Director Cordell Barker take us through the process of creating Runaway with hand-drawn animation.

Making of Runaway: Animator by Cordell Barker (2009)

In a second video Cordell Barker talks about the origins of Runaway, and how it has evolved over time.

This movie is interesting because director Cordell Barker appeared in some “how it was made” videos about it. Happy passengers are having a great time on a crowded train, oblivious to the unknown fate that awaits them around the bend.

In part one Cordell Barker talks about the making of The Cat Came Back.

Cordell Barker’s Master Class in Animation Part 2 (2009)

Cordell Barker talks about the making of Runaway.

Directed Cordell Barker and produced by fellow award-winning Winnipeg animator Richard Condie. Based on the children’s song “And the Cat Came Back”, it is about the increasingly desperate Mr. Johnson, an old man who attempts to rid himself of a small, yet extremely destructive, yellow cat. It won over 15 awards, including a Genie Award and an Academy Award nomination.