John Weldon (Animator)
John Felix Weldon (born May 11, 1945 in Belleville , Ontario ) is a Canadian animator .
Life
Weldon grew up in Montreal and studied mathematics and psychology at McGill University , from which he graduated with a Bachelor of Science. He then attended MacDonald Teachers' College for a year. After completing his studies, Weldon worked for a short time as a trainee in an insurance agency. In his spare time he wrote a musical and a play, and wrote and illustrated a comic strip with Pipkin Papers . He joined the National Film Board of Canada as a freelance animation assistant in 1970 and began working as an illustrator and tracer. From 1975 Weldon was involved in numerous films as a director and screenwriter, where he had taught himself the basics of animated filming. He received an Oscar in 1979 for Special Delivery , which he directed with Eunice Macaulay .
In 2003 the NFB published a brief retrospective of Weldon's work under the title John Weldon's Deeper Dementia . Anima Mundi paid tribute to Weldon's work in 2004: "Regardless of which technique he uses, drawing, puppets, electronic data processing, Weldon is always keen to make people think through humor or, conversely, to make the universe of thought laugh".
In 2004 he retired; his last film for the NFB was Home Security . Since then he has been writing songs and working on comics.
Weldon is married; the marriage has a son and a daughter.
Filmography
- 1975: You've Read the Book, Now See the Movie
- 1977: Spinnolio
- 1977: No Apple for Johnny
- 1978: Special Delivery
- 1979: Canada Vignettes: Log Driver's Waltz
- 1982: Ottawa 82 logo
- 1984: Canada Vignettes: Emergency Numbers
- 1984: Real Inside
- 1985: Elephantrio
- 1988: Of Dice and Men
- 1990: Vignette: Para Sight
- 1990: To Be
- 1991: The National Film Board of Canada's Animation Festival
- 1991: The Lump
- 1996: Scant Sanity
- 1999: Frank the Wrabbit
- 2003: Point of Order
- 2003: The Hungry Squid
- 2003: Yo
- 2004: Home Security
Awards (selection)
- 1979: Oscar , Best Animated Short Film , for Special Delivery
- 1986: Merit Award, Ottawa International Animation Festival , for Elephantrio
- 1990: Nomination for a Golden Palm , Best Short Film, for To Be
- 1992: Genie Award nomination, Best Animated Short Film , for The Lump
- 1992: Gordon Bruce Award for Humor, Ottawa International Animation Festival, for The Lump
- 1999: Genie Award nomination, Best Animated Short Film, for Frank the Wrabbit
- 2003: Genie Award , Best Animated Short Film, for The Hungry Squid
- 2003: Jutra Award nomination for The Hungry Squid
literature
- Weldon, John . In: Jeff Lenburg: Who's who in animated cartoons . Applause, New York 2006, pp. 352-353.
- NFB / John Weldon . In: Anima Mundi (Ed.), Julius Wiedemann (Ed.): Animation Now! Taschen, Cologne u. a. 2004, pp. 344-347.
Web links
- John Weldon in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Portrait of Weldon at the NFB
- Films by John Weldon at the NFB
- John Weldon on The Canadian Encyclopedia
- John Weldon on Canadian Film Encyclopedia
Individual evidence
- ^ Portrait of Weldon at the NFB ( Memento of the original from October 18, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ John Weldon on Canadian Film Encyclopedia
- ^ NFB / John Weldon . In: Anima Mundi (Ed.), Julius Wiedemann (Ed.): Animation Now! Taschen, Cologne u. a. 2004, p. 325.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Weldon, John |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Weldon, John Felix (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Canadian animator |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 11, 1945 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Belleville , Ontario |