My Financial Career
DirectorGerald Potterton
ProducerTom Daly
Colin Low
NarratorStanley Jackson
CinematographyGerald Potterton (animation)
Grant Munro (animation
EditingKathleen Shannon (sound)
StudioNational Film Board of Canada
DistributorNational Film Board of Canada
Released1962
Runtime6 minutes, 30 seconds
CountryCanada
LanguageEnglish, French

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.

Summary

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]

Awards

  • 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[3]
  • 36th Academy Awards, Los Angeles: Nominee, Best Short Subject, Cartoons, 1963[4][5]

References

  1. ^ Leacock, Stephen (June 2004). "My Financial Career". Literary Lapses. Kessinger Publishing. pp. 2–6. ISBN 978-1-4191-3067-0.
  2. ^ "My Financial Career". Collection. National Film Board of Canada. 1962. Retrieved 2009-10-27.
  3. ^ Prizes Awarded for Nontheatrical 16–mm. Films – The New York Times
  4. ^ "Cartoons Considered For the Academy Award – 1963 -". cartoonresearch.com
  5. ^ Shirley MacLaine presents Short Film Oscars® in 1964