Sheldon Cohen (artist)
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Sheldon Cohen (born 1949) is a Montreal-based animator and children's book illustrator.
Career
[edit]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
[edit]- 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
[edit]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
[edit]- ^ "Cartoons Considered For An Academy Award – 1980 -". cartoonresearch.com.
- ^ Toronto’s NFB Mediatheque To Host Screening & Discussion With Animator Sheldon Cohen|Cartoon Brew
- ^ The Sweater — Animation Show of Shows
- ^ Pies - Direct Cinema Limited
- ^ a b "Sheldon Cohen". Author listing. ECW Press. Archived from the original on May 22, 2012. Retrieved May 12, 2012.
- ^ Canada, National Film Board of, My Heart Attack, retrieved 2017-02-10
- ^ Animator Sheldon Cohen on his life-altering heart attack|CBC Radio
External links
[edit]- Official website website
- Films by Sheldon Cohen at National Film Board of Canada (nfb.ca)
- Sheldon Cohen at Library of Congress, with 8 library catalogue records
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