Bigfott Studios

11/16/2025

Our Weston Woods Studios film "We Are Water Protectors" screened today in the International Children's Media Center's Filmfest, and I was delighted to participate in a Zoom talkback afterwards, facilitated by ICMC founder Nicole Dreiske. Pictured with me here are: from the film "You Are Not Small", director Sherene Strausberg, and from the film "Change", directors Bayou Bennett and Daniel Lir, and 11-year-old musical artist Nova.

05/05/2021

Fully vaccinated, I was thrilled to attend WorldFest Houston a couple of weeks ago, where "Du Iz Tak?" won the Special Jury Remi Award, the top honor for animated shorts!

05/05/2021

When "Tiny T. Rex and the Impossible Hug" was screened at the San Francisco International Film Festival a couple of weeks ago, it was very rewarding to Zoom-participate in the Schools at the Festival program. I'm seen here with SFIFF Director of Education Keith Zwolfer, along with filmmakers Andrea Love and Phoebe Wahl, whose beautiful stop motion film "Tulip" was also part of the Family Films program.

04/09/2021

We are excited to have our new Weston Woods film "Tiny T. Rex and the Impossible Hug" competing for the Golden Gate Award for Family Film in the San Francisco International Film Festival, starting today! You can stream the whole program here:
https://sffilm.org/event/2021-shorts-6-family-films/

https://youtu.be/rntR4upbVLs

A trailer for the Scholastic/Weston Woods film "Tiny T. Rex and the Impossible Hug", based on the book by Jonathan Stutzman and Jay Fleck. Adapted, directed,...

08/06/2020

We were excited to work recently with MA2LA in creating the character animation for the song "Quarantime", part of The Theater Bug's new film "Quaranteened"!

Written and performed by the teen writers and cast of Quaranteened. Video by MA2LA ©️ 2020 Watch the full length film at www.thetheaterbug.org.

08/06/2020

Our other new release from Weston Woods is this adaptation of Dav Pilkey's book "Dog Breath":

A trailer for the Scholastic/Weston Woods film "Dog Breath", based on the book by Dav Pilkey. Adapted and directed by Galen Fott. Music by Scotty Huff. Anima...

08/06/2020

Here's the trailer for one of our two new Weston Woods films, "The Very Impatient Caterpillar"!

A trailer for the Scholastic/Weston Woods film "The Very Impatient Caterpillar", based on the book by Ross Burach. Adapted, directed, and animated by Galen F...

08/06/2020

Here's a trailer for our Weston Woods film, an adaptation of Laurie Keller's hilarious book "Potato Pants!":

A trailer for the Scholastic/Weston Woods film "Potato Pants!", based on the book by Laurie Keller. Adapted, directed, and animated by Galen Fott. Music comp...

02/04/2020

Here's a highlights reel of the animated projections we created for Nashville Children's Theatre's production of The Very Hungry Caterpillar Show!

Animated projections created by Galen Fott of Bigfott Studios for The Very Hungry Caterpillar Show at Nashville Children's Theatre.

01/28/2019

An update on our film DU IZ TAK?: The audio version was just named an Odyssey Honor Audiobook from the American Library Association! Meanwhile, the film itself has been storming the world in film festivals, with screenings in Quebec, Amsterdam, Berlin, France, Madrid, and Portugal (plus Boston, Seattle, NYC, Chicago, and of course Nashville)!

A trailer for the Scholastic/Weston Woods film "Du Iz Tak?", based on the book by Carson Ellis. Adapted, directed, and animated by Galen Fott. Music composed...

08/09/2018

A lovely review of our latest Weston Woods film, "Du Iz Tak?", in the August issue of School Library Journal!

"Animator/director Galen Fott has deftly adapted Carson Ellis's Caldecott Honor picture book, infusing it with meaning and conveying the joy of discovery."