John Korty Movies

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

The restoration of a Steinway becomes a lyrical meditation on following the heart's true passion in this beautifully crafted documentary. A wonderful...

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

The story of the rescue and recovery of an Oklahoma City bomb survivor.

Breaking the Habit is a 1964 American animated short documentary film directed by John Korty about cigarette smoking and lung cancer. It was...

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

John Korty's animated adaptation of Hirosuke Hamada's story (Ryu no Me no Namida) of a little boy's fearless act of inviting a dragon to his birthday...

Pat talks about the letter P.

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

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

This documentary film comprises of interviews with five Vietnam War veterans in 1982 in prison for violent crimes committed after leaving 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 PBS documentary from around 1982 about San Francisco bay area animators. It features Marcy Page, Jeff Hale, Sally Cruikshank, Bud Luckey, Rudy...

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

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

A John Korty Cartoon

Two people think they hear a BARK in the DARK.