Paul Thomas Berry (13 March 1961 – 26 June 2001) was a British stop-motion animator who first worked on Cosgrove Hall's Wind in the Willows before directing the 1991 Oscar-nominatedShort Film Winners: 1993 Oscars-YouTube short horror stop-motion animation film The Sandman.The Sandman (1991)-MUBI In 1992, the film was awarded the Craft Prize for Best Animation at Ottawa International Animation Festival.Ottawa International Animation Festival (1992)-IMDB
Career Other projects Paul Berry worked on included The Nightmare Before Christmas (animator), James and the Giant Peach (animation supervisor), Monkeybone (supervising animator)Animator Paul Berry Passes Away (By Barry J.C. Purves)-Animation World Network and the music video for Primus' cover of "The Devil Went Down to Georgia".
Death On 26 June 2001 Berry died of a brain tumour. He had stayed strong for several months prior to his death. He was 40 years old.
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, full version of Paul Berry's short film.