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Eli Noyes Dies: Oscar-Nominated Stop-Motion Animator Who Worked On MTV’s ‘Liquid Television’ Was 81
ELi Noyes, the Oscar-nominted stop-motion animator who worked on the MTV series 'Liquid Television' and HBO's 'Braingames' among other credits, has died at 81.
Eli Noyes, the pioneering stop-motion animator who scored an Oscar nom for his short film Clay, or The Origin of Species and worked on the MTV series Liquid Television and HBO’s Braingames among other credits, has died. Born on October 18, 1942, Noyes specialized in stop-motion using clay and sand, and an early student film made while he was at Yale university earned him an Academy Award nomination. Noyes and Laybourne formed Colossal Pictures in 1988, and the pair helped develop Liquid Television, MTV’s memorable toon showcase series that aired from 1991-94 and introduced the world to Mike Judge’s Beavis and Butt-head and Peter Chung’s Aeon Flux.
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