The Making of Longbird

A ‘mockumentary’ exploration of a young animator’s attempts to bring back to life the legendary lost animated character ‘Longbird’.

Content notification

Our collection comprises over 40,000 moving image works, acquired and catalogued between the 1940s and early 2000s. As a result, some items may reflect outdated, offensive and possibly harmful views and opinions. ACMI is working to identify and redress such usages.

Learn more about our collection and our collection policy here. If you come across harmful content on our website that you would like to report, let us know.

How to watch

This work has been digitised but due to rights and access requirements can only be viewed onsite at ACMI over WiFi or by an access request.

Collection

In ACMI's collection

Previously on display

22 April 2019

ACMI Viewing Booths

Credits

director

Will Anderson

producer

Donald Holwill

production company

Edinburgh College of Art

Whiterobot

Duration

00:15:22:00

Production places

United Kingdom

Production dates

2011

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

B2002811

Languages

English

Russian

Audience classification

Mediatheque - all ages (ACMI classified)

Subject categories

Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Animation (Cinematography)

Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Animators

Animation

Animation → Animated films - Great Britain

Comedy

Comedy → Mockumentary

Crafts & Visual Arts → Animators

Short films

Short films → Short films - Great Britain

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Black and White and Colour

Holdings

MOV file H264; ACMI Digital Access Copy - presentation

Please note: this archive is an ongoing body of work. Sometimes the credit information (director, year etc) isn’t available so these fields may be left blank; we are progressively filling these in with further research.

Cite this work on Wikipedia

If you would like to cite this item, please use the following template: {{cite web |url=https://acmi.net.au/works/117410--the-making-of-longbird/ |title=The Making of Longbird |author=Australian Centre for the Moving Image |access-date=25 March 2025 |publisher=Australian Centre for the Moving Image}}

United Kingdom, 2011