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Gerald Potterton RCA (8 March 1931 – 23 August 2022) was a Canadian director, animator, producer and writer. He is best known for directing the cult classic Heavy Metal and for his animation work on Yellow Submarine.
Gerald Potterton was born on 8 March 1931 in London, England, UK. He was a director and writer, known for Heavy Metal (1981) , The Railrodder (1965) and Yellow Submarine (1968) . He died on 23 August 2022 in Cowansville, Québec, Canada.
- Director, Writer, Animation Department
- March 8, 1931
- Gerald Potterton
- August 23, 2022
Aug 24, 2022 · Gerald Potterton was a director and animator best known for directing the 1981 animated cult classic film “Heavy Metal.” Died: Tuesday, August 23, 2022. (Who else died on August 23?)
Aug 26, 2022 · Friends and colleagues of Gerald Potterton all talk of how the Quebec filmmaker had a youthful sense of fun and humour that coloured his entire work and life. Potterton died Aug. 23 at the...
- Brendan Kelly, Montreal Gazette
Sep 3, 2022 · March 8, 1931 - August 23, 2022. Film maker, Gerald Potterton died at the Brome-Missisquoi-Perkins Hospital in Cowansville, Quebec, on the evening of Tuesday, August 23, 2022, at the age of 91. A native of London, England, and student of the Hammersmith Art School, Gerald emigrated to Canada in 1954 to work alongside the pioneers of NFB animation.
Jul 13, 2022 · Potterton was born in Tooting Bec (south London) on March 8, 1931. His father was a musician and his uncle managed the London Palladium theatre. As a teenager, Potterton worked...
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Aug 25, 2022 · Gerald Potterton, the cult filmmaker who directed Heavy Metal and animated a segment of the Beatles ’ Yellow Submarine, died Tuesday in Quebec, the National Film Board of Canada (NFB) said in a...