Heavy Metal
1981
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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 · He later attended Hammersmith Art School, and in 1949 he started a two-year stint with the RAF for his national service. After Potterton was released from the service, a neighbor who worked...
Aug 24, 2022 · Potterton had graduated from London’s Hammersmith Art School when he moved to Canada in 1954, working with the NFB before directing his own notable animated shorts in the early ’60s.
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.
Aug 24, 2022 · Born March 8, 1931 in London, England, Potterton studied at the Hammersmith Art School before emigrating to Canada as a young adult in 1954 to join the pioneering artists at NFB’s animation...
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 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...
