List of short film series

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Template:Dynamic list Template:Film series List of short film series

19th century

1890s

Name Studio Instalments First Last Medium Note(s) Ref(s)
1896 Melbourne Cup Carnival Lumière 15 Arrivée d’un train à Melbourne Présentation du vainqueur Documentary [1]
English cricket team in Australia in 1897–98 Falk Studios 4 Prince Ranjitsinhji Practising Batting in the Nets New South Wales Cricket team leaving the field Documentary [2]

20th century

1910s

Name Studio Instalments First Last Medium Note(s) Ref(s)
Sherlock Holmes Éclair 8 The Speckled Band (1912) The Copper Beeches (1913) Live action [3]
Colonel Heeza Liar Bray Productions 58 Colonel Heeza Liar In Africa (November 23, 1913) Colonel Heeza Liar, Nature Faker (December 1, 1924) Animation [4]
The Police Dog Bray Productions 12 The Police Dog (November 21, 1914) The Pinkerton Pup's Portrait (February 25, 1918) Animation [5]
Bobby Bumps Bray Productions 75 Bobby Bumps Gets Pa's Goat (1915) Bobby Bumps and Company (1925) Animation Fresh Fish (1922) includes live-action [6]

1920s

Name Studio Instalments First Last Medium Note(s) Ref(s)
Aesop's Fables Fable Studios, Inc. N/A The Goose That Laid the Golden Eggs (May 13, 1921) N/A Animation [7]
Brownie the Wonder Dog Century Film Company N/A Brownie's Little Venus (1921) Little Johnny Jones (1923) Live-action [8]
Bray Magazine Bray Studios 4 Strap Hangers If We Reversed (1923) Animation [9]
Alice Comedies Disney Company 57 Alice's Wonderland (1923) Alice in the Big League (1927) Live action and animation [10]
Let George Do It Universal Pictures 40 George The Winner (1926) The Cut-Ups (1929) Live action [11]

1930s

Name Studio Instalments First Last Medium Note(s) Ref(s)
Spooney Melodies Warner Bros. 5 Cryin' for the Carolines (December 1930) For You (December 1931) Live action [12]
Puppetoons George Pal 40 Midnight (1932) Sweet Pacific (1948) Stop-motion and puppetering [13]

1940s

Name Studio Instalments First Last Medium Note(s) Ref(s)
Gabby Fleischer Studios 8 King for a Day (October 18, 1940) It's a Hap-Hap-Happy Day (August 15, 1941) Animation [14]
Stone Age Cartoons Fleischer Studios 12 Way Back When a Triangle Had Its Points (26 January 1940) Way Back When Women Had Their Weigh (26 September 1940) Animation [15]
Superman Paramount Pictures 17 Superman (September 26, 1941) Terror on the Midway (August 28, 1942) Animation [16]

1950s

Name Studio Instalments First Last Medium Note(s) Ref(s)
Kartunes Famous Studios 12 Vegetable Vaudeville (November 9, 1951) No Place Like Rome (July 31, 1953) Animation [17]
Spike and Tyke Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer 2 Give and Tyke (March 29, 1957) Scat Cats (July 26, 1957) Animation [18]
Modern Madcaps Famous Studios 65 Right Off the Bat (November 17, 1958) The Blacksheep Blacksmith (1967) Animation [19]

1960s

Name Studio Instalments First Last Medium Note(s) Ref(s)
World Wide Adventures Warner Bros. 38 A Touch of Gold (October 1962) A Walk Through the Sounds of Switzerland (July 1, 1970) Live-action [20]
Red Asphalt California Highway Patrol 5 Red Asphalt (1964) Red Asphalt V (2006) Live-action Documentaries [21]
The Inspector DePatie–Freleng Enterprises 34 The Great De Gaulle Stone Operation (December 21, 1965) Carte Blanched (May 14, 1969) Animation [22]

1970s

Name Studio Instalments First Last Medium Note(s) Ref(s)
The Three Fools Donyo Donev 11 The Three Fools (June 27, 1970) The Three Fools Non-stop (June 10, 1990) Animation [23]
The Blue Racer DePatie–Freleng Enterprises 17 Hiss and Hers (July 3, 1972) Little Boa Peep (January 16, 1974) Animation [24]
The Dogfather DePatie–Freleng Enterprises 17 The Dogfather (June 27, 1974) Medicur (April 30, 1976) Animation

1980s

Name Studio Instalments First Last Medium Note(s) Ref(s)
Sweet Disaster Channel 4 5 Babylon (1986) Death of a Speechwriter (1986) Animation [25]
Roger Rabbit Disney 3 Tummy Trouble (June 23, 1989) Trail Mix-Up (March 12, 1993) Animation and live-action [26]

1990s

Name Studio Instalments First Last Medium Note(s) Ref(s)
The Spirit of Christmas Avenging Conscience 2 Jesus vs. Frosty (December 8, 1992) Jesus vs. Santa (December 1, 1995) Animation [27]
The Fairly OddParents Nickelodeon 10 The Fairly OddParents! (September 4, 1998) Super Humor (March 23, 2001) Animation

