Gerald Potterton Cause of Death: What Happened To Gerald Potterton?
Gerald Potterton Death Cause: information reaching Ngnews 247, Director, writer, producer, and animator Gerald Potterton was a British-Canadian. He passed away at 91 years old..
How did Gerald Potterton die?
Gerald Potterton, a British-Canadian director who worked for Columbia Pictures and created the adult animated cult masterpiece Heavy Metal in 1981, has passed away. He was 91.
In a statement released on Wednesday by the National Film Board of Canada, Potterton passed away on August 23 at the Brome-Missisquoi-Perkins Hospital in Cowansville, Quebec.
‘Gerald came to Canada and the NFB to be a part of a new wave of storytelling, one that was fresh and irreverent, and he brought great wit and imagination to every project,’ says the biography.
With Potterton Productions, he was also a builder who contributed to creating the independent Canadian animation sector that exists today. He was a superb artist and a genuinely pleasant man, according to Claude Joli-Coeur, chairperson of the NFB and government film commissioner.
Who is Gerald Potterton?
Gerald Potterton was a British-Canadian director, writer, producer, and animator who lived from 8 March 1931 to 23 August 2022. He is well known for animating Yellow Submarine and directing the cult movie Heavy Metal.
As the director of the National Film Board of Canada animated shorts My Financial Career and Christmas Cracker, as well as the producer of The Selfish Giant, Potterton received three nominations for an Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film.
Gerald Potterton Cause of Death
Gerald Potterton was a British-Canadian director, writer, producer, and animator best known for his work on Yellow Submarine and the cult movie Heavy Metal.
Gerald Potterton, who was 91 years old, is no longer with us.
On August 23, 2022, he passed away. According to the speculation his cause of death was natural illness.
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