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).[1] It takes a humorous look at a young man's attempt to open a bank account.[2][3][4][5]

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 [citation needed]

References

  1. ^ Leacock, Stephen (June 2004). "My Financial Career". Literary Lapses. Kessinger Publishing. pp. 2–6. ISBN 978-1-4191-3067-0.
  2. ^ BCDB[dead link‍]
  3. ^ "My Financial Career". Collection. National Film Board of Canada. 1962. Retrieved 2009-10-27.
  4. ^ "Cartoons Considered For the Academy Award – 1963 -". cartoonresearch.com.
  5. ^ Shirley MacLaine presents Short Film Oscars® in 1964


Allikas: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Financial_Career
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