Paul Fierlinger
Paul Ferlinger is one of the most consistent creators of this form of animated documentary today is His films from the late 1980s-onward typically feature recordings of people talking about certain topics in their lives (such as alcohol abuse or loneliness), accompanied by Fierlinger's animation which mainly illustrates the stories in a realistic way.
I am looking to work with larger less personal topics in my global warmning piece but I loved the simplicity and cleanness of his work. The piece below is a recorded voice over from someone who is recovering from mental illness. The use of animation alongside this frank voice over to tell the story and not filmed talking head doubtless freed her up to be more honest and to bare her soul. The animation works excellently generally by adding scenarios to the story and cleverly not just providing picture to exactly match the voice over but they enhance it. There is a tender quality that I really admired and it could also be applied to the piece I am still working on with my grandma possibly with animation or just shot footage.
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