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Max Porter

Born January 1, 1981 · New York, USA (age 45)

Max Porter (born 1981 in New York) is an American animator and filmmaker. He is best known for his stop-motion film Negative Space, for which he received critical acclaim and was co-nominated for an Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film with co-director and wife Ru Kuwahata. He is a faculty member at the Rhode Island School of Design. Description above from the Wikipedia article Max Porter (…

Known For

They Might Be Giants: Here Comes ScienceThey Might Be Giants: Here Comes Science · 2009
They Might Be Giants: Here Comes Science
★ 6.02009
MovieAnimationMusic
Here Comes Science is a 2009 children's album from Brooklyn-based band They Might Be Giants, packaged as a CD/DVD set. The album is (as the title suggests) science-themed, and is the third in their line of educational albums, following 2005's Here Come the ABCs and 2008's Here Come the 123s. It is the band's 14th studio album and fourth children's album. It was nominated for the "Best Musical Album For Children" Grammy.
Cartoon PhysicsCartoon Physics · 2026
Cartoon Physics
★ 6.52026
MovieAnimationDrama
When a four-year-old girl discovers a dead bird in the garden, her mother is swept into a world where reality unfolds like a cartoon. Inspired by a poem by Nick Flynn, this film is a meditation on a mother's attempt to protect her daughter's sense of wonder.
Perfect HouseguestPerfect Houseguest · 2015
Perfect Houseguest
★ 6.02015
MovieAnimationComedy
A house is visited by a clean, organized, well-mannered guest.
Porcelain BirdsPorcelain Birds
Porcelain Birds
MovieAnimation
Kayo, a Japanese high school stu­dent, arrives in California as part of a new school exchange program fund­ed by an American billionaire. She learns how to integrate into this confusing new culture with a Japanese talking ostrich.
Negative SpaceNegative Space · 2017
Negative Space
★ 7.42017
MovieAnimationDrama
Even though Sam's father is hardly ever home because he is often away on business trips, he is able to connect with his son by teaching him how to pack a suitcase.
Something Left, Something TakenSomething Left, Something Taken · 2010
Something Left, Something Taken
★ 7.02010
MovieAnimationComedy
Everyone who enters a crime scene leaves something behind and takes something away. "Something Left, Something Taken" is an animated dark comedy about a vacationing couple's encounter with a man they believe to be the Zodiac Killer.
Between TimesBetween Times · 2014
Between Times
★ 3.32014
MovieAnimation
From the wall of a small town bakery, a cuckoo clock recounts a day where bread was sliced one second thick, lovers fell in sync and time rarely flowed at an even rate.

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