Charming animated illustration of one of nature's wonders from Britain's most inventive pioneer of wildlife filmmaking.
Practical Effects
Hand-animated spiders in 1909, absolutely unhinged.
Direction
Smith basically invented nature docs AND animation.
Director
F. Percy Smith
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
F. Percy Smith was a self-taught naturalist who pioneered time-lapse, micro-cinematography, and basically invented the BBC nature documentary aesthetic.
Smith reportedly kept hundreds of spiders in his home studio and once accidentally released a swarm during a dinner party.
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