Clyde Henry Productions is a Canadian film production company founded in 1999 by Chris Lavis and Maciek Szczerbowski that specializes in stop-motion animation, puppetry, and illustration. Their 2007 short film 'Madame Tutli-Putli' took over five years to produce and tells the story of a woman who witnesses a murder on a train. The film won eight awards including an Academy Award nomination and launched the careers of Lavis and Szczerbowski and their company Clyde Henry Productions.

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2. Clyde Henry Productions is a Canadian film,
stop-motion animation, puppetry and illustration
production involving two artists, Chris Lavis
and Maciek Szczerbowski.

3. Clyde Henry is the Production company responsible
for the short stop-motion film ‘Madame Tutli-
Putli’, which is the work this presentation will be
focusing on.

4. ‘Madame Tutli-Putli’ is a 2007 stop motion-animated short
film in which a woman boards a train, and has to escape
when whilst aboard, she observes train-robbers killing a
man and stealing his kidneys.

5. ‘Madame Tutli-Putli’ is a 2007 stop motion-animated short
film in which a woman boards a train, and has to escape
when whilst aboard, she observes train-robbers killing a
man and stealing his kidneys.
The production for ‘Madame Tutli-Putli’ took place in Canada,
spanning over five years.
It has won eight awards and had four nominations for awards,
including an Academy Award.

6. Both Maciek Szczerbowski and Chris Lavis take on
various roles in Clyde Henry Productions, ranging
through the entire length of their productions.
They both co-directed ‘Madame Tutli Putli’ and did the same for the
short film, ‘Higglety Pigglety Pop! or There Must Be More to Life’
(2010).

7. Clyde Henry Productions use combinations of film,
stop-motion animation, puppetry and illustration
to create its productions.

8. Clyde Henry Productions use combinations of film,
stop-motion animation, puppetry and illustration
to create its productions.
‘Madame Tutli-Putli’ was created using stop motion puppets with recorded film
of human eye movement digitally edited onto the puppet during post-production.

9. Lavis and Szczerbowski first started as puppet designers for
various clients, creating a short comic for Vice magazine
called The Untold Tales of Yuri Gagarin.
Clyde Henry Productions started in 1999 when the pair conceived the
plot of ’Madame Tutli-Putli’ and started trying to get it developed
into a short film.

10. Lavis and Szczerbowski first started as puppet designers for
various clients, creating a short comic for Vice magazine
called The Untold Tales of Yuri Gagarin.
Clyde Henry Productions started in 1999 when the pair conceived the
plot of ’Madame Tutli-Putli’ and started trying to get it developed
into a short film.
The film started both of their careers, leading to
the continued work of Clyde Henry Productions.