Little Feat: The Documentary — Animation Direction & Collage Animation

For Little Feat: The Documentary, I directed and created roughly 15 minutes of cut-paper collage animation, helping tell stories of the band that had never been captured on film. Directed by Jesse Lauter and narrated by Jeff Bridges, the feature documentary chronicles the legendary band from its beginnings in 1969.

Jesse found me through the Waiting for Columbus music videos I’d made for Rhino Records. In October 2022, he contacted Rhino about using them in a sizzle reel to help raise money for the film. By the end of that day, we were discussing animation for the documentary. The collaboration continued through January 2026.

The largest animated sequences open the first two acts of the film and close out the final one. Others illustrate stories for which no archival footage exists. One of my favorites covers Lowell George producing the Grateful Dead’s Shakedown Street album, including a bizarre story about Lowell and members of the Dead wanting to see the aftermath of San Francisco’s Golden Dragon massacre. With no footage or photographs of those events, I built the entire sequence through collage animation.

One of my sequences also closes the film, with the Dude himself narrating. Hard to top that.

Little Feat: The Documentary premiered at the Big Sky Documentary Film Festival in February 2026. Full credits on IMDb.