This month, we picked artists in the field of commercials. Sean Montgomery is an animation director for TOPIX | Mad Dog in Toronto, Canada. His work includes Russell Stover Chocolate "Jelly Gusher," Reactine allergy medication's "Straight to Work" series, and the 'bus crash' scene in The Sweet Hereafter (feature film). Robin Scher and Jason Lee are 3-D animators at Ring of Fire Advanced Media. Their recent work includes a Jennifer Lopez music video. Stephen Price is executive producer for Red Giant Entertainment in Toronto. Mo Willems is a director at Curious Pictures. He is a three time Emmy Award winning writer and animator, and is currently working on a two minute spoof of Quick Draw McGraw and a half hour film about a sheep for Cartoon Network, a few "Suzie Kabloozie" shorts for Sesame Street, and producing a collaborative independent project featuring thirty-three New York animators. Tom Robins is Executive Director/Creative Director at Spontaneous Combustion. His most recent project is packaging for Comedy Central Movie.

Sean Montgomery's picks:
Animated:
1. Toy Story by John Lasseter. A Bug's Life was prettier and more sophisticated, but Toy Story wins by virtue of being first out of the gate - and raising high the bar over which future computer animated films must jump. Pixar set the standard for what computer animation should do with their short Luxo Jr., and they have yet to disappoint me.

2. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (Disney). Hard to pick just one Disney film, but this is the first one I can remember seeing as a child, and it remains a landmark artistic and animation achievement.

3. Your Face by Bill Plympton and Duck Amuck by Chuck Jones. These two films represent to me what animation does best: the impossible. They tell stories that could simply not be done in any other medium.

4. The Wrong Trousers by Nick Park. Fantastic staging, amazing comedic timing, great characterizations; a wonderful piece of filmmaking, all the more amazing considering the process involved in its creation.

5. The Simpsons (Fox Television). I never get tired of watching old reruns of this show. The writing has remained consistently sharp over its long run.

Live-Action:
1. Baraka by Ron Fricke. Like a great painting, this film can reveal something different to every viewer. Its wordless, breathtaking imagery can change the way you view the world.

2. Blade Runner by Ridley Scott, along with James Cameron's Aliens, and David Fincher's Seven, created a dark world of constant rain that speaks to some deep and twisted part of my psyche.

3. Brazil by Terry Gilliam. Gilliam is a uniquely talented director, and he's at his best here...it's such a wonderful concoction. I notice new details every time I watch it.

4. The Empire Strikes Back by Irvin Kershner. Saying it's the best of the trilogy is practically a truism. Seeing it in 1980 was a landmark event in my childhood.

5. The Wizard of Oz by Victor Fleming and (unofficially) King Vidor. I end up watching it at least once a year.

Robin Scher and Jason Lee's picks:
1. Akira by Katsuhiro Otomo.
2. A Bug's Life by John Lasseter.
3. Ghost in the Shell by Mamoru Oshii.
4. Robotech (Carl Macek, producer).
5. The Simpsons (Fox Television).
6. Wallace and Grommit by Nick Park.
7. Pinky and the Brain (Warner Bros.).
8. Looney Tunes (Warner Bros.).
9. Wizards by Ralph Bakshi.
10. Anything by Ray Harryhausen.

Stephen Price's picks:
1. A Bug's Life by John Lasseter.
2. Aladdin (Disney).
3. Toy Story by John Lasseter.
4. The Wrong Trousers by Nick Park.
5. Akira by Katsuhiro Otomo.
6. Tim Burton's Nightmare Before Christmas by Henry Selick.
7. The Jungle Book (Disney).
8. Fantasia (Disney).
9. A Charlie Brown Christmas (Melendez Productions).
10. The Sinking of the Lusitania by Winsor McCay.