Stalk of the Celery Monster (1979)

Directed by

Tim Burton

Genre

horror film

Country

United States

Runtime

1 min

Rating

6.1 of 10 from 29 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A young Tim Burton made this pencil-animated short while he was a student. It caused a buzz among his classmates and led to a job offer from Disney.

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What happens

Stalk of the Celery Monster is a 1979 short animated film written, directed and animated entirely in pencil by Tim Burton during his time as a student with the California Institute of the Arts. The film caused such a stir among his class that it attracted the attention of the Walt Disney Animation Studios, who offered young Burton an animator's apprenticeship at their studio. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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