The Nightwatchman

Animators Joe Wylie and John Robertson create a world of creepy-crawlies, in which a meddling nightwatchman sends evolution spiraling out of control in a pesticide factory. Part B-movie and part black comedy, the film's ambient score...
New Zealand Production
Short 1993 Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Animation 10.00 minutes
A scene from THE NIGHTWATCHMAN
A nightwatchman working in a pesticide plant helps himself to chemicals from the company laboratory. In his apartment he cultivates a strange garden of marrow-like vines, which he treats with the stolen chemicals. His experiments produce fascinating and alarming results...
1993 - Annecy International Film Festival
Hof International Film Festival
Melbourne International Film Festival
1994 - Trickfilm International Festival
Zagreb Animafest

Directors

Joe Wylie
John Robertson

Producers

Susan Wilson

Screenplay Writers

Susan Wilson
Joe Wylie
John Robertson

Crew

Peter Evans | Editor

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