My Financial Career
| My Financial Career | |
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| Directed by | Gerald Potterton |
| Produced by |
Tom Daly Colin Low |
| Narrated by | Stanley Jackson |
| Cinematography | Gerald Potterton (animation) Grant Munro (animation |
| Edited by | Kathleen Shannon (sound) |
Production company |
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| Distributed by | National Film Board of Canada |
Release date |
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Running time |
6 minutes, 30 seconds |
| Country | Canada |
| Languages | English, French |
My Financial Career is a 1962 Oscar-nominated animated short directed by Gerald Potterton and produced by Colin Low and Tom Daly for the National Film Board of Canada.
The cartoon is based on a story of the same name from one of Stephen Leacock's collections of short stories, Literary Lapses (1910). It takes a humorous look at a young man's attempt to open a bank account.
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, Los Angeles: Nominee, Best Short Subject, Cartoons, 1963