John Weldon (born May 11, 1945) is a Canadian actor, composer, animator and movie director, known for his National Film Board of Canada (NFB) animated shorts.The Canadian Encyclopedia
Born in Belleville, Ontario, Weldon lives in Montreal, 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, animator) Spinnolio (1977) No Apple For Johnny (1977; written, animated and directed) Special Delivery (1978; cowritten and directed with Eunice Macaulay) The Log Driver's Waltz (1979) Emergency Numbers (1984) Real Inside (1984) Of Dice and Men (1988) To Be (1990) The Lump (1991) Scant Sanity (1996) Frank the Wrabbit (1998) The Hungry Squid (2001) Yo (2003) Noël Noël (2003) (script) Home Security (2004)
Awards Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film for Special Delivery in 1979.Robby Benson and Carol Lynley present Short Film Oscars®-Oscars on YouTube1979|Oscars.org Nominated for a Golden Palm for Best Short Film for To Be, in 1990.TO BE-Festival de Cannes
See also Cordell Barker-similar in content Richard Condie-similar in content Cinema of Canada
References
External links John Weldon's Web Site Watch John Weldon's films at NFB.ca John Weldon at The Film Reference Library. Retrieved on July 8, 2007.