Editing Independent animation (section)

=== The United Kingdom ===
The [[British Film Institute|BFI]] funded around thirty pieces of experimental animation between the mid-fifties to mid-nineties (notable examples: [[The Quay Brothers]]).<ref>{{cite web|title=The BFI and Animation - Screenonline |url=http://www.screenonline.org.uk/film/id/1342540/index.html |access-date=2011-04-30}}</ref> Another major contributor to independent animation in Britain was [[Channel 4]], which gained an international reputation as one of the most adventurous broadcasters of animation featuring works from [[Joanna Quinn]] (''Girls' Night Out''),<ref name="animatorsunearthed">[https://books.google.com/books?id=oozKz8Hu4xIC Animators Unearthed - Google Books]</ref> [[Alison de Vere]] (''Mr. Pascal'')<ref>[https://www.zippyframes.com/shorts/mr-pascal-alison-de-vere Mr. Pascal by Ailson de Vere (Classic Animation Frames)|Zippy Frames]</ref> Paul Barry (''The Sandman''), [[Mark Baker (animator)|Mark Baker]] (''The Village''), [[Barry Purves]] (''Next'')<ref name="animatorsunearthed"/> and former [[National Film Board of Canada]] animator [[Paul Driessen (animator)|Paul Driessen]] (''3 Misses'').<ref>{{cite web|title=Channel 4 and Animation - Screenonline |url=http://www.screenonline.org.uk/film/id/1282041/index.html |access-date=2011-04-30}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.imdb.com/search/title/?companies=co0103528|title=With Channel 4 Television Corporation (Sorted by Popularity Ascending)|website=IMDb}}</ref>

Another British animated milestone, the 1978 adaptation of ''[[Watership Down (film)|Watership Down]]'' by American filmmaker [[Martin Rosen (director)|Martin Rosen]], was also made independently as well.<ref>[https://archive.nerdist.com/schlock-awe-watership-down/ Schlock & Awe: WATERSHIP DOWN —— Nerdist]</ref>