Gerald Potterton
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Gerald Potterton is a British
/Canadian
director
, producer
and animator
. He is best known for directing the cult classic
Heavy Metal
and his animation work on Yellow Submarine.
Potterton has been nominated three times for an Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film: as director on the National Film Board of Canada
animated shorts My Financial Career
and Christmas Cracker
, and as producer for The Selfish Giant
.
, Potterton attended the Hammersmith Art School
. He emigrated from England to live in Canada
in 1955.
Potterton currently lives in Cowansville, Quebec
, Canada
, where he is still involved in the production of live and animated motion pictures. Inspired by Quebec's pastoral Eastern Townships
, he continues to paint landscapes and aviation
subjects.
in 1954 where he directed both animated and live-action films. He collaborated with Harold Pinter
on Pinter's People
in 1969 and Buster Keaton
on The Railrodder
in 1965.
After contributing to George Dunning
’s animated feature Yellow Submarine in 1968,
he returned to freelance work in the United Kingdom
, the United States
and Canada
.
During the early 1970s, among other projects, he directed live-action and animated sequences for Sesame Street
and The Electric Company
.
In 1981 he was hired by producer Ivan Reitman
to direct the animated feature Heavy Metal. Potterton coordinated more than one thousand artists, animators and technicians from seventeen countries working in Los Angeles
, New York
, London, Montreal
and Ottawa
.
During the 1980s and 1990s, he continued making animated and live-action features for television and video.
and Larry Kent
’s Fleur Bleue in 1971, Mike Mills
’ The Happy Prince
in 1974, The Little Mermaid
in 1975, and in 1975 The Christmas Messenger. The company was closed in 1974.
's musical The Boyfriend at Theatre Lac Brome, and created and directed Peter Piper and the Plane People. Also, through Potterton Studios, he is writing A Stage Too Far.
, by Donald Pleasence
. He also wrote The Star, and George, published by Harper & Row, 1968.
At the 12th Annual Cartoons on the Bay International Festival of Television Animation in Salerno
, Italy
, in April 2008, Potterton received the Pulcinella Lifetime Achievement Award.
In September, 2002 he received The Buster Award at The Buster Keaton Celebration.
Other awards include:
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
/Canadian
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
director
Animation director
An animation director is the director in charge of all aspects of the animation process during the production of an animated film or animated segment for a live-action film...
, producer
Film producer
A film producer oversees and delivers a film project to all relevant parties while preserving the integrity, voice and vision of the film. They will also often take on some financial risk by using their own money, especially during the pre-production period, before a film is fully financed.The...
and animator
Animator
An animator is an artist who creates multiple images that give an illusion of movement called animation when displayed in rapid sequence; the images are called frames and key frames. Animators can work in a variety of fields including film, television, video games, and the internet. Usually, an...
. He is best known for directing the cult classic
Cult Classic
Cult Classic is a Blue Öyster Cult studio recording released in 1994, containing remakes of many of the band's previous hits.-Track listing:# " The Reaper" - 5:05# "E.T.I...
Heavy Metal
Heavy Metal (film)
Heavy Metal is a 1981 Canadian fantasy-animated film directed by Gerald Potterton and produced by Ivan Reitman and Leonard Mogel, who also was the publisher of Heavy Metal magazine....
and his animation work on Yellow Submarine.
Potterton has been nominated three times for an Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film: as director on the National Film Board of Canada
National Film Board of Canada
The National Film Board of Canada is Canada's twelve-time Academy Award-winning public film producer and distributor. An agency of the Government of Canada, the NFB produces and distributes documentary, animation, alternative drama and digital media productions...
animated shorts My Financial Career
My Financial Career
My Financial Career is a 1962 animated short directed by Gerald Potterton, based on a story of the same name from Stephen Leacock's Literary Lapses collection of short fiction. The six and a half minute film takes a humorous look at a young man's attempt to open a bank account...
and Christmas Cracker
Christmas Cracker (film)
Christmas Cracker is a 1963 animated short about Christmas, co-directed by Norman McLaren, Gerald Potterton, Grant Munro and Jeff Hale. The film consists of three segments: a rendition of "Jingle Bells" in which cutout animation figures dance, a dime-store rodeo of tin toys and a story about...
