The husband-and-wife team of John and Faith Hubley rank among the most influential innovators in the history of American animation. Their short films won three Academy Awards (Moonbird, The Hole, Tijuana Brass Double Feature), four additional nominations (Windy Day, Of Men and Demons, Voyage to Next, A Doonesbury Special), and countless prizes at festivals around the world. The Hubleys recorded their children at play to create rambling, giggling story lines that were heralded as profound explorations of a child's mentality. In Moonbird (1959), two brothers attempt to trap their elusive, imaginary prey using candy as bait. The artists drew the characters in wax, then splashed them with water colors to produce a "resisted" texture that evokes the magic of a moonlit night. As two sisters play in Windy Day (1967), they ponder what the future may hold for them-husbands, adventures, children, and even death. These warm, imaginative shorts depict a child's world as a child perceives it, rather than showing things children do that adults think of as cute. Since John's death in 1977, Faith has continued to make films; Tall Time Tales (1992) and Cloudland (1993) are semi-abstract visual meditations on various aspects of world mythology. -Charles Solomon.