Paul Berry (animator)

British animator (1961–2001)

Paul Thomas Berry (13 March 1961 – 26 June 2001) was a British stop-motion animator who first worked on Cosgrove Hall's Wind in the Willows before directing the 1991 Oscar-nominated[1] short horror stop-motion animation film The Sandman.[2] In 1992, the film was awarded the Craft Prize for Best Animation at Ottawa International Animation Festival.[3]

## Career

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Other projects Paul Berry worked on included The Nightmare Before Christmas (animator), James and the Giant Peach (animation supervisor), Monkeybone (supervising animator)[4] and the music video for Primus' cover of "The Devil Went Down to Georgia".

## Death

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On 26 June 2001 Berry died of a brain tumour. He had stayed strong for several months prior to his death. He was 40 years old.[4]

## References

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1. ^ Short Film Winners: 1993 Oscars-YouTube
2. ^ The Sandman (1991)-MUBI
3. ^ Ottawa International Animation Festival (1992)-IMDB
4. ^ a b Animator Paul Berry Passes Away (By Barry J.C. Purves)-Animation World Network

## External links

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* Paul Berry at IMDb
* The Sandman on YouTube, full version of Paul Berry's short film.

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* ISNI
* VIAF
* WorldCat

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* France
* BnF data
* Netherlands

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* IdRef

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