Actor info
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Name :
Gerald Potterton
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Born :
March 8, 1931 in London, England, UK (95 years old)
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Known for :
Directing
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Gender :
Male
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Film career :
4 films (1963–2026)
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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.
Notable films
- A Brave Engineer: Buster Keaton's Last Ride (2026) as Self (Archival)
- Buster Keaton Rides Again (1965) as Self - Director of 'The Railrodder'
- The Ride (1963) as Chauffeur
- The Flying Animator as Himself
