Why this filmmaker matters
Erdman Penner has 0 writing credits in the Nutevio catalogue.
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Writer in the Nutevio catalogue.
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Erdman Penner has 0 writing credits in the Nutevio catalogue.
The recognisable elements are rewatchability, visual style, originality. Watch two of these films back to back and the method separates from the material — the same eye, re-tuned for different registers. It is a style built on what is withheld as much as what is staged.
Penner set terms other filmmakers now work against: the structures, the pacing and the refusal to explain. Awards bodies have often been slower than the work, which is usually the sign of a career built on choices rather than campaigns.
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Clyde Geronimi
Director
9 shared titles · Lady and the Tramp
Joe Rinaldi
Story
8 shared titles · Lady and the Tramp

Walt Disney
Producer
8 shared titles · Lady and the Tramp

Winston Hibler
Writer
6 shared titles · The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
Oliver Wallace
Original Music Composer
5 shared titles · Lady and the Tramp

Wilfred Jackson
Director
5 shared titles · Lady and the Tramp

Hamilton Luske
Director
5 shared titles · Lady and the Tramp
Ted Sears
Writer
5 shared titles · Peter Pan

Bill Thompson
Actor
4 shared titles · Lady and the Tramp

Verna Felton
Actor
4 shared titles · Lady and the Tramp

Jack Kinney
Director
4 shared titles · The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
Bill Peet
Story
4 shared titles · Peter Pan
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