Gerald Potterton
Age: 93 | From: London, England, UK
Person Details
Birthday: 1931-03-08 19:17:08
Aliases: No known aliases
Gender: Male
Place of birth: London, England, UK
Homepage:
Movie Involvements: 32
TV Involvements: 3
Most Famous Work
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Gerald Potterton (born March 8, 1931) is 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.
Most Famous Work
Heavy Metal
(1981) Director
The Railrodder
(1965) Writer
Raggedy Ann & Andy: A Musical Adventure
(1977) Sequence Supervisor
NBC Experiment in Television
(2024) Producer
The Smoggies
(1989) Creator
Christmas Cracker
(1963) Director
The Marvelous Land of Oz
(1987) Animation Director
The Selfish Giant
(1971) ProducerActing
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 1965 | Himself (director of 'The Railrodder') | |
| 1963 | Chauffeur | |
| Himself | ||
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
Creator
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 1989 | Creator | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
Visual Effects
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 1987 | Animation Director | |
| Animation Director | ||
| Animation Director | ||
| Animation Director | ||
| 1983 | Animation | |
| 1956 | Animation | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
Directing
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 1985 | Director | |
| 1983 | Director | |
| 1981 | Director | |
| 1975 | Director | |
| 1973 | Director | |
| 1971 | Director | |
| 1969 | Director | |
| 1966 | Director | |
| 1965 | Director | |
| 1963 | Director | |
| Director | ||
| 1962 | Director | |
| 1960 | Director | |
| 1955 | Director | |
| Director | ||
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
Writing
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 1985 | Writer | |
| 1975 | Screenplay | |
| 1973 | Writer | |
| 1965 | Writer | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
Crew
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 1977 | Sequence Supervisor | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
Production
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | Producer | |
| 1974 | Producer | |
| 1971 | Producer | |
| Producer | ||
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
Editing
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 1965 | Editor | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |