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Joseph Crockett

is an award-winning animator based in San Francisco. His short animations have appeared in more than a dozen festivals including the Melbourne International Animation Festival, the Hungarian Disability Film Festival, Nahia Film Festival, Visionfest, the Philadelphia Independent Film Festival, the San Francisco Frozen Film Festival, and the Black Maria Film Festival. He is currently working on a project that involves reincarnation, fast food, and insects.

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A mantis madonna presents a sandwich

Mantis Madonna, Untitled Insect Project

A parasite puppeteers insect corpses

Parasite Marionette, Untitled Insect Project

A rotund insect deity presents aspects of pizza

Pizza Deity, Untitled Insect Project

An anthropomorphic rhinoceros beetle illustration

Rhino Spoliator, Untitled Insect Project

A slender anthropomorphic cross-legged insect in seated meditation

Gemini Meditators, Untitled Insect Project

An enormous-looking value meal box with printed images viewed by a small insect in a desert landscape

Value Meal Box, Untitled Insect Project

A woman in a wheelchair speaks to interviewers in a rotoscoped frame of animation

Still from Romantic Chorus, 2021

A Russian tsar looks over his shoulder in a 3d CGI rendering

Still from Ikon's Flight, 2011

A horse and rider approach a royal Russian train car in a digital cut-paper style animation frame

Still from Ikon's Flight, 2011

A figure glows from within and levitates inside a royal train car in a 3d CGI rendering

Still from Ikon's Flight, 2011

A frumpy man examines the menu at a diner in a 3d CGI rendering

Still from Horizon Diner, 2008

A finger presses a tape recorder button in a 3d CGI rendering

Still from Horizon Diner, 2008

A close-up of a 3d CGI rendered jukebox in a diner

Still from Horizon Diner, 2008

An architectural rendering of a high school principal's office

Pre-Visualization image, Step Up, 2006

A close-up of a young man's face with a tear in a flat comic-book style rendering

Still from Baking Life, 2004

A close-up of a man blowing out a match in a flat comic-book style rendering

Still from Baking Life, 2004

A young couple holding hands in a digital illustration, flanked by silhouettes of party-goers

Still from The Scene, 2003

A detective sits at a desk in a shadowy film noir style 3d CGI rendering

Still from Noir, 2003

Romantic Chorus

An animated full-length documentary about sex, love, and relationships featuring animation by Joseph Crockett +20 other animators from around the world. Joseph’s segments spotlighting disabled comedian Jade Theriault were released as a stand-alone short film. Read KQED’s review of Romantic Chorus here.

“Romantic Chorus” is an animated documentary by Jeff M. Giordano & Aaron Gwynn
Romantic Chorus: Jade Honorable Mention 2021 Knowmad Short Film Festival

Ikon's Flight

A short animation that conjures an alternate ending for the collapse of the Russian Empire, twisting notions of power and destiny and revealing Rasputin’s true motives.

Official Selection 2013 San Francisco Frozen Film Festival

Horizon Diner

A short animation about a diner at the center of the universe and one hapless customer.

Winner Best Animation 2008 Philadelphia Independent Film Festival

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