John Weldon (born May 11, 1945) is a

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composer A composer is a person who writes music. The term is especially used to indicate composers of Western classical music, or those who are composers by occupation. Many composers are, or were, also skilled performers of music. Etymology and Defi ...

animator An animator is an artist who creates multiple images, known as frames, which give an illusion of movement called animation when displayed in rapid sequence. Animators can work in a variety of fields including film, television, and video gam ...

and

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, known for his

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(NFB)

animated short Animation is a method by which still figures are manipulated to appear as moving images. In traditional animation, images are drawn or painted by hand on transparent celluloid sheets to be photographed and exhibited on film. Today, most anima ...

s. Born in Belleville,

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, Weldon lives in

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, Quebec. Following his retirement from the NFB, Weldon has devoted his time to songwriting and comic books, including a planned comic book series, ''Ashcan Alley''.

Filmography

* ''What Do You Do?'' (1976,

) * ''

Spinnolio ''Spinnolio'' is a Canadian animated short film, directed by John Weldon and released in 1977. A parody of ''Pinocchio'', the film tells the story of an old man who carves a wooden boy; however, as the fairy never arrives to grant him life, Spin ...

'' (1977) * ''No Apple For Johnny'' (1977; written, animated and directed) * '' Special Delivery'' (1978; cowritten and directed with Eunice Macaulay) * ''

The Log Driver's Waltz The Log Driver's Waltz is a Canadian folk song, written by Wade Hemsworth. ''The Log Driver's Waltz'' is also a Canadian animated film from the National Film Board, released in 1979 as part of its Canada Vignettes series. Song information The so ...

'' (1979) * ''Emergency Numbers'' (1984) * ''Real Inside'' (1984) * ''Of Dice and Men'' (1988) * ''

To Be In linguistics, a copula (plural: copulas or copulae; abbreviated ) is a word or phrase that links the subject of a sentence to a subject complement, such as the word ''is'' in the sentence "The sky is blue" or the phrase ''was not being'' i ...

'' (1990) * '' The Lump'' (1991) * ''Scant Sanity'' (1996) * '' Frank the Wrabbit'' (1998) * ''

The Hungry Squid ''The Hungry Squid'' is 2002 animated short film by John Weldon, about a young girl whose homework and personal life is being disrupted by creatures, including a giant ravenous squid. The film was animated using Weldon's personal style of do-it- ...

'' (2001) * ''Yo'' (2003) * ''

Noël Noël ''Noël Noël'' is a 22-minute animated short produced by the National Film Board of Canada in 2003 as a Christmas special. It was directed by Nicola Lemay and written by Martin Barry. The English-language version was adapted by John Weldon a ...

'' (2003) (script) * ''Home Security'' (2004)

Awards

Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film The Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film is an award given by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) as part of the annual Academy Awards, or Oscars, since the 5th Academy Awards (with different names), covering the year ...

for ''Special Delivery'' in 1979. * Nominated for a

Golden Palm The Palme d'Or (; en, Golden Palm) is the highest prize awarded at the Cannes Film Festival. It was introduced in 1955 by the festival's organizing committee. Previously, from 1939 to 1954, the festival's highest prize was the Grand Prix du Fe ...

for ''Best Short Film'' for ''To Be'', in 1990.TO BE-Festival de Cannes
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References

External links

John Weldon's Web Site

Watch John Weldon's films at NFB.ca

John Weldon
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The Film Reference Library
Retrieved on July 8, 2007. * {{DEFAULTSORT:Weldon, John 1945 births Living people Anglophone Quebec people Artists from Montreal Artists from Ontario Canadian animated film directors Directors of Best Animated Short Academy Award winners Directors of Genie and Canadian Screen Award winners for Best Animated Short Film directors from Montreal Film directors from Ontario National Film Board of Canada people People from Belleville, Ontario Producers who won the Best Animated Short Academy Award

Filmography

Awards

See also

References

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