Sally Cruikshank

Sally CRUIKSHANK (1949, USA) is an independent animator who began her career in the early 1970s. Working largely outside studio systems, she developed a distinctive hand-drawn animation style marked by surreal humour, rhythmic movement and jazz-influenced timing. She is best known for Quasi at the Quackadero (1975), a short film that brought her wider recognition and led to commissions for film and television. Alongside independent shorts, she has contributed animated sequences to feature films and long-running television programmes, maintaining a personal visual language across commercial and non-commercial contexts.

Filmography

(selection, all short) Ducky (1971), Fun on Mars (1971), Chow Fun (1972), Quasi at the Quackadero (1975), Make Me Psychic (1978), Quasi’s Cabaret Trailer (1980), Anijam (1984), Face Like a Frog (1987), From Your Head (1996)