My Financial Career

My Financial Career
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	National Film Board of Canada
Distributed by	National Film Board of Canada
Release date	1962 (1962)
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.

Summary

The cartoon is based on a story of the same name from one of Stephen Leacock's collections of short stories, Literary Lapses (1910). ^[1] It takes a humorous look at a young man's attempt to open a bank account. ^[2]

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 ^[3]
• 36th Academy Awards, Los Angeles: Nominee, Best Short Subject, Cartoons, 1963 ^{[4] [5]}

References

1. Leacock, Stephen (June 2004). "My Financial Career". Literary Lapses. Kessinger Publishing. pp. 2–6. ISBN   978-1-4191-3067-0.
2. "My Financial Career". Collection. National Film Board of Canada. 1962. Retrieved 2009-10-27.
3. Prizes Awarded for Nontheatrical 16–mm. Films – The New York Times
4. "Cartoons Considered For the Academy Award – 1963 -". cartoonresearch.com.
5. Shirley MacLaine presents Short Film Oscars® in 1964

External links

• Watch My Financial Career on the NFB website
• My Financial Career at IMDb