Sheldon Cohen (artist)

Sheldon Cohen (born 1949) is a Montreal-based animator and children's book illustrator.

Career

His film animation works includes the National Film Board of Canada (NFB) productions The Sweater, a 1980 film adaptation of Roch Carrier's classic short story,[1][2][3] Pies, the 2004 adaptation of the Wilma Riley short story,[4] I Want a Dog, the 2003 adaptation based on the children's book of the same title by Dayal Kaur Khalsa and My Heart Attack (2015).[5][6][7]

Filmography
  • The Sweater (1980)
  • Snow Cat (1998)
  • I Want a Dog (2003)
  • Pies (2004)
  • Dreams Come True
  • The Three Wishes (2006)
  • My Heart Attack (2015)

Awards

The Sweater received 15 international prizes, including a BAFTA Award for Best Animation. Cohen followed this success with a picture book version of the film as well a sequel, Un champion, which won him the Governor General's Award for French-language children's illustration[5]

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References
  1. "Cartoons Considered For An Academy Award – 1980 -". cartoonresearch.com.
  2. Toronto’s NFB Mediatheque To Host Screening & Discussion With Animator Sheldon Cohen|Cartoon Brew
  3. The Sweater — Animation Show of Shows
  4. Pies - Direct Cinema Limited
  5. "Sheldon Cohen". Author listing. ECW Press. Archived from the original on May 22, 2012. Retrieved May 12, 2012.
  6. Canada, National Film Board of, My Heart Attack, retrieved 2017-02-10
  7. Animator Sheldon Cohen on his life-altering heart attack|CBC Radio
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