Acting credits
3
Early stage
Smaller on-screen catalog so far.
Actor
Gerald Potterton
Directing
Career Snapshot
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TMDB popularity
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Movies: 28Series: 2Crew credits: 28
TMDB ID: 70616
IMDb ID: nm0693376
Known for: Directing
Born: March 8, 1931
Age: 95
Place of birth: London, England, UK
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1955 - 2026
Years active: 72
Average TMDB rating: 6.95
Wikidata: Q5549489
Other jobs
Director (16)Animation Director (4)Producer (4)Animation (2)Creator (1)Sequence Supervisor (1)
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Gerald Potterton (March 8, 1931- August 23, 2022) was a British/Canadian director, producer and animator. He is best known for directing the cult classic Heavy Metal and his animation work on Yellow Submarine. Potterton has been nominated three times for an Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film: as director on the National Film Board of Canada animated shorts My Financial Career and Christmas Cracker, and as producer for The Selfish Giant.
Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Gerald Potterton.
as Self (Archival)
A Brave Engineer: Buster Keaton's Last Ride
2026 • Movie
Director
The Real Story of Happy Birthday To You
1991 • Movie
Director
The Real Story of I'm a Little Teapot
1990 • Movie
Animation Director
The Emerald City of Oz
1987 • Movie
Animation Director
Ozma of Oz
1987 • Movie
Animation Director
The Marvelous Land of Oz
1987 • Movie
Animation Director
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
1987 • Movie
Director
George and the Christmas Star
1985 • Movie
Director
The Awful Fate of Melpomenus Jones
1983 • Movie
Director
Heavy Metal
1981 • Movie
Sequence Supervisor
Raggedy Ann & Andy: A Musical Adventure
1977 • Movie
Producer
The Christmas Messenger
1975 • Movie
Director
The Remarkable Rocket
1975 • Movie
Producer
The Happy Prince
1974 • Movie
Director
The Rainbow Boys
1973 • Movie
Producer
The Selfish Giant
1971 • Movie
Director
Tiki Tiki
1971 • Movie
Director
Last to Go
1969 • Movie
Animation
Yellow Submarine
1968 • Movie
Director
The Quiet Racket
1966 • Movie
as Self - Director of 'The Railrodder'
Buster Keaton Rides Again
1965 • Movie
Director
The Railrodder
1965 • Movie
Director
Christmas Cracker
1963 • Movie
as Chauffeur
The Ride
1963 • Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Gerald Potterton.