, and as producer for The Selfish Giant
The Selfish Giant (film)
The Selfish Giant is an animated short film adaptation of the short story by Oscar Wilde. The story has symbolic religious themes and may be considered a work of allegory in Christian literature. The film was produced in 1971 by the Canadian-based Potterton Productions and by Pyramid Films. It...
.
Personal life
Born in LondonLondon
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
, Potterton attended the Hammersmith Art School
Ealing, Hammersmith and West London College
Ealing, Hammersmith & West London College is a college of further education based across four campuses located in Acton, Ealing, Hammersmith and Southall districts of London, England. The college provides education for over 25,000 students, and it is a member of the 157 Group of high performing...
. He emigrated from England to live in Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
in 1955.
Potterton currently lives in Cowansville, Quebec
Quebec
Quebec or is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level....
, Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
, where he is still involved in the production of live and animated motion pictures. Inspired by Quebec's pastoral Eastern Townships
Eastern Townships
The Eastern Townships is a tourist region and a former administrative region in south-eastern Quebec, lying between the former seigneuries south of the Saint Lawrence River and the United States border. Its northern boundary roughly followed Logan's Line, the geologic boundary between the flat,...
, he continues to paint landscapes and aviation
Aviation
Aviation is the design, development, production, operation, and use of aircraft, especially heavier-than-air aircraft. Aviation is derived from avis, the Latin word for bird.-History:...
subjects.
Professional career
After working as an assistant animator in London, Potterton joined the NFBNational Film Board of Canada
The National Film Board of Canada is Canada's twelve-time Academy Award-winning public film producer and distributor. An agency of the Government of Canada, the NFB produces and distributes documentary, animation, alternative drama and digital media productions...
in 1954 where he directed both animated and live-action films. He collaborated with Harold Pinter
Harold Pinter
Harold Pinter, CH, CBE was a Nobel Prize–winning English playwright and screenwriter. One of the most influential modern British dramatists, his writing career spanned more than 50 years. His best-known plays include The Birthday Party , The Homecoming , and Betrayal , each of which he adapted to...
on Pinter's People
Pinter's People
Pinter's People is a compilation of revue sketches or short prose works by Harold Pinter, which was performed for four weeks from 30 January 2007, at the Haymarket Theatre, in London, starring Bill Bailey, Geraldine McNulty, Sally Phillips, and Kevin Eldon...
in 1969 and Buster Keaton
Buster Keaton
Joseph Frank "Buster" Keaton was an American comic actor, filmmaker, producer and writer. He was best known for his silent films, in which his trademark was physical comedy with a consistently stoic, deadpan expression, earning him the nickname "The Great Stone Face".Keaton was recognized as the...
on The Railrodder
The Railrodder
The Railrodder is a 1965 short comedy film released by the National Film Board of Canada and starring Buster Keaton in one of his final film roles. It was also his final silent film, as the film contains no dialogue and all sound effects are overdubbed....
in 1965.
After contributing to George Dunning
George Dunning
George Garnett Dunning was a Canadian film maker and animator. He is best known for animating and directing the 1968 Beatles' film Yellow Submarine.-Biography:...
’s animated feature Yellow Submarine in 1968,
he returned to freelance work in the United Kingdom
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
, the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
and Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
.
During the early 1970s, among other projects, he directed live-action and animated sequences for Sesame Street
Sesame Street
Sesame Street has undergone significant changes in its history. According to writer Michael Davis, by the mid-1970s the show had become "an American institution". The cast and crew expanded during this time, including the hiring of women in the crew and additional minorities in the cast. The...
and The Electric Company
The Electric Company
The Electric Company is an educational American children's television series that was produced by the Children's Television Workshop for PBS in the United States. PBS broadcast 780 episodes over the course of its six seasons from October 25, 1971 to April 15, 1977...
.
