Frame by Frame: The Art and Technique of Film Animation

"...and active animators: Francesca Talenti (RTF professor at UT), Bob Sabiston (RoadHead), and Ben Davis (Conduitfest). Call 236-8877 for..."

April 13, 2000 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Short Cuts

Upcoming events and workshops of interest to the Austin film community.

"...featuring hands-on animation techniques taught by the likes of Bob Sabiston (Flat Black Films) and Ben Davis (Conduit). Admission..."

April 7, 2000 Screens Column by Marc Savlov

Small Screen, Big Ideas

The Territory Begins A New Season

"...RoadHead (Tommy Pallotta and Bob Sabiston, Austin, 14 min, 1998)..."

Oct. 8, 1999 Screens Feature by Sarah Hepola

Spike & Mike's 1998 Classic Festival of Animation

"...narrative's locales recalls the recent work of local animator Bob Sabiston. Pixar's entry this time out (“Geri's Game”) is..."

July 3, 1998 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Local Games for Your Mobile Devices

Lowlander II and Flipping Legend keep your phones busy

"...Bob Sabiston is best known for developing the rotoscoping animation..."

June 26, 2017 Screens Post by Tucker Whatley

Short Cuts

Nude models, big awards, big movies, dead rock stars. Just another week in Austin film.

"...Section 8 partners George Clooney and Steven Soderbergh, and Bob Sabiston, who is onboard as the film's animation director...."

May 14, 2004 Screens Column by Marc Savlov

High Road Construction Ahead

Thomas Pallotta and Delta-9

"...that piques Meredith and Pallotta's interest. One recent example: Bob Sabiston, a computer animator who Pallotta met through his..."

Jan. 17, 1997 Screens Feature by Russell Smith

Once Upon a Time in Austin

The films, the filmmakers, the crews, the making of a scene

"...(based on the book by H.G. Bissinger); with Billy Bob Thornton, Lucas Black, Tim McGraw..."

March 12, 2004 Screens Feature by Louis Black

Dancing About Architecture

The Gourds weren't Phishing for trouble when they covered "Gin and Juice"; the Meat Puppets have (probably) found a new home.

"...of the incident. Footnote: Later that night, lead Screamer Bobby Gillespie managed to lock himself in Marc Savlov's bathroom,..."

June 16, 2000 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Survival of the Fittest?

The unlikely story behind the Austin-based black comedy, Natural Selection.

"...Stephen Root, Northern Exposure's Darren Burrows, Waiting for Guffman's Bob Balaban -- who eagerly jump on board the production..."

Feb. 4, 2000 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Richard Linklater's Memories of the Moon in Apollo 10½

The filmmaker's childhood in space race-era Houston recalled through Austin-made animation

"...many first-time animators. Linklater said, "When [programmer and filmmaker] Bob Sabiston was writing that software, he thought of it..."

March 25, 2022 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Austin Animator Eric Power Slices and Dices

Collage and stop-motion come together in his homemade epic Path of Blood

"...film credit on Richard Linklater's Waking Life. Animation director Bob Sabiston happened to be a friend of the family,..."

April 20, 2018 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Totally Total Providence

Animator Paul Beck presents A Scanner Darkly at Alamo Drafthouse Mueller

"...This ambitious approach, spearheaded by Bob Sabiston and a team of several dozen animators, and..."

Aug. 25, 2017 Screens Feature by Sean L. Malin

One in a Crowd: Sword of Gary 6000

Local Renaissance man Zach Hall looks to Kickstart a video game

"...this isn’t his first rodeo. He also worked with Bob Sabiston as an animator on Richard Linklater’s A Scanner..."

Feb. 3, 2016 Screens Post by James Renovitch

Computer Chess

Andrew Bujalski’s Austin-made film is a boldly original, black-and-white portrait of computer culture in the early Eighties.

