Gerald Potterton

 British-Canadian director, writer, producer and animator who is best known as the director of the cult classic anthology Heavy Metal and his animation work on Yellow Submarine. He was nominated three times for the Best Animated Short Oscar for his work on NFB’s My Financial Career, Christmas Crackerand The Selfish Giant. He also served as animator and sequence director on Raggedy Ann & Andy: A Musical Adventure and story director for Rubik the Amazing Cube. Died Aug. 23, age 91.