In 1981 he was hired by producer Ivan Reitman
Ivan Reitman
Ivan Reitman, OC is a Canadian film producer and director. He is known for the comedies he has directed and produced, especially in the 1980s and 1990s.He is the owner of The Montecito Picture Company, founded in 2000.-Early life:...
to direct the animated feature Heavy Metal. Potterton coordinated more than one thousand artists, animators and technicians from seventeen countries working in Los Angeles
Los Ángeles
Los Ángeles is the capital of the province of Biobío, in the commune of the same name, in Region VIII , in the center-south of Chile. It is located between the Laja and Biobío rivers. The population is 123,445 inhabitants...
, New York
New York
New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...
, London, Montreal
Montreal
Montreal is a city in Canada. It is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest city in Canada and the seventh largest in North America...
and Ottawa
Ottawa
Ottawa is the capital of Canada, the second largest city in the Province of Ontario, and the fourth largest city in the country. The city is located on the south bank of the Ottawa River in the eastern portion of Southern Ontario...
.
During the 1980s and 1990s, he continued making animated and live-action features for television and video.
Potterton Productions
Established in 1968, this production company produced both live-action and animated films. Apart from Potterton's own projects, this company produced Peter Sander's The Selfish GiantThe Selfish Giant (film)
The Selfish Giant is an animated short film adaptation of the short story by Oscar Wilde. The story has symbolic religious themes and may be considered a work of allegory in Christian literature. The film was produced in 1971 by the Canadian-based Potterton Productions and by Pyramid Films. It...
and Larry Kent
Larry Kent
Larry Kent was an American film actor and producer.-Career:Between 1925 and 1964 Kent acted in 52 films and a handful of TV shows including Rawhide. He had a successful career as a lead and supporting actor in the silent era but failed to make the transition to sound films and was cast largely in...
’s Fleur Bleue in 1971, Mike Mills
Mike Mills (director)
Michael C. "Mike" Mills is an American film and music video director and graphic designer. He is perhaps best known for his independent films Thumbsucker and Beginners.-Early life:...
’ The Happy Prince
The Happy Prince (film)
The Happy Prince is an animated short film adaptation of the short story by Oscar Wilde. The film was produced in 1974 by the Canadian-based Potterton Productions as a followup to its 1971 film The Selfish Giant.-Plot:...
in 1974, The Little Mermaid
The Little Mermaid
"The Little Mermaid" is a popular fairy tale by the Danish poet and author Hans Christian Andersen about a young mermaid willing to give up her life in the sea and her identity as a mermaid to gain a human soul and the love of a human prince...
in 1975, and in 1975 The Christmas Messenger. The company was closed in 1974.
Recent works
Potterton recently directed Sandy WilsonSandy Wilson
Sandy Wilson is an English composer and lyricist, best known for his musical The Boy Friend .-Biography:Wilson was born Alexander Galbraith Wilson in Sale, Greater Manchester, and was educated at Harrow School and Oriel College, Oxford. During the war he served in the Royal Ordnance Corps in Great...
's musical The Boyfriend at Theatre Lac Brome, and created and directed Peter Piper and the Plane People. Also, through Potterton Studios, he is writing A Stage Too Far.
