Biography
George Garnett Dunning was a Canadian filmmaker and animator. He is known for animating and directing the 1968 film inspired by the Beatles, Yellow Submarine. Dunning was born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada and studied in at the Ontario College of Art, and soon found freelance work as an illustrator. Dunning joined the National Film Board of Canada in 1943, where he worked with Norman McLare and contributed to several episodes of the Chants Populaires series. From 1944 to 1947 Dunning created many original short films and developed his skills animating articulated, painted, metal cut-outs. In 1948, he spent a year working for UNESCO in Paris under the mentorship of Czech-born animator Berthold Bartosch. Then in 1949, he and fellow NFB grad Jim McKay created one of Toronto's first animation studios, Graphic Associates, where he produced commercials and gave Michael Snow his first job in film. Dunning later moved on to New York City working on UPA's The Gerald McBoing-Boing Show and in 1956 he moved to England to manage UPA's new London office. After the office went under, he hired many of the UPA staff to work for him and his newly established production company, T.V. Cartoons Ltd. …
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Yellow Submarine (1968) — Director
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The Flying Man (1962) — Director
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Damon the Mower (1972) — Director
- The Three Blind Mice (1945) — Director
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The Apple (1963) — Director
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Hands, Knees and Bumps a Daisy (1969) — Director
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Family Tree (1950) — Director
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Cadet Rousselle (1947) — Director
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Grim Pastures (1944) — Director
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Chants populaires nº 2 — Director
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Chants populaires nº 3 (1943) — Director
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Chants populaires nº 4 (1946) — Director
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The Gerald McBoing-Boing Show (1956) — Director
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The Maggot (1973) — Director
- The Ever-Changing Motor Car (1963) — Director
- Canada Is My Piano (1967) — Director
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The Wardrobe (1958) — Director
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The Ladder (1967) — Director
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Moon Rock (1970) — Director
