Eric Porter (filmmaker)

Eric Ernest Porter AM (19 June 1911 — 1 May 1983) was an Australian filmmaker and animator who specialised in documentaries and commercials, but also made several features, such as A Son is Born.^[1] He directed Australia's first animated feature, Marco Polo Junior Versus the Red Dragon (1972). That film's financial failure forced him to close his animation studio.^[2]

Porter was made a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) with effect 20 December 1983 in the 1984 Australia Day Honours for "service to the film industry particularly in the field of animation".^[3]

Select filmography

• A Son Is Born (1946) – producer, director
• Marco Polo Junior Versus the Red Dragon (1972) – director, producer
• The Yellow House (TV series)^{[citation needed]}
• Polly Me Love (1976) (TV movie)