Sheldon Cohen (born 1949) is a
Montreal
Montreal ( ; officially Montréal, ) is the second-most populous city in Canada and most populous city in the Canadian province of Quebec. Founded in 1642 as '' Ville-Marie'', or "City of Mary", it is named after Mount Royal, the triple ...
-based animator and children's book illustrator.
Career
His film animation works includes the
National Film Board of Canada
The National Film Board of Canada (NFB; french: Office national du film du Canada (ONF)) is Canada's public film and digital media producer and distributor. An agency of the Government of Canada, the NFB produces and distributes documentary f ...
(NFB) productions ''
The Sweater
''The Hockey Sweater'' (''Le chandail de hockey'' in the original French) is a short story by Canadian author Roch Carrier and translated to English by Sheila Fischman. It was originally published in 1979 under the title "'" ("An abominable map ...
'', a 1980 film adaptation of
Roch Carrier's classic short story,
''Pies'', the 2004 adaptation of the Wilma Riley short story, ''
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).
Animator Sheldon Cohen on his life-altering heart attack, CBC Radio
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Filmography
*''The Sweater
''The Hockey Sweater'' (''Le chandail de hockey'' in the original French) is a short story by Canadian author Roch Carrier and translated to English by Sheila Fischman. It was originally published in 1979 under the title "'" ("An abominable map ...
'' (1980)
*''Snow Cat'' (1998)
*'' I Want a Dog'' (2003)
*''Pies'' (2004)
*''Dreams Come True''
*''The Three Wishes'' (2006)
*''My Heart Attack'' (2015)
Awards
''The Sweater'' received 15 international prizes, including a BAFTA Award
The British Academy Film Awards, more commonly known as the BAFTA Film Awards is an annual award show hosted by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) to honour the best British and international contributions to film. The cer ...
for Best Animation. Cohen followed this success with a picture book
A picture book combines visual and verbal narratives in a book format, most often aimed at young children. With the narrative told primarily through text, they are distinct from comics, which do so primarily through sequential images. The images ...
version of the film as well a sequel, ''Un champion'', which won him the Governor General's Award for French-language children's illustration
References
External links
* website
Films by Sheldon Cohen
at National Film Board of Canada (nfb.ca)
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1949 births
Anglophone Quebec people
Artists from Montreal
BAFTA winners (people)
Canadian children's book illustrators
Canadian animators
Governor General's Award-winning children's illustrators
Living people
National Film Board of Canada people
People from Hampstead, Quebec
Film directors from Montreal