Asterisk animation

Asterisk Animation was a design and animation production company in New York. It closed in 2011 and became Ace&Son.

Filmography

• Stepford Wives scene (2004)
• The White Countess scene (2005)
• Fraidy Catz short (2005)
• Curious (2006)
• Ghost Foot (2006)
• Chicago 10 scenes (2007)
• Little Pim (2010)

Other notable projects include several films with rock band They Might Be Giants. Four of these pieces were created for the Disney DVD Here Come the ABCs, and two were made for Here Come the 123s. Two more were made in 2005 for Venue Songs. Experimental film artist Martha Colburn worked with Asterisk on Celebrate Brooklyn and underground comix artist Kim Deitch allowed the use of Waldo the Cat for Dallas.

In 2006 Asterisk developed and produced a pilot for Comedy Central.

Asterisk produced the graphics and animation for WNET/Thirteen science mini-series Curious. Further collaborations with WNET/Thirteen include graphics for American Masters Marvin Gaye: What's Going On?, Make 'Em Laugh and the pilot of the news series Need To Know.

During the 2008 Presidential Campaign, the studio produced The Naked Campaign for The New Yorker in conjunction with Gail Levin and Steve Brodner.

In 2010 Asterisk completed 25 minutes of animation for David Grubin's 2010 film The Buddha which is scheduled to air 7 April 2010 on PBS.

External links

• Official Website
• Richard O'Connor at IMDB
• The Naked Campaign