MEET THE INSUR-ANIMALS!

Imagine a freak accident in which health insurance industry lobbyists and rare circus animals melded together to create human-animal chimera that shill for the health insurance industry! Now imagine that they had a 1980's Saturday morning cartoon show! And at the end of that show there was a helpful and educational PSA! That's what we made! Learn more about the characters at healthcare4every1.org.

HAYES CARLL: SHE LEFT ME FOR JESUS

Austin singer Hayes Carll continues to win converts with 'Trouble in Mind', his new album on Lost Highway records. His hit single “She Left Me for Jesus” walked away with 'Song of the Year' at the 2008 Americana Music Association Awards last month in Nashville.

“She Left Me for Jesus” has made its jump into the music video world with an all-star Austin cast and a hearty dose of comedy. Combining a reality television parody of “Cheaters” with the hilarious lyrics of Hayes Carll and Brian Keane, Collection Agency Films produced a country music video unlike any other. As seen on 'Imus in the Morning!'

More at hayescarll.com
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HAYES CARLL: CRYSTAL BEACH MEMORIES

Singer-songwriter Hayes Carll is known not only for his critically acclaimed music, but his hilarious stories that he tells during live shows. Lost Highway Records approached CAF to commit some of Hayes' memories of Crystal Beach, Texas into two mediums: a hilarious short cartoon and a unique graphic novel. Check out the cartoon here and then head over to HayesCarll.com for info on his album 'Trouble in Mind' and the graphic novel 'Hayes Carll in the Search for Ooga Kabooga Juice and Other Adventures.'

HAPPINESS IS...

This upcoming 2008 feature-length documentary by Andrew Shapter (Before the Music Dies, 2006) includes several hilarious animated segments by Collection Agency Films. We'll post more here as the film starts premiering at festivals, but until then visit happinessisthemovie.com!

NEW YORK DOLLS - 'DANCE LIKE A MONKEY'

With the release of their first studio album in thirty years, One Day It Will Please Us to Remember Even This, the re-united New York Dolls wanted Collection Agency Films to make a fast-paced, clever, and colorful animated video for their satirical single Dance Like A Monkey. See what one reviewer called, "an H-bomb of fun!"

Check out the New York Dolls
Winner: Best Music Video at the Bradford Animation Festival, UK
Winner: Best Dance Sequence, 2006 Channel Frederator Awards
Official Selection of SICAF 2007, South Korea
Official selection of Atlanta Film Festival, 2007
And appearing in Episode 44 of Channel Frederator

TALL TALES & OTHER BIG LIES

Troy Campbell knew that his close pal and Texas music legend Ray Wylie Hubbard had some great stories, but he wasn't prepared for this true story. The lesson learned? Beware of dogs wearing bandanas!

Runner Up- Best Animated Short SXSW 2006 FILM FESTIVAL!
And appearing in Episode 60 of Channel Frederator

Following the popular animated short starring Ray Wylie Hubbard, Collection Agency Films presents an all new comic book of Ray's hilarious stories! Illustrated by CAF member Jose Luis Gonzalez, this comic book makes a great gift for any fan of Ray Wylie Hubbard, Texas music, or Tall Tales!

Available here: Antone's Records, Book People, Lone Star Music, Waterloo Records, and Ray Wylie Hubbard's webpage.

BAD BROWNIES

What happens when Collection Agency Films gets a hold of a real-life 9-1-1 phone call between a cop high on pot brownies and one befuddled operator? Magic, my friends. Magic...

Produced for Current.com

KINKYTOONS #1: I LOOOVE TEXAS

This political ad for Kinky Friedman's 2006 Gubernatorial run is the first in a series of short animated films that will mock Texas politics and introduce Texans (and the world) to Kinky's political ambitions. It took the internet by storm within days and has everyone across the blogosphere shouting, "Jesus es grande!"

2006 Telly Award Winner for Best Online/Internet Ad!

Watch Kinkytoons #2: 10 THINGS EASIER TO DO...
Watch Kinkytoons #3: SAVE YOUR VOTE FOR KINKY!

The Collection Agency presents an 'animated press kit' for the hottest up and coming country band, The Lost Trailers. The band founders, Ryder Lee and Stokes Nielson, tell the story of heartache, achievement, and mainly, lost trailers.

FLATLAND: THE MOVIE - Trailer

The classic novel about life in a two-dimensional universe finally comes to life through animation. Starring Martin Sheen, Michael York, Kristen Bell (Veronica Mars), and Tony Hale (Arrested Development), prepare for an adventure that will make you question the universe as you know it.

Now Available on DVD! And a new hardcover book by Princeton University Press featuring artwork from the movie, essays by the filmmakers, and the screenplay!

Read about 'Flatland: The Movie' on Channel Frederator, MSNBC, and Notices!

Official selection of the Sonoma Valley Film Festival 2008
Official Selection of the Atlanta Film Festival 2008
Official Selection of Math Film Festival 2008, Berlin

AUSTIN FILM FESTIVAL 2004: THE TEASER

The follow up to their award winning 2003 Austin Film Festival trailer, Tate English and Dano Johnson envision the following scenario: What if Ernest Hemingway got to pitch "The Old Man and the Sea" to a modern day Hollywood executive? And what if that film starred Will Smith and Nathan Lane?

WHITE BLOOD CELL SAVES CHRISTMAS

After winning the Judge's Award at the December 2003 First Sundays Comedy Film Festival (Dano won a chocolate Oscar and a VHS copy of 'Jingle All the Way'), this has become an annual holiday classic the family can enjoy... sort of.