oscar 1989)
Manipulation (Daniel Greaves, Oscar 1991)
Mona Lisa descending a staircase (Joan C. Gratz, Oscar 1992)
Quest (Tyron Montgomery, Oscar 1996)
The Old Man of the Sea (Alexandre Petrov, Oscar 1999)
Father and Daughter (Michael Dudok de Wit, Oscar 2000)
Harvie Krumpet (Adam Elliot, Oscar 2003)

About the Author

Olivier Cotte worked as an animation and computer artist for movies, and as a animation director between 1987 and 2002. He is a journalist, historian and animation teacher. He studied in fine art school and at the Sorbone and started making his first films at the age of fourteen. He collaborates as a journalist on numerous film animation and new digital tools magazines. He has written nine books on animation, of which one is a technical and historic world encyclopedia of animation "Il etait une fois le dessin anime" (Once Upon A Time.in Animation - 2001), two monographs about animation directors (David Ehrlich, Georges Schwizgebel) and has also translated a book on animation methods "The Animator's Survival Kit" by Richard Williams into French. He also works with international animation festivals and major events in animation as a selection jury member and jury member and lecturer on animation history and teaches in several animation schools in France and around the world.

Reviews

'An insight into the minds and techniques of the undisputed masters of their art.'
Peter Lord, Aardman Animation Creator and Director

'Secrets of Oscar-winning Animation provides animators with a rare insight into the creative processes and production methodologies of Oscar winning film-makers. By bringing personal accounts of the film-makers and key production collaborators together in one volume, Olivier Cottee provides an invaluable testament to the creative diversity of animation excellence.'
Jeremy Moorshead, Animation Department Chair, Savannah College of Art and Design

'The joy, genius and magic of independent animated filmmaking is still very much alive and well! This book, more than any other, champions a great cause. A fabulous read! Thank you to the author, the Academy and the filmmakers for showing the world what the infinite potential of animation is capable of achieving at its highest level. and what great personal sacrifices are required by the filmmaker to make it all happen!'

Tony White: Award-winning animator, President of the 'Animaticus Foundation' and author of 'Animation from Pencils to Pixels - Classical Techniques for Digital Filmmakers'.

'Secrets of Oscar-winning Animation is a richly illustrated and well-researched read for animation students, professionals, and laypersons as well. If one wishes to gain a glimpse of how animators and directors think, plan, and surmount seemingly impossible problems while creating works of acclaimed beauty and genius, one could not do better than reading Cotte's book.' - Animation World Magazine

"Oliver Cotte's excellent new book, Secrets of Oscar-winning Animation, offers a chance to revisit 13 of these eclectic Oscar-winning shorts, through in-depth interviews and behind-the-scenes notes about the making of each mini masterpiece. Cotte does such a great job we kind of wish he had compiled a whole series of books about each and every animated short favored by old man Oscar." - Animation, September 2007