Gerald Potterton was a British–Canadian director, writer, producer, and animator. He is best known for directing the cult classic Heavy Metal and his animation work on Yellow Submarine.
What movies did Gerald Potterton direct?
Established in 1968, this production company produced both live-action and animated films. Apart from Potterton’s own projects, this company produced Peter Sander’s The Selfish Giant and Larry Kent’s Fleur Bleue in 1971, Mike Mills’ The Happy Prince in 1974, The Little Mermaid in 1975, and in 1975 The Christmas Messenger. The company was closed in 1974.
After working as an assistant animator in London, Potterton joined the NFB in 1954 where he directed both animated and live-action films. He collaborated with Harold Pinter on Pinter’s People in 1969 and Buster Keaton on The Railrodder in 1965.
After contributing to George Dunning’s animated feature Yellow Submarine in 1968, he returned to freelance work in the United Kingdom, the United States, and Canada.
During the early 1970s, among other projects, he directed live-action and animated sequences for Sesame Street and The Electric Company.