John Weldon (born May 11, 1945) is a Canadian actor, composer, animator and movie director, known for his National Film Board of Canada (NFB) animated shorts.
Born in Belleville, Ontario, Weldon lives in Montreal, Quebec. Following his retirement from the NFB, Weldon has devoted his time to songwriting and comic books, including a planned comic book series, Ashcan Alley.
Filmography
- What Do You Do? (1976, animator)
- Spinnolio (1977)
- No Apple For Johnny (1977; written, animated and directed)
- Special Delivery (1978; cowritten and directed with Eunice Macaulay)
- The Log Driver's Waltz (1979)
- Emergency Numbers (1984)
- Real Inside (1984)
- Of Dice and Men (1988)
- To Be (1990)
- The Lump (1991)
- Scant Sanity (1996)
- Frank the Wrabbit (1998)
- The Hungry Squid (2001)
- Yo (2003)
- Noël Noël (2003) (script)
- Home Security (2004)
Awards
- Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film for Special Delivery in 1979.
- Nominated for a Golden Palm for Best Short Film for To Be, in 1990.
See also
- Cordell Barker-similar in content
- Richard Condie-similar in content
- Cinema of Canada
References
- The Canadian Encyclopedia
- Lenburg, Jeff (1 June 2006). "Weldon, John". Who's Who in Animated Cartoons: An International Guide to Film and Television's Award-Winning and Legendary Animators. Applause Books. pp. 352–3. ISBN 978-1557836717. Retrieved 31 July 2012.
- Robby Benson and Carol Lynley present Short Film Oscars®-Oscars on YouTube
- 1979|Oscars.org
- TO BE-Festival de Cannes
External links
- John Weldon's Web Site
- Watch John Weldon's films at NFB.ca
- John Weldon at The Film Reference Library. Retrieved on July 8, 2007.
- John Weldon at IMDb
- 1945 births
- Living people
- Anglophone Quebec people
- Artists from Montreal
- Artists from Ontario
- Canadian animated film directors
- Directors of Best Animated Short Academy Award winners
- Directors of Genie and Canadian Screen Award winners for Best Animated Short
- Film directors from Montreal
- Film directors from Ontario
- National Film Board of Canada people
- People from Belleville, Ontario
- Producers who won the Best Animated Short Academy Award