John Lewis

AIAF Filmmaker

The Story Of Percival Pilts

One day, atop of two cans, Percival P. Pilts declares he will never again let his feet touch the ground. A whimsical story about living an impractical life based on a childhood promise.



Australia
Runtime: 7:41
Year: 2015

Featured in AIAF2015 > Australian Showcase (2015)
The Story Of Percival Pilts

One day, atop of two cans, Percival P. Pilts declares he will never again let his feet touch the ground. A whimsical story about living an impractical life based on a childhood promise.



Australia
Runtime: 7:41
Year: 2015

Featured in AIAF2015 > Kids Program (2015)
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The Boy Who Wanted To Touch The Moon

An exquisitely crafted film depicting the desire to touch the moon.



Australia
Runtime: 4:00
Year: 2004

Featured in AIAF2006 > Australian Panorama (2006)
The Birdhouse

A genuinely creepy world of multiple greys.



Australia
Runtime: 5:00
Year: 2004

Featured in AIAF2005 > Australian Panorama (2005)

AIAF Presenter

Animation 102: The Art of Stop-Motion Animation (2006)

Stop-motion animator John Lewis, the man behind the "The Birdhouse" and "The Boy Who Wanted to Touch the Moon", will offer audiences an exclusive insight behind the extraordinary and painstaking art of traditional frame-by-frame animation.



Featured in AIAF2006

Seminar | Mature (M)
Animation 102: Making Percival Pilts - John Lewis & Janette Goodey (2015)

Janette Goodey and John Lewis will take the audience through the creation of The Story of Percival Pilts, a brand-new stop motion animated puppet film made in Melbourne and narrated by Mark Hadlow (The Hobbit). They will discuss their journey from conception to projection, including the making of the meticulously hand-crafted sets and puppets, resourceful in-camera effects, the pleasures and pain of rhyming verse, and one extraordinary production baby.



Featured in AIAF2015

Seminar | Mature (M)