Template:Short description Sheldon Cohen (born 1949) is a Montreal-based animator and children's book illustrator.
Career
His film animation works includes the National Film Board of Canada (NFB) productions The Sweater, a 1980 film adaptation of Roch Carrier's classic short story,[1][2][3] Pies, the 2004 adaptation of the Wilma Riley short story,[4] I Want a Dog, the 2003 adaptation based on the children's book of the same title by Dayal Kaur Khalsa and My Heart Attack (2015).[5][6][7]
Filmography
- The Sweater (1980)
- Snow Cat (1998)
- I Want a Dog (2003)
- Pies (2004)
- Dreams Come True
- The Three Wishes (2006)
- My Heart Attack (2015)
Awards
The Sweater received 15 international prizes, including a BAFTA Award for Best Animation. Cohen followed this success with a picture book version of the film as well a sequel, Un champion, which won him the Governor General's Award for French-language children's illustration[5]
References
External links
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- Films by Sheldon Cohen at National Film Board of Canada (nfb.ca)
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- ↑ Toronto’s NFB Mediatheque To Host Screening & Discussion With Animator Sheldon Cohen|Cartoon Brew
- ↑ The Sweater — Animation Show of Shows
- ↑ Pies - Direct Cinema Limited
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Template:Cite web
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- ↑ Animator Sheldon Cohen on his life-altering heart attack|CBC Radio