David Firth (animator)
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David Firth is an English animator and filmmaker. He created the Newgrounds animated web series Salad Fingers in 2004 and co-wrote the 2017 live-action feature film Kuso (film)|Kuso.
Early life
Firth began creating stop-motion animation when he was 13 years old, using Lego and other toys.[1] He studied animation at the Hull campus of the University of Lincoln and further studied TV and Film.[2]
Career
In July 2004, Firth created the animated web series Salad Fingers, which was released on Newgrounds. It follows a strange green man who lives in a desolate world.[3][4] The series was created using Adobe Flash, and Firth became a notable figure in the medium of Flash animation.[5] 10 episodes were released from 2004 to 2013.[6] During this time, he released several different flash animations,[7] as well as contributed animation to the BBC television series Charlie Brooker's Screenwipe and a series by Mitchell and Webb.[2][8] He also co-created the comedy rapper character "MC Devvo", a dimwitted chav performed by his friend Christian Webb in a series of videos that satirised the music scene of Doncaster's white working class.[9][10] In 2014, he collaborated with Flying Lotus and created the animated music video for his track "Ready Err Not", which Pitchfork described as disturbing and highly graphic. Flying Lotus referred to Firth as one of his favorite animators.[11] Firth also co-wrote the 2017 body horror feature film Kuso, which was directed by Flying Lotus.[12][8] In 2016, he created the animated short film Cream, which tells the story of a scientist who creates a miracle cream that solves all of the world's problems. It screened at Regent Street Cinema in London on November 16 that year and featured the voice of Flying Lotus.[13][14] In 2019, Firth resumed Salad Fingers for an eleventh episode.[15] In 2022, he voiced the character Shrimp in the third episode of the Adult Swim animated series Smiling Friends.[16]
Style
Ryan Ball, writing for Animation Magazine, describes his animations as "a brilliant and original hodgepodge of hilarity, stupidity and unshakable creepiness".[1] Firth says that he "[takes] inspiration from the unpredictability of dreams", and describes applying this style as difficult because of the lack of spontaneity in producing animation.[17]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Ball, Ryan (June 2007). "Rising Stars of Animation and VFX Class of 2007. David Firth: Animator, www.Fat-Pie.com". Animation Magazine. Vol. 21, no. 6. p. 32. ISSN 1041-617X. Template:EBSCOhost.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Ramsey, Will (April 13, 2009). "The little green man". Hull Daily Mail. p. 18. Template:ProQuest.
- ↑ Watson, Elijah (November 30, 2018). "'Salad Fingers' was viral before viral was a thing—and it's returning". Daily Dot. Retrieved 3 May 2022.
- ↑ O'Connor, Roisin (February 1, 2019). "Salad Fingers: New episode of creepy animation appears on YouTube". The Independent. Retrieved 3 May 2022.
- ↑ Fox, David (January 1, 2021). "Adobe Flash Player is finally laid to rest". BBC News. Retrieved 3 May 2022.
- ↑ Grealish, Racheal (January 25, 2019). "Salad Fingers Is Back With New Episode Dropping Soon". LADbible. Retrieved 3 May 2022.
- ↑ Gaudino, Elena (8 December 2005). "Salad Fingers Stream of Consciousness Entertains Viewers". The Daily Campus. Archived from the original on 8 July 2011. Retrieved 3 May 2022.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 "Flying Lotus reacts to walkouts at Kuso's Sundance screening: 'I tried to warn folks'". The Guardian. 27 January 2017. Retrieved 6 May 2022.
- ↑ Sturdy, Gareth (August 13, 2019). "In defence of MC Devvo". Spiked. Retrieved 7 May 2022.
- ↑ Usher, Tom (March 13, 2018). "A Chat with MC Devvo, One of Britain's YouTube Rap Satire OGs". Vice. Retrieved 7 May 2022.
- ↑ "Flying Lotus Shares Graphic Animated Video For "Ready Err Not"". Pitchfork. October 30, 2014. Retrieved 3 May 2022.
- ↑ Kim, Kristen Yoonsoo (July 20, 2017). "Flying Lotus' Kuso Is the Most Vile Body Horror Film Ever Made". Pitchfork. Retrieved 3 May 2022.
- ↑ Lee, Morgan (October 27, 2016). "News I By Morgan Lee Flying Lotus launches Brainfeeder Films with November London screenings". Fact Magazine. Retrieved 4 May 2022.
- ↑ Minsker, Evan (May 30, 2017). "Flying Lotus Appears in David Firth's Creepy New Short Film: Watch". Pitchfork. Retrieved 3 May 2022.
- ↑ Hintz, Charlie (February 4, 2019). "New Salad Fingers episode Salad Fingers Returns in 11th Installment of Nightmarish Series". Cult of Weird. Retrieved 3 May 2022.
- ↑ Featherstone, Gabriel (March 6, 2022). "Salad Fingers Creator Teases First New Episode in 3 Years". Screenrant. Retrieved 7 May 2022.
- ↑ Hornsby, Samuel (March 30, 2021). "Where comedy meets creepy: inside the mind of David Firth". Spotlight Magazine. Retrieved 4 May 2022.
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