1981Nominee
Best Director
Heavy Metal
Gerald Potterton
Actor · Director · Producer · Writer
London, England, UK
March 8, 1931
Biography
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 contributors on Wikipedia.
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Representative Works
Awards and Honors
Critical Favorites
1968Nominee
Best Performance
Yellow Submarine
1971Winner
Best Director
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Career Highlights
1965Highlight
Best Director
The Railrodder
1977Highlight
Best Performance
Raggedy Ann & Andy: A Musical Adventure
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Heavy Metal
Yellow Submarine
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