Filmography
| Production | Year | Details |
|---|---|---|
| Huff and Puff | 1955 | co-writer, co-animator with Grant Munro Grant Munro (filmmaker) Grant Munro O.C. is a Canadian animator, filmmaker and actor.-Early life:He was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba. He has one sister and a brother . Brian Munro spent his adult life in the Canadian Forces, serving with Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry... |
| Fish Spoilage Control | 1956 | animator |
| It's a Crime | 1957 | animator |
| Hors d'oeuvre | 1960 | co-director, co-animator with Arthur Lipsett Arthur Lipsett Arthur Lipsett was a Canadian avant-garde director of short experimental films.In the 1960s he was employed as an animator by the National Film Board of Canada . Lipsett's particular passion was sound. He collected pieces of sound from a variety of sources and fit them together to create an... , Derek Lamb Derek Lamb Derek Lamb was an animation filmmaker and producer. While serving as Executive Producer of the National Film Board of Canada's English Animation Studio from 1976 to 1982, he produced the Oscar-winner Special Delivery, directed by John Weldon and Eunice Macaulay, and produced and scripted Eugene... , Kaj Pindal et al. |
| Life and Radiation | 1960 | co-animator with Kenneth Horn Kenneth Horn Kenneth Horn is a state representative representing Michigan's district 94 in the Michigan House of Representatives. Horn was first elected to the house in 2006, re-elected in 2008 and 2010.... , Pierre L'Amare |
| My Financial Career My Financial Career My Financial Career is a 1962 animated short directed by Gerald Potterton, based on a story of the same name from Stephen Leacock's Literary Lapses collection of short fiction. The six and a half minute film takes a humorous look at a young man's attempt to open a bank account... |
1962 | director, co-animator with Grant Munro |
| Christmas Cracker Christmas Cracker (film) Christmas Cracker is a 1963 animated short about Christmas, co-directed by Norman McLaren, Gerald Potterton, Grant Munro and Jeff Hale. The film consists of three segments: a rendition of "Jingle Bells" in which cutout animation figures dance, a dime-store rodeo of tin toys and a story about... |
1963 | co-director with Norman McLaren, Grant Munro, Jeff Hale |
| The Ride | 1963 | director; actor |
| Buster Keaton Rides Again Buster Keaton Rides Again Buster Keaton Rides Again is a 1965 documentary film about the filming of Buster Keaton's film The Railrodder, which was also released in 1965. Although it is a production documentary, this film is actually longer than The Railrodder, which was only 24 minutes long... |
1965 | appears as himself |
| The Railrodder The Railrodder The Railrodder is a 1965 short comedy film released by the National Film Board of Canada and starring Buster Keaton in one of his final film roles. It was also his final silent film, as the film contains no dialogue and all sound effects are overdubbed.... , a.k.a. The Railroader |
1965 | director; writer; co-editor with Jo Kirkpatrick |
| Cool McCool Cool McCool Cool McCool was an animated series that ran on NBC from September 10, 1966 to August 30, 1969 with two episodes per show, running to 40 episodes in all... |
1966 | director |
| The Quiet Racket | 1966 | director |
| Yellow Submarine | 1968 | animator |
| Pinter's People Pinter's People Pinter's People is a compilation of revue sketches or short prose works by Harold Pinter, which was performed for four weeks from 30 January 2007, at the Haymarket Theatre, in London, starring Bill Bailey, Geraldine McNulty, Sally Phillips, and Kevin Eldon... |
1969 | director |
| Tiki Tiki | 1971 | co-director with Rolan Bykov Rolan Bykov Rolan Antonovich Bykov was a Soviet and Russian actor, film director, script writer, poet, song writer. He was awarded People's Artist of the RSFSR in 1973 and the USSR State Prize in 1986.Rolan Bykov was born to a Jewish family in Kiev.... , Jack Stokes Jack Stokes John Edward Stokes was a Canadian politician. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1967 to 1985, and was Speaker of the legislature from 1977 to 1981. Stokes was a member of the New Democratic Party.Stokes was born in Schreiber, Ontario, and was educated in the area... ; writer; producer |
| The Selfish Giant The Selfish Giant (film) The Selfish Giant is an animated short film adaptation of the short story by Oscar Wilde. The story has symbolic religious themes and may be considered a work of allegory in Christian literature. The film was produced in 1971 by the Canadian-based Potterton Productions and by Pyramid Films. It... |
1971 | producer |
| The Rainbow Boys, a.k.a. The Rainbow Gang | 1973 | director; writer |
| The Happy Prince The Happy Prince (film) The Happy Prince is an animated short film adaptation of the short story by Oscar Wilde. The film was produced in 1974 by the Canadian-based Potterton Productions as a followup to its 1971 film The Selfish Giant.-Plot:... |
1974 | producer |
| Hans Christian Andersen's The Little Mermaid Hans Christian Andersen's The Little Mermaid is a Japanese anime film based on Hans Christian Andersen's eponymous fairy tale, released in 1975 by Toei Animation. Unlike the later Walt Disney Pictures animated film adaptation released 14 years later, this film is closer to Andersen's original story, notably in its preservation of the original... |
