August 2004

The animations of Faith Hubley (1924-2001) have received wide acclaim for their humanistic vision. Indigenous cosmologies and art, concerns of women, children and the environment influenced Hubley as an artist and communicator. She created works together with her husband, animator John Hubley, until his death, and with the assistance of her children, animator Emily Hubley and singer Georgina Hubley. The Hubleys won three Oscars for short subject animation. For twenty-five years Hubley taught young artists and filmmakers storyboard design at Yale University's Department of Art. In 2000, a year before her death, she was awarded the Golden Gate Persistence of Vision Awards at the San Francisco International Film Festival.

Reprinted from Sundance 2000 catalog:
“I liberate [the image], get it out of its frame…Like all genuinely beautiful things, it’s very simple so it’s not exclusive…I believe poetry more than I believe history. I believe painting, folktales, mythology, good common sense. I may know nothing; I just want my eyes open to many possibilities.”

Screened by NMAI

• Northern Ice, Golden Sun (2002) producer and director
• Cloudland (1998) producer, animator
• Rainbows of Hawai'i (1998) producer, animator
• Amazonia (1990) producer, director, animator
• Time of the Angels (1987) producer and director
• Starlore (1983) producer and director

Image credit: Faith Hubley - courtesy of Lucious Barre; Faith Hubley - courtesy of Animation World Magazine