special projects with t.j.s.

Cartoon Carnival: 
The Documentary

Tommy José Stathes is Consulting Producer on Cartoon Carnival: The Documentary--a fun and informative new documentary about the early days of animation. An Andrew T. Smith production. 

the bray animation project

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The Bray Animation Project is an online guide to the first successful cartoon studio and its pioneering 1913-1936 animated films. It's also a database showing which of the studio's films are  known to survive. 

Visit the Bray Animation Project

tcm silent animation: 2012

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In October 2012, T.J.S. provided a program of early animation to Turner Classic Movies for a Sunday evening of animation broadcasts. The program's focus was animation produced in New York City in the first three decades of the cartoon industry. Veteran TCM host Robert Osborne presented the cartoons, co-hosted by noted animation historian Jerry Beck. A guide to the program is here.

Turner classic movies: 
100th Anniversary of 
bray studios (2014)

In October of 2014, T.J.S. provided Turner Classic Movies with a selection of ten animated shorts celebrating the centennial of Bray Studios' incorporation as part of the network's "Back to the Drawing Board" evening of animation programming. The Bray films were sourced from the Stathes Archives and the Bray Animation Project in newly-mastered digital HD restorations. Robert Osborne hosted with T.J.S. as guest co-host. T.J.S.' guide to the program is here and TCM's online article about the show is here. 

Book Contributions

OTHER CONTRIBUTIONS
Furniss, Maureen. The New History of Animation. (Thames and Hudson, 2016) Paul Terry cartoon film still.

Apgar, Garry. Mickey Mouse: Emblem of the American Spirit. (Walt Disney Family Foundation Press, 2015)
Various early animation film stills/images (erroneously uncredited in first printing).

Engle, John. Surfing in the Movies: A Critical History. (McFarland, 2015) Bobby Bumps film still.

Gerstein, David. Walt Disney's Mickey Mouse: "Race to Death Valley." (Fantagraphics, 2011) Mutt & Jeff film stills.

Yoe, Craig. The Complete Milt Gross. (IDW, 2010)
Bray / Lantz film still. 
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The Complete Cubby Bear (Blu-ray/DVD, Thunderbean Animation, 2016) Film footage

American Experience: Walt Disney (2015) Film footage

Ub Iwerks' Willie Whopper (Blu-ray/DVD, Thunderbean Animation, 2015) Film footage

Classics From the Van Beuren Studio (Blu-ray/DVD, Thunderbean Animation, 2015) Film footage

Technicolor Dreams and Black and White Nightmares (Blu-ray/DVD, Thunderbean Animation, 2014)
Archival materials