My Financial Career
My Financial Career is a 1962 animated short directed by Gerald Potterton, based on a story of the same name from Stephen Leacock's Literary Lapses collection of short fiction. [1]
The six and a half minute film takes a humorous look at a young man's attempt to open a bank account. Produced by Colin Low and Tom Daly for the National Film Board of Canada,[2] the film was named Best Animated Short at the 1962 San Francisco International Film Festival and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film at the 36th Academy Awards.[3] [4] [5]
References[]
- ^ Leacock, Stephen (June 2004). "My Financial Career". Literary Lapses. Kessinger Publishing. pp. 2–6. ISBN 978-1-4191-3067-0.
- ^ BCDB
- ^ "My Financial Career". Collection. National Film Board of Canada. 1962. Retrieved 2009-10-27.
- ^ "Cartoons Considered For the Academy Award – 1963 -". cartoonresearch.com.
- ^ Shirley MacLaine presents Short Film Oscars® in 1964
External links[]
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- 1962 films
- National Film Board of Canada animated short films
- Films based on short fiction
- Films directed by Gerald Potterton
- Canadian comedy films
- Canadian films
- 1960s animated short films
- 1962 animated films
- Films produced by Tom Daly
- Films produced by Colin Low (filmmaker)
- 1960s Canadian film stubs
- Short animated film stubs