"...Curry, Jim Lewis, Chris Doubek, Cyndi Williams, Tishuan Scott, Bob Sabiston and Kevin Bewersdorf...."

Aug. 23, 2013 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Small Screen, Big News

Mark Gatiss, Lewis Black, and beyond

"...is that its trademark Rotoscoping look comes courtesy of Bob Sabiston's Flat Black Films. Check out the first episode..."

July 19, 2013 Screens Post by Monica Riese

Sundance ’13: Day Four

'Computer Chess' and 'Pit Stop' are true originals

"...familiar faces such as those of Wiley Wiggins and Bob Sabiston come into view as characters. Boston film critic..."

Jan. 24, 2013 Screens Post by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Art and the Arduousness

Daniel Kliewer's hypnotic moving paintings

"...artwork-cum-animation technique that he calls "moving paintings." Comparisons to Bob Sabiston's groundbreaking rotoscoping animation in Linklater's Waking Life are..."

Nov. 25, 2011 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

'Austin Chronicle' Uncovered 5-27

Inchworm

"...Bob Sabiston's long and winding road to 'Inchworm Animation'..."

May 26, 2011 Chronolog Post by Logan Youree

'SXSW Presents'

Animated Shorts Program

"..."Grasshopper" (D: Bob Sabiston)..."

Feb. 16, 2007 Screens Feature

A Scanner, Before and After

An interview with producer Tommy Pallotta and animators Jason Archer and Paul Beck

"...called in to take over the post-production reins after Bob Sabiston exited the film in a post-production flurry of..."

July 7, 2006 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

TV Eye

A Look Back

"...gone awry; "Snack and Drink" (D: Tommy Pallotta & Bob Sabiston, 2000): Computer-generated rotoscope is used to illustrate an..."

April 28, 2006 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Film News

The Sundance Channel and NetFlix make 'Room' for Kyle Henry

"...The soap opera behind computer animation pro Bob Sabiston's departure from Richard Linklater's A Scanner Darkly is..."

March 10, 2006 Screens Column by Joe O'Connell

Film News

Updates on Robert's and Rick's adaptations, Texas on TV, and 'Dot' plays L.A.; plus, have you ever considered a double bill of 'Tarnation' and 'Mrs. Doubtfire'?

"...Dick adaptation, A Scanner Darkly, show a refinement of Bob Sabiston's rotoscoping look toward realism minus the dream world..."

Jan. 21, 2005 Screens Column by Joe O'Connell

TV Eye

Had your fill of frothy TV holiday fare? Weary of bowl games? Lost your buzz from all those holiday sweets? Well, then, 'The Territory' comes just in time.

"...includes films by Austinites Kat Candler, Rene Pinnell, and Bob Sabiston...."

Dec. 31, 2004 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Big Fat Independent Movies

Sending Off SXSW Film 04

"...in a magnificent – and frightening – fashion. "Grasshopper," Bob Sabiston's animated foray into the mind of a wise..."

March 26, 2004 Screens Feature by Darcie Stevens

Animation Revelation

Charging toward a movie, TV, or computer screen near you: HorseBack Salad Entertainment

"...of how to make rotoscoped animation without resorting to Bob Sabiston's Rotoshop software, which was first seen in Richard..."

Nov. 21, 2003 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Short Cuts

"...employs the groundbreaking animation software that Flat Black Films' Bob Sabiston developed for Richard Linklater's Waking Life. The video..."

Aug. 1, 2003 Screens Column by Marc Savlov

Celebrity Call Sheet

"...(editor, Film Threat); Tim McCanlies (screenwriter, The Iron Giant); Bob Sabiston (Flat Black Films, Waking Life); Lawrence Wright (screenwriter,..."

March 8, 2002 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

'The Territory' Schedule

Keeping one eye on television and the other on pop culture.

"..."Snack and Drink," Tommy Pallotta and Bob Sabiston, Texas, 4 min.: This is a recent addition..."

Feb. 1, 2002 Screens Column

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