1996 / Short / puppet

Primus: The Devil Went Down to Georgia

Name: Primus: The Devil Went Down to Georgia
Released: 1996

United States

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StudioFat Cactus Films

Year1996

Format familyShort

Techniquepuppet

Overview

IMDb identifies the work as a 1996 five-minute stop-motion music video produced by Fat Cactus Films and directed by Mike Johnson. IMDb full credits name Paul Berry and Mike Johnson as animators. 1996 corroborated independently by FilmAffinity, Letterboxd, and Stop Motion Planet (lead review 2026-07-28) -- the Zagreb 1997/98 festival-catalogue and IMVDb 2003 dates appear to reference a different listing/re-release and are not used. Won Best Animation Film at the second Los Angeles International Short Film Festival (September 11-13), chosen from 13 animated films in competition (source: AWN, https://awn.com/news/devil-tops-la-shorts-fest).

Cast & crew (1)

Cast and crew credited on Primus: The Devil Went Down to Georgia
Person	Role	Department	Source
Mike Johnson	director	direction	Official source imdb.com high confidence Details Studio-mining director credit.

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