Frame-By-Frame Stop Motion: The Guide to Non-Puppet Photographic Animation Techniques

Tom Gasek is a Professor Emeritus at Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) where he taught in the School of Film and Animation for 19 years. He worked as a professional director and animator for 26 years prior to teaching with animation credits that include Aardman Animations' The Wrong Trousers and Chicken Run as well as Laika's Coraline. He operated several small studios of his own including the award-winning, Sculptoons in San Francisco. Gasek is a Fulbright Specialist and wrote the only book on "non-puppet stop motion." He just completed his third independent film called 4 @ 60, which includes "non-puppet" stop motion techniques.