''My Financial Career'' is a 1962

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-nominated

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directed by

Gerald Potterton Gerald Potterton (8 March 1931 – 23 August 2022) was a Canadian director, animator, producer and writer. He is best known for directing the cult classic '' Heavy Metal'' and for his animation work on '' Yellow Submarine''. Potterton won one ...

and produced by Colin Low and Tom Daly for the

National Film Board of Canada The National Film Board of Canada (NFB; ) is a Canadian public film and digital media producer and distributor. An agency of the Government of Canada, the NFB produces and distributes documentary films, animation, web documentaries, and altern ...

. The cartoon is based on a story of the same name from one of

Stephen Leacock Stephen Butler Leacock (30 December 1869 – 28 March 1944) was a Canadian teacher, political scientist, writer, and humourist. Between the years 1915 and 1925, he was the best-known English-speaking humourist in the world. Early life S ...

's collections of short stories, ''Literary Lapses'' (1910). It takes a humorous look at a young man's attempt to open a bank account.Shirley MacLaine presents Short Film Oscars® in 1964
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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 *

36th Academy Awards The 36th Academy Awards, honoring the best in film for 1963, were held on April 13, 1964, hosted by Jack Lemmon at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium in Santa Monica, California. This ceremony introduced the category for Best Sound Effects, wi ...

, Los Angeles: Nominee, Best Short Subject, Cartoons, 1963

References

External links

* * 1962 films National Film Board of Canada animated short films Films based on Canadian short stories Films directed by Gerald Potterton Canadian comedy short films Films produced by Tom Daly Films produced by Colin Low (filmmaker) 1960s Canadian animated films Canadian animated comedy films 1962 animated short films {{1960s-short-animation-film-stub