Eric Leiser Movies

a life size stop motion child puppet races through memories and daydreams reflecting on the cyclical nature of life.

arc of the natural world’s evolution from the primeval environment to the Anthropocene and back again premiered in program Death is Green at...

Seraphim visits a bell foundry and learns how to cast Sevenik Sevenicius the largest bell in the world.

Emerging from the sea onto land an axolotl swims through complex terrain parallel to a man searching for an encounter with God.

Erik Leiser takes us on an unforgettable journey across the Icelandic landscape as he mixes live action and pixilation to produce an enchanting,...

your mind can be a prison that you cannot escape

Apocalyptic themed film about extremes in consciousness

A short time lapse stop motion animation of horseshoe crabs coming ashore on a midsummer's eve.

A time-lapse animated meditation on geothermal energy, erosion, seismic activity and magma. Shot above the Yellowstone Caldera and amongst the Bryce...

A personal experimental exploration of the book of Psalms in the Holy Bible

DEO A reimagining of Deo Gratias (ca. 1497) by Johannes Ockeghem. A Film by Eric Leiser. Animation by Eric Leiser. Composed by Pauline Kim Harris...

Three artists struggling against the grid of society find spiritual renewal.

short film made in anticipation of feature film FAUSTBOOK released in 2006 starring Jacob Faust

Terra Incognita is a multi-plane cut out animation made from photocopies of 19th century illustrations made during the race to the poles and drawings...

LAND is a fluid series of formal land animation experiments based upon the imprint of landscapes in various locations and intuitive interpretations...

an intuiting of the core feelings of the Moses story relating to the current capitalistic global system all told through a hybrid of stop motion...

Seraphim Cloud and his life size doppelgänger enter the netherworld of Calico Ghost Town deep within the Mojave Desert.

protagonist hoping to be taken in dreams into the hereafter falls in love with a person who is indifferent. Suffering heartbreak after confessing...

Irrational Numbers is a 2008 hand drawn animation film by artist Eric Leiser exploring hierarchies of infinite numbers and accompanying paradox's...

Jack O’ Lantern folktale about the origin of the Will-o’-the-Wisp retold through a haunted doll’s mind’s eye.