Barrie Nelson (May 7, 1933 – September 29, 2021) was a Canadian animator.[1] He was most noted as the director of the 1971 animated short film Propaganda Message,[2] and the "B-17" segment of the 1981 animated anthology film Heavy Metal.[3]
Early life and career
A native of Winnipeg, he studied fine art at the University of Manitoba.[1] He worked for Canadian animation studios for a number of years before moving to Hollywood, where he joined John Hubley's studio and was one of the animators of the Academy Award-winning A Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass Double Feature.[1] He had a number of other animation credits, both with Hubley and on various animated television series, before making Propaganda Message for the National Film Board of Canada in 1971; the film won a gold award at the first USA International Animation Film Festival in New York City in 1972.[4]
Nelson also worked on the 1978 animated adaptation of Watership Down and the 1990 TV special Garfield's Feline Fantasies.[5][6]
Films
Nelson also later made the short film Ten: The Magic Number, about the adoption of the metric system in Canada, for the NFB.[7] In the United States he continued to work on animated films and television series,[1] and made at least four short films that were submitted for Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film consideration: Keep Cool (1971),[8] Twins (1974),[9] Opens Wednesday (1980),[10][11] and You Can't Teach an Old Dog New Tricks (1984).[12]
Death
Nelson died in Haiku, Hawaii on September 29, 2021, at the age of 88.[13]
See also
References
External links
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "Animation demanding but fascinating". Fort McMurray Today, August 9, 1978.
- ↑ Martin Malina, "Man & his films: A survey of the movie fare at the fair". Montreal Star, July 24, 1971.
- ↑ Janet Maslin, "'HEAVY METAL,' ADULT CARTOON". The New York Times, August 7, 1981.
- ↑ "Film board wins awards". Sault Star, November 23, 1972.
- ↑ Michael Sporn Animation – Splog » Watership Down Down Down
- ↑ Garfield's Feline Fantasies (1990) - Turner Classic Movies
- ↑ Frank Daley, "Cartoon festival wild, wonderful". Ottawa Journal, August 12, 1976.
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- ↑ Triumphs of Animation At the Biograph - The Washington Post
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