John Weldon (animator)

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.^[1]

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.^[2]

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.^[3][4]
• Nominated for a Golden Palm for Best Short Film for To Be, in 1990.^[5]

See also

• Cordell Barker-similar in content
• Richard Condie-similar in content
• Cinema of Canada