21st century

2000s

Name Studio Instalments First Last Medium Note(s) Ref(s)
The Hire BMW 13 Ambush (2001) The Escape (2016) Live-action
893239 24 As for the Fingers (2006) Yakuza's Delivery (2007) Live-action
Assassin's Creed: Lineage Ubisoft 3 One (26 October 2009) Three (2009) Animation

2010s

Name Studio Instalments First Last Medium Note(s) Ref(s)
DC Showcase Warner Bros. Animation 9 The Spectre (February 23, 2010) Adam Strange (May 19, 2020) Animation
Toy Story Toons Pixar 3 Hawaiian Vacation (June 24, 2011) Partysaurus Rex (September 14, 2012) Animation
Marvel One-Shots Marvel Studios 5 The Consultant (September 13, 2011) All Hail the King (February 4, 2014) Live-action
The Grasslands Project National Film Board of Canada 10 A Rancher’s View (May 6, 2016) Les Fransaskois (May 14, 2016) Live-action Documentaries [28]
Team Thor Marvel Studios 3 Team Thor (July 23, 2016) Team Darryl (February 20, 2018) Live-action Mocumentaries

2020s

Name Studio Instalments First Last Medium Note(s) Ref(s)
Short Circuit Disney 14 Puddles (January 24, 2020) Fetch (January 24, 2020) Animation [29]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Jackson, Sally (1 November 2013). "Melbourne Cup fashion, 1896". Australia: National Film and Sound Archive. Retrieved 11 November 2020.
  2. ↑ Jackson, Sally. "Investigating the first cricket films". National Film and Sound Archive. Retrieved 11 November 2020.
  3. ↑ Davies, David Stuart (1978). Holmes of the Movies. Bramhall House. p. 164. ISBN 0-517-232790.
  4. ↑ Kanfer, Stefan (2000). Serious Business: The Art and Commerce of Animation in America from Betty Boop to Toy Story. Da Capo Press. p. 48. ISBN 978-0306809187. Retrieved 25 January 2020.
  5. ↑ Lenburg, Jeff (2009). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons (3rd ed.). New York: Checkmark Books. p. 44. ISBN 978-0-8160-6600-1.
  6. ↑ Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. pp. 22–23. ISBN 0-8160-3831-7. Retrieved 16 May 2020.
  7. ↑ Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. pp. 18-20, 49–50. ISBN 0-8160-3831-7. Retrieved May 16, 2020.
  8. ↑ Cary, Diana Serra (1 September 2004). Jackie Coogan: The World's Boy King: A Biography of Hollywood's Legendary Child Star. Scarecrow Press. pp. 71–. ISBN 978-0-585-46687-3.
  9. ↑ "Bray Magazine Theatrical Cartoon Series". www.bcdb.com. www.bcdb.com. Retrieved 31 March 2013.
  10. ↑ Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. pp. 20–21. ISBN 0-8160-3831-7. Retrieved 16 May 2020.
  11. ↑ Massa, Steve (2017). Slapstick Divas: The Women of Silent Comedy. BearManor Media. p. 1910. ISBN 978-1629331324. Retrieved May 21, 2020.
  12. ↑ Liebman, Roy (2003). Vitaphone Films: A Catalogue of the Features and Shorts. MacFarland.
  13. ↑ Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. pp. 85–86. ISBN 0-8160-3831-7. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
  14. ↑ Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. p. 83. ISBN 0-8160-3831-7. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
  15. ↑ Stuart B. McIver (1998). Dreamers, Schemers and Scalawags. Pineapple Press Inc. pp. 47. ISBN 1561641553. Stone Age Cartoons, Paramount.
  16. ↑ Barrier, Michael (1999). Hollywood Cartoons. New York: Oxford University Press, pp. 303-305. ISBN 0-19-516729-5.
  17. ↑ Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. p. 97. ISBN 0-8160-3831-7. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
  18. ↑ Maltin, Leonard (1980). Of Mice and Magic: History of American Animated cartoons.
  19. ↑ Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. pp. 112–113. ISBN 0-8160-3831-7. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
  20. ↑ Liebman, Roy Vitaphone Films – A Catalogue of the Features and Shorts 2003 McFarland & Company
  21. ↑ Martin J. Smith (21 June 2006). "Thrills! Nausea! Bad acting!". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on 6 November 2007. Retrieved 1 June 2011.
  22. ↑ Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. p. 95. ISBN 0-8160-3831-7. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
  23. ↑ (in Bulgarian) Donyo Donev biographical documentary by the Bulgarian National TV
  24. ↑ Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. pp. 56–57. ISBN 0-8160-3831-7. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
  25. ↑ "BFI Screenonline: Anderson, David (1952-) Biography". screenonline.org.uk. Retrieved 2014-01-31.
  26. ↑ Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. p. 130. ISBN 0-8160-3831-7. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
  27. ↑ Johnson-Woods, Toni (2007). Blame Canada!: South Park and popular culture. Continuum. p. 4. ISBN 978-0826417305.
  28. ↑ "World premiere set for NFB's 'The Grasslands Project'". Fort Macleod Gazette. 4 May 2016. Retrieved 30 September 2016.
  29. ↑ Daniell, Mark (December 31, 2019). "What's new on Netflix, Crave, Amazon, Disney+, Apple TV+ and YouTube in January". Toronto Sun.
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