My Financial Career

Summary

My Financial Career is a 1962 Oscar-nominated animated short directed by Gerald Potterton and produced by Colin Low and Tom Daly for the National Film Board of Canada.

My Financial Career
Directed byGerald Potterton
Produced byTom Daly
Colin Low
Narrated byStanley Jackson
CinematographyGerald Potterton (animation)
Grant Munro (animation
Edited byKathleen Shannon (sound)
Production
company
Distributed byNational Film Board of Canada
Release date
  • 1962 (1962)
Running time
6 minutes, 30 seconds
CountryCanada
LanguagesEnglish, French

The cartoon is based on a story of the same name from one of Stephen Leacock's collections of short stories, Literary Lapses (1910).[1] It takes a humorous look at a young man's attempt to open a bank account.[2][3][4][5]

Awards edit

  • Golden Gate International Film Festival, San Francisco: First Prize, Animated Film, 1962
  • American Film and Video Festival, New York: Blue Ribbon, Literature in Films, 1964
  • 36th Academy Awards, Los Angeles: Nominee, Best Short Subject, Cartoons, 1963

References edit

  1. ^ Leacock, Stephen (June 2004). "My Financial Career". Literary Lapses. Kessinger Publishing. pp. 2–6. ISBN 978-1-4191-3067-0.
  2. ^ BCDB[dead link]
  3. ^ "My Financial Career". Collection. National Film Board of Canada. 1962. Retrieved 2009-10-27.
  4. ^ "Cartoons Considered For the Academy Award – 1963 -". cartoonresearch.com.
  5. ^ Shirley MacLaine presents Short Film Oscars® in 1964

External links edit

  • Watch My Financial Career on the NFB website
  • My Financial Career at IMDb