Gerald Potterton

Animator, Film director

1931 –

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Who is Gerald Potterton?

Gerald Potterton 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.

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Born
Mar 8, 1931
London
Nationality
  • United Kingdom
Profession
Lived in
  • London

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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