John Korty Movies

The movie, and true story, is about how Harold began working for the garbage industry in New Jersey only to find out that it was run by the Mafia....

A PBS documentary from around 1982 about San Francisco bay area animators. It features Marcy Page, Jeff Hale, Sally Cruikshank, Bud Luckey, Rudy...

A small girl vents her rage at the world, frustrated by the problems of everyday life, until her younger brother offers her part of his orange.

Animated story about the rivalry that develops between two friends, Paper and String, because of their different abilities. In the end, both friends...

This drama is based on a John Updike story and is narrated by the author. It is the tale of an angst-filled hero attending music school.

Pacifist plea sponsored by a Quaker group. To a voice-over commentary describing the arms race, Language of Faces presents a montage of human faces...

A film version of Edward Lear's narrative poem about the owl and the pussycat who went to sea in a pea-green boat

A John Korty Cartoon

This documentary film comprises of interviews with five Vietnam War veterans in 1982 in prison for violent crimes committed after leaving the...

An improvisational comedian, working with The Committee improv group in San Francisco, struggles to be taken seriously.

A fascinating insight into the life and works of photographer Imogen Cunningham. Coming into public attention around 1910, she was celebrated in the...

A man tries to record a crocodile eating crisp crackers, but he doesn’t hear the cracker sound twice. So he decides to go in the crocodile's...

A young unmarried couple leave the politically turbulent Berkeley behind for a life in the country. Finding a place in sheep country, the couple...

Yellow drops don't want to play with a red ball at first, but they make a good flower together.

Two people think they hear a BARK in the DARK.

A purple/red figure plays around with a typewriter, until he stubs his toe with the letter T on it.

A scrapbook is filled with pictures of "You."

The letter Q keeps the rest of her word QUIET in silence.

Pat talks about the letter P.

Two smokestacks comment on the smog and how nobody smiles.