2002 Great Lakes Independent Film Festival

Reaper, Sheeper, Treasure Seeker

Category: Animation  15min
Director: Dave Lieber

"Reaper, Sheeper, Treasure Seeker" is a Clay/Puppet animated story about Death, a Sheep, and four Pirates, and how their lives coexist and intersect in a coincidental and cosmic fashion. Death, The Grim Reaper, hates his job, the Sheep is much better suited for Death's job, and the pirates are simply trying to do their own job. Three parallel story lines continue independently, and in coming together, solve each other's conflicts. Made entirely by Dave Lieber in one year, Reaper, Sheeper, Treasure Seeker is an animated comedy that has received laughs at all of it's showings, and several festival awards.  The director was once told by a member of a festival's screening committee that the sheep sent a 4-year-old running frightened out of the screening room, and they turned it off.  Dave saw it as a fairly positive reaction.  "The Sheep is only supposed to look cute.  Underneath, he's pretty darn evil. The exact opposite could be said for the Grim Reaper.  He looks pretty bad, but under the cloak, he's just a cute little sheepish guy who hates his job. Y'know, except without all the flesh and skin and fur and stuff."

Director: Dave Lieber
Originally from Long Island, New York, Dave Lieber studied Film/Animation/Video at Rhode Island School of Design in Providence, Rhode Island. He graduated in 2001 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from RISD, after producing Reaper, Sheeper, Treasure Seeker, as well as several other independent animated and live-action films. This is his first major film