Gerald Potterton

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Gerald Potterton (March 8, 1931- August 23, 2022) was a British/Canadian director, producer and animator. He is best known for directing the cult classic Heavy Metal and his animation work on Yellow Submarine. Potterton has been nominated three times for an Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film: as director on the National Film Board of Canada animated shorts My Financial Career and Christmas Cracker, and as producer for The Selfish Giant. Description above from the Wikipedia article Gerald Potterton, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Directed

1. Heavy Metal (1981) — Director
2. The Railrodder (1965) — Director
3. My Financial Career (1962) — Director
4. Christmas Cracker (1963) — Director
5. George and the Christmas Star (1985) — Director
6. The Rainbow Boys (1973) — Director
7. The Awful Fate of Melpomenus Jones (1983) — Director
8. The Quiet Racket (1966) — Director
9. The Ride (1963) — Director
10. Last to Go (1969) — Director
11. Tiki Tiki (1971) — Director
12. Appetizers (1960) — Director
13. The Real Story of Happy Birthday To You (1991) — Director
14. Request Stop (1969) — Director
15. Trouble in the Works (1969) — Director
16. The Applicant (1969) — Director
17. The Remarkable Rocket (1975) — Director
18. Bride and Groom (1955) — Director
19. The Real Story of Baa Baa Black Sheep (1991) — Director
20. The Real Story of I'm a Little Teapot (1990) — Director
21. The Black and White (1969) — Director
22. NBC Experiment in Television (1967) — Director

Also appeared in

1. Buster Keaton Rides Again (1965) — Self - Director of 'The Railrodder'
2. The Ride (1963) — Chauffeur
3. The Flying Animator — Himself
4. A Brave Engineer: Buster Keaton's Last Ride (2026) — Self (Archival)