1975 | executive producer |
| The Christmas Messenger | 1975 | producer |
| Raggedy Ann & Andy: A Musical Adventure Raggedy Ann & Andy: A Musical Adventure Raggedy Ann and Andy: A Musical Adventure is a 1977 American animated film directed by Richard Williams. It was produced by the Bobbs-Merrill Company, and released by 20th Century Fox... |
1977 | animator; associate and sequence director |
| Canada Vignettes Canada Vignettes Canada Vignettes are a series of vignettes by the National Film Board of Canada , some of which aired on the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation and other Canadian broadcasters as interstitial programs. The vignettes became popular because of their cultural depiction of Canada, and because they... : Winter – Dressing Up |
1979 | director; writer |
| Canada Vignettes: Winter – Starting the Car | 1979 | director; writer |
| Heavy Metal Heavy Metal (film) Heavy Metal is a 1981 Canadian fantasy-animated film directed by Gerald Potterton and produced by Ivan Reitman and Leonard Mogel, who also was the publisher of Heavy Metal magazine.... |
1981 | director |
| The Fox and the Hound | 1981 | additional animator (uncredited) |
| The Awful Fate of Melpomenus Jones The Awful Fate of Melpomenus Jones The Awful Fate of Melpomenus Jones is a very short story by Stephen Leacock. It was re-published in Literary Lapses in 1910. It is read by John Le Mesurier on a 1976 LP What Is Going To Become Of Us All? It was made into a short movie by Gerald Potterton in 1983.It tells the story of a young curate... |
1983 | director; animator |
| Rubik the Amazing Cube | 1983 | story director |
| George and the Christmas Star | 1985 | director; writer; producer |
| Buster Keaton: A Hard Act to Follow Buster Keaton: A Hard Act to Follow Buster Keaton: A Hard Act to Follow is a 3-part television documentary series made in 1987, charting the life and career of Buster Keaton. The series was written and produced by Kevin Brownlow and David Gill for Thames Television and narrated by Lindsay Anderson... |
1987 | appears as himself |
| The Emerald City of Oz The Emerald City of Oz The Emerald City of Oz is the sixth of L. Frank Baum's fourteen Land of Oz books. It was also adapted into a Canadian animated film in 1987. Originally published on July 20, 1910, it is the story of Dorothy Gale and her Uncle Henry and Aunt Em coming to live in Oz permanently... |
1987 | director; title design |
| The Marvelous Land of Oz The Marvelous Land of Oz The Marvelous Land of Oz: Being an Account of the Further Adventures of the Scarecrow and the Tin Woodman, commonly shortened to The Land of Oz, published on July 5, 1904, is the second of L. Frank Baum's books set in the Land of Oz, and the sequel to The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. This and the next... |
1987 | director; title design |
| Ozma of Oz Ozma of Oz Ozma of Oz: A Record of Her Adventures with Dorothy Gale of Kansas, the Yellow Hen, the Scarecrow, the Tin Woodman, Tiktok, the Cowardly Lion and the Hungry Tiger; Besides Other Good People too Numerous to Mention Faithfully Recorded Herein published on July 30, 1907, was the third book of L.... |
1987 | director; title design |
| The Wonderful Wizard of Oz The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (anime) The Wonderful Wizard of Oz may refer to:*The Wonderful Wizard of Oz* The Wizard of Oz, a 1982 Japanese feature film* The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, a 1986 Japanese animated TV series* The Wonderful Galaxy of Oz, a 1992 Japanese animated TV series... |
1987 | director; title design |
| The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1986 TV series) | 1987 | director |
| The Smoggies The Smoggies The Smoggies was a Canadian animated children's television show by Cinar that began airing in 1988. In the United States, the show was aired under the name Stop the Smoggies in 1994 on HBO, and in France, as SOS Polluards. In the french part of the Canada, it was aired under the name Touftoufs et... |
1988 | director; writer |
| The Real Story of Baa Baa Black Sheep | 1990 | director |
| The Real Story of I'm a Little Teapot | 1990 | director |
| Young Robin Hood Young Robin Hood Young Robin Hood is an animated series produced by Cinar and Hanna-Barbera. The series takes place when Robin is a teenager, Richard the Lion Heart is on his "first crusade" and Robin Hood's father, the Earl of Huntington, joins him.-Synopsis:... |
1991 | director; writer |
| The Real Story of Happy Birthday to You The Real Story of Happy Birthday to You The Real Story of Happy Birthday to You is a children's short animation film directed by Gerald Potterton as part of the Favorite Songs series. The short was produced in Canada by Cinar and in France by France Animation and was released in January of 1992 in the USA... |
1992 | director |
Other works
Potterton illustrated the 1977 children's book, Scouse the MouseScouse the Mouse
Scouse the Mouse is a children's album, released in Great Britain in 1977, that featured the vocals of Ringo Starr and others. Starr appears as the album's main character, Scouse the Mouse, who emigrates from Liverpool to the United States. Scouse is a word for things from Liverpool. Other...
