Known for
Directing
Born
October 12, 1921
Birthplace
Detroit, Michigan, USA
Died
January 8, 2010 (aged 88)
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Arthur "Art" Clokey (October 12, 1921 - January 8, 2010) was a pioneer in the popularization of stop motion clay animation, beginning in 1955 with a film experiment called Gumbasia, influenced by his professor, Slavko Vorkapich, at the University of Southern California.
From the Gumbasia project, Art Clokey and his wife Ruth invented Gumby. Since then Gumby and his horse Pokey have been a familiar presence on television, appearing in several series beginning with the Howdy Doody Show and later The Adventures of Gumby. The characters enjoyed a renewal of interest in the 1980s when American actor and comedian Eddie Murphy parodied Gumby in a skit on Sat...
2016
Director
2014
Director, Writer, Producer
2006
as Self
2004
1995
as Pokey / Prickle / Gumbo (voice), Director, Producer, Writer
1988
1987
as Pokey (voice), Executive Producer
1977
Director
1975
Director
1967
Director
1965
Director
1965
Opening Title Sequence
1965
Opening Title Sequence
1961
1956
Director, Writer
1956
1955
Director, Animation