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George Dunning

George Dunning

Actor, Producer, Animation Department

Born November 17, 1920 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Died February 15, 1979

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George Garnett Dunning was a Canadian filmmaker and animator. He is known for animating and directing the 1968 film inspired by the Beatles, Yellow Submarine.

Dunning was born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada and studied in at the Ontario College of Art, and soon found freelance work as an illustrator. Dunning joined the National Film Board of Canada in 1943, where he worked with Norman McLare and contributed to several episodes of the Chants Populaires series. From 1944 to 1947 Dunning created many original short films and developed his skills animating articulated, painted, metal cut-outs.

In 1948, he spent a year working for UNESCO in Paris under the mentorship of Czech-born animator Berthold Bartosch. Then in 1949, he and fellow NFB grad Jim McKay created one of Toronto's first animation studios, Graphic Associates, where he produced commercials and gave Michael Snow his first job in film. Dunning later moved on to New York City working on UPA's The Gerald McBoing-Boing Show and in 1956 he moved to England to manage UPA's new London office. After the office went under, he hired many of the UPA staff to work for him and his newly established production company, T.V. Cartoons Ltd. (renamed TVC London). Among the animators working for TVC were Richard Williams and Jimmy Murakami. By 1961, TVC was producing about one hundred commercials a year. During this time Dunning also managed to make many personal short films noted for their surrealistic atmosphere and Kafkaesque themes. The Flying Man earned him the Annecy Cristal Grand Prix in 1962 while The Apple won the 1963 BAFTA Award.

Dunning also oversaw the cartoon series The Beatles for ABC, and this led to his involvement with Yellow Submarine (1968). Dunning was also responsible for the opening credits of Blake Edwards' A Shot in the Dark, along with a series of shorts and inserts including "the digger", for the BBC's Vision On series for children.

About the time of his death he was working on an animated version of Shakespeare's The Tempest, which was never completed. His company was briefly resurrected in the 1990s, before being merged with Varga Studio.

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Filmography

Actor

4

Type

Year

Homage to George Dunning Documentary1973Self

The Beatles Mod Odyssey Poster

The Beatles Mod Odyssey Documentary1968Self

Yellow Submarine Poster

Yellow Submarine Feature Film1968Glove

Release TV Series1967Self

Producer

9

Type

Year

Safety Senses Short Film1975

Moon Rock Poster

Moon Rock Short Film1970

Canada Is My Piano Short Film1967

Charley TV Movie1965

The Beatles Poster

The Beatles TV Series1965

The Insects Poster

The Insects Short Film1964

The Flying Man Poster

The Flying Man Short Film1962

The Apple Poster

The Apple Short Film1959

The Wardrobe Poster

The Wardrobe Short Film1958

Animation Department

17

Type

Year

Damon the Mower Poster

Damon the Mower Short Film1989

Inspector Clouseau Poster

Inspector Clouseau Feature Film1968

A Shot in the Dark Poster

A Shot in the Dark Feature Film1964

The Flying Man Poster

The Flying Man Short Film1962

Switchin' Kitten Poster

Switchin' Kitten Short Film1961

The Apple Poster

The Apple Short Film1959

The Wardrobe Poster

The Wardrobe Short Film1958

The Gerald McBoing-Boing Show Poster

The Gerald McBoing-Boing Show TV Series1956

Family Tree Poster

Family Tree Short Film1950

Cadet Rousselle Poster

Cadet Rousselle Short Film1947

Christmas Carols Poster

Christmas Carols Short Film1947

The Three Blind Mice Short Film1945

Chants populaires nº 2 Poster

Chants populaires nº 2 Short Film1944

Chants populaires nº 3 Poster

Chants populaires nº 3 Short Film1944

Chants populaires nº 4 Poster

Chants populaires nº 4 Short Film1944

Grim Pastures Poster

Grim Pastures Short Film1944

Keep Your Mouth Shut Poster

Keep Your Mouth Shut Short Film1944

Director

18

Type

Year

Damon the Mower Poster

Damon the Mower Short Film1989

Moon Rock Poster

Moon Rock Short Film1970

Hands, Knees and Bumps a Daisy Poster

Hands, Knees and Bumps a Daisy Short Film1969

Yellow Submarine Poster

Yellow Submarine Feature Film1968

Canada Is My Piano Short Film1967

The Ladder Poster

The Ladder Short Film1967

The First Adventures of Thud and Blunder Poster

The First Adventures of Thud and Blunder Short Film1964

The Ever-Changing Motor Car Short Film1963

The Flying Man Poster

The Flying Man Short Film1962

The Apple Poster

The Apple Short Film1959

The Wardrobe Poster

The Wardrobe Short Film1958

Family Tree Poster

Family Tree Short Film1950

Cadet Rousselle Poster

Cadet Rousselle Short Film1947

The Three Blind Mice Short Film1945

Chants populaires nº 2 Poster

Chants populaires nº 2 Short Film1944

Chants populaires nº 3 Poster

Chants populaires nº 3 Short Film1944

Chants populaires nº 4 Poster

Chants populaires nº 4 Short Film1944

Grim Pastures Poster

Grim Pastures Short Film1944

Writer

2

Damon the Mower Poster

Damon the Mower Short Film1989

Canada Is My Piano Short Film1967

Thanks

1

Bird of Steel! Poster

Bird of Steel! Feature Film

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