Paul Berry

Paul Thomas Berry (born March 13, 1961 in Leigh , Lancashire , † June 26, 2001 in Manchester ) was a British animator .

Life

Berry came in 1983 to the film production studio Cosgrove Hall , where he was involved, among other things, in the puppet series The Wind in the Willows as an animator of Mr. Toad. His only film direction was the stop-motion short animation film The Sandman in 1991 , which was based on a story by ETA Hoffmann . Berry, who also animated and produced the film, has won numerous awards, including the Grand Prix of the Hiroshima Kokusai Animation Festival . He also received an Oscar nomination in the Best Animated Short Film category . Berry had attracted international attention - he then worked as an animator on Tim Burton's Nightmare Before Christmas (1993) and Henry Selick's James and the Giant Peach (1996). He also animated numerous advertising films. In February 2001, Berry was found to have a brain tumor. He died four months later in Manchester.

Filmography

• 1984–1988: The Wind in the Willows (TV series, nine episodes)
• 1990: The Fool of the World and the Flying Ship (TV)
• 1991: The Sandman (also producer, director)
• 1992: Noddy (TV series)
• 1992: Truckers (TV series)
• 1993: The Nightmare Before Christmas (The Nightmare Before Christmas)
• 1996: The Devil Went Down to Georgia
• 1996: James and the Giant Peach
• 1998: BBC Future Generations (TV)
• 2001: Monkeybone

Awards

• 1992: Grand Prix, Hiroshima International Animation Festival , for The Sandman
• 1992: Craft Prize for Best Animation, Ottawa International Animation Festival , for The Sandman
• 1992: Gold Hugo nomination, Chicago International Film Festival , for The Sandman
• 1993: Oscar nomination , Best Animated Short , for The Sandman

Web links

• Paul Berry in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Obituary for Paul Berry by Barry Purves