Rumours of Madam Roach

Humans encounter various monsters, but each encounter has a consequence.

A Jester sets up his portable stage on a barren planet, and compels his puppets to enact an old story. A retelling of the Adam and Eve story from a different perspective. Originally made for the Stopmoshorts website, where keywords were set every 3 months so we could try to incorporate them into a short film sequence. The keywords were Apple, Tree, and Fall, so it was either this or Isaac Newton. And I couldn't think of where to go after the apple landed on his head... Instead of a 30 second gag to be be completed by the deadline. I took a few months longer to make this into an actual short film. Puppets, sets lighting, camera and animation by Nick Hilligoss. Music composed by John Garden and performed by Earthly Delights, and used with permission. Produced and directed by Nick Hilligoss 2007.

A humorous and thought-provoking view of what animals in zoos might be thinking about their captivity and surroundings.

Heartless? Not old Ramsey Chadwick. He's befriended his own talking blood pump.

A lone humanoid creature explores the darkness of a mysterious gun-metal labyrinth.

Forcibly separated from her twin brother when they are orphaned, a melancholic misfit learns how to find confidence within herself amid the clutter of misfortunes and everyday life.

A human body gradually reconstructs itself as its various component parts crowd themselves into a small room and eventually, after much experimentation, sort out which part goes where.

A story about love.

Puppets made of pliable material, impart the following message : your companion should be a worthier person than yourself so that he can impart knowledge and virtue to you.

Your first date becomes your worst nightmare...

A pretty female cat gets into trouble. What's gonna happen?

Legacy takes the audience on a rapid-fire journey through the evolution of the world, starting with a cosmic bang, evolving through billions of years of plants, animals and the creation of natural resources, ending with man and his bounty – “sitting on his world contemplating his coconut”. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2012.

A short behind the scenes documentary showing the creation of the short claymation film The Genie in a Ravioli Can (Le génie de la boîte de raviolis).

La maldición de los hombres triángulo

While enjoying a date in a park, a man carelessly tosses an empty bottle onto the ground. His selfish littering promptly summons an imposing figure wearing a white hockey mask. The gruesome events that follow tell an admonishing tale about the importance of preserving the outdoors and defending the environment from the ugly menace of litter. The short was made for the tve YouTube Relay project, but wasn't included because it's too violent.

Amour et Pissenlit

In claymation, the Ontario Censor Board meets to consider an animated short, which begins simply enough, but soon scandalizes the Board with the sexual activities of its two characters: a man and woman meet on a street corner, go to a bedroom, and soon are swinging on a chandelier. A dog joins them somehow, although by now, we see only the Board and its shocked response. The film finished, they must determine their rating: out come darts and a dart board. What rating will the film receive? Will the morals of the people of Ontario be protected?

In this reflective short film, the Weeknd speaks to his younger self, encouraging him to ask questions about the future and remember the light before it's all gone.

Music video for Beats Antique featuring Les Claypool on Bass and vocals. Animated in Claymation, in the style of a "oner", or one continuous shot. As part of Beats Antique's "Thousand Faces" tour, this film was projected in-concert on a screen behind the band, along with projection mapped claymation elements in front of the band.

A story of friendship and of how the tadpole transformed into a frog, the caterpillar into a butterfly, but the little rabbit didn't transform into anyone.