Gerald Potterton

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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Gerald Potterton (March 8, 1931- August 23, 2022) was 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Gerald Potterton, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contribu…

  • Directing
  • Born 8 March 1931 (age 95)
  • London, England, UK
  • 35 credits

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Most-watched Gerald Potterton films currently: Heavy Metal (1981), The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1987), Yellow Submarine (1968), My Financial Career (1962), The Real Story of Baa Baa Black Sheep (1991).

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Selected TV credits: NBC Experiment in Television (1967), Smoggies! (1989).

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