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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.
Jul 13, 2022 · Breaking out at the NFB. The 1960s proved a break-out decade for Potterton. Two of his animated shorts, My Financial Career (1962) and Christmas Cracker (1964), were nominated for Academy Awards....
Sep 8, 2022 · Gerald went to one of the top grammar schools in the country, Bishop Wordsworth’s School in Salisbury, Wiltshire, 15 kilometres from Stonehenge, receiving a much better education than he would...
- Fred Langan
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.
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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?)
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.
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Aug 24, 2022 · Gerald Potterton, the British-Canadian filmmaker who directed the adult animated cult classic Heavy Metal in 1981 for Columbia Pictures, has died. He was 91.