, by Donald Pleasence
Donald Pleasence
Sir Donald Henry Pleasence, OBE, was a British actor who gained more than 200 screen credits during a career which spanned over four decades...
. He also wrote The Star, and George, published by Harper & Row, 1968.
Awards and honours
From 1970 to 1971 Potterton served as vice-president of l'Association Internationale des films d'animation (ASIFA) He is currently a distinguished member of the Royal Canadian Academy (RCA).At the 12th Annual Cartoons on the Bay International Festival of Television Animation in Salerno
Salerno
Salerno is a city and comune in Campania and is the capital of the province of the same name. It is located on the Gulf of Salerno on the Tyrrhenian Sea....
, Italy
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
, in April 2008, Potterton received the Pulcinella Lifetime Achievement Award.
In September, 2002 he received The Buster Award at The Buster Keaton Celebration.
Other awards include:
| Award | Result | Year | Production | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Academy Award | nomination | 1962 | My Financial Career My Financial Career My Financial Career is a 1962 animated short directed by Gerald Potterton, based on a story of the same name from Stephen Leacock's Literary Lapses collection of short fiction. The six and a half minute film takes a humorous look at a young man's attempt to open a bank account... |
|
| Academy Award | nomination | 1962 | Christmas Cracker Christmas Cracker (film) Christmas Cracker is a 1963 animated short about Christmas, co-directed by Norman McLaren, Gerald Potterton, Grant Munro and Jeff Hale. The film consists of three segments: a rendition of "Jingle Bells" in which cutout animation figures dance, a dime-store rodeo of tin toys and a story about... |
|
| Berlin International Film Festival Berlin International Film Festival The Berlin International Film Festival , also called the Berlinale, is one of the world's leading film festivals and most reputable media events. It is held in Berlin, Germany. Founded in West Berlin in 1951, the festival has been celebrated annually in February since 1978... |
won | 1965 | The Railrodder The Railrodder The Railrodder is a 1965 short comedy film released by the National Film Board of Canada and starring Buster Keaton in one of his final film roles. It was also his final silent film, as the film contains no dialogue and all sound effects are overdubbed.... |
honourable mention for best short film |
| Golden Gate Award Golden Gate Award Golden Gate Award may refer to:* A film award at the San Francisco International Film Festival* An award part of the GLAAD Media Awards... |
won - best animated short | 1964 | Christmas Cracker Christmas cracker Christmas crackers or bon-bons are an integral part of Christmas celebrations in the United Kingdom and Commonwealth countries such as Australia, Canada, New Zealand and South Africa. They are also popular in Ireland. A cracker consists of a cardboard tube wrapped in a brightly decorated twist of... |
San Francisco International Film Festival San Francisco International Film Festival San Francisco International Film Festival is the oldest continuously running film festival in the Americas. Organized by the San Francisco Film Society, the International is held each spring for two weeks, presenting an average of 150 films from over 50 countries... (shared with Jeff Hale, Norman McLaren Norman McLaren Norman McLaren, CC, CQ was a Scottish-born Canadian animator and film director known for his work for the National Film Board of Canada... , Grant Munro |