Gerald Potterton

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Gerald Potterton (born March 8, 1931 in London ) is a British - Canadian animator , film director and producer .

Life

Potterton attended Hammersmith Art School . After graduating, he started working as an animation assistant in London. At the age of 24 he emigrated to Canada and became a member of the National Film Board of Canada (NFB). In 1962 his debut work, My Financial Career , appeared, for which he was responsible for the first time as a director. The film was nominated for an Oscar in the category " Best Animated Short Film " in 1964 , but could not prevail against The Critic .

In 1963, Potterton co-directed Christmas Cracker alongside Norman McLaren , Jeff Hale and Grant Munro . With the film he also won the Golden Gate Award . In 1965 he was the director of the film Train Ride with Buster Keaton , the last silent film by Buster Keaton . With this he received an honorary award from the Berlinale . He also appeared in the documentary Buster Keaton Rides Again .

As an animator, he worked on the animated series Cool McCool (1966–1969) and the Beatles film Yellow Submarine . In the 1970s he shot film and animation passages for the children's series Sesame Street and The Electric Company .

In 1968 he founded his own production company for film and animation. Before it closed in 1974, she produced Peter Sander's The Selfish Giant (1971) , Larry Kents Fleur Bleue (1971), Mike Mills The Happy Prince (1974), The Little Mermaid (1974) and The Christmas Messenger (1975), among others .

His last major work was the 1981 film Heavy Metal , which he co-directed with Jimmy T. Murakami . The film was based on the French heavy metal comics.

In the 1980s and 1990s he continued to work as a director and animator for film and television.

Filmography

Director
  • 1960: Hors-d'oeuvre (short film)
  • 1962: My Financial Career (short film)
  • 1963: The Ride (short film)
  • 1963: Christmas Cracker (short film)
  • 1965: Train ride with Buster Keaton (The Railrodder)
  • 1966: Cool McCool (animated series)
  • 1966: The Quiet Racket (short documentary)
  • 1971: Tiki Tiki
  • 1973: Adventure Gold (The Rainbow Boys)
  • 1975: The Remarkable Rocket (short film)
  • 1979: Canada Vignettes: Winter - Starting the Car
  • 1979: Canada Vignettes: Winter - Dressing Up
  • 1981: Heavy Metal
  • 1983: The Awful Fate of Melpomenus Jones (short film)
  • 1985: George and the Christmas Star
  • 1989–1991: The Smoggies (TV series)
  • 1992: The Real Story of Happy Birthday to You (short film)
animator
  • 1954: Animal Farm - Animal Farm
  • 1955: Huff and Puff (short film)
  • 1956: Fish Spoilage Control (short film)
  • 1957: It's a Crime (short film)
  • 1960: Life and Radiation (short film)
  • 1968: Yellow Submarine
  • 1977: Raggedy Ann & Andy: A Musical Adventure
production

Web links

Commons : Gerald Potterton  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Program 1965. In: Berlinale. Retrieved January 12, 2019 .
  2. ^ The Big Cartoon DataBase: Gerald Potterton Productions Studio Directory. Retrieved January 12, 2019 (American English).
personal data
SURNAME Potterton, Gerald
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British-Canadian animator, film director and producer
DATE OF BIRTH March 8, 1931
PLACE OF BIRTH London