Janet Perlman
Janet Perlman | |
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Born | Janet Laurie Perlman 1954 (age 69–70) Canada |
Occupation(s) | Animator, author |
Janet Laurie Perlman is a Canadian animator and children's book author and illustrator whose work includes the short film
Perlman has created several films and books with penguin characters. Her short film The Tender Tale of Cinderella Penguin was adapted as the children's book Cinderella Penguin. Her satirical graphic novel Penguins Behind Bars was adapted as a 2003 Hulascope/NFB animated short of the same name, which received four awards including the Platinum Award for Independent Short Subject at the WorldFest-Houston International Film Festival.[4] The short aired on Adult Swim, Cartoon Network's late night programming block, in 2003, but was not made into a full series. She has also written and illustrated the books The Emperor Penguin's New Clothes and The Penguin and the Pea.[1][2]
National Film Board of Canada
In addition to The Tender Tale of Cinderella Penguin and
ShowPeace Series
While at the NFB, Perlman developed the ShowPeace animation series conflict resolution, including her short film Bully Dance, which received thirteen awards, including the Award for Best Animated Short Film from the Children's Jury and the Grand Prix de Montréal for Best Short Film at the Festival International du film pour enfants and First Prize in short film & video animation in recognition of outstanding achievement in children's media from the Chicago International Children's Film Festival.[7] Another of Perlman's films for the series, Dinner for Two, received a dozen awards including a Grand Prix des Amériques at the Montreal World Film Festival and a UNICEF Jury Award for Best Short Film at the Berlin International Film Festival.[1][8] Dinner for Two was later adapted by Perlman as the book The Delicious Bug.[2]
Hulascope Studio
With film composer and former NFB colleague Judith Gruber-Stitzer, Perlman formed Hulascope Studio to produce animated projects for television.[1] Penguins Behind Bars, a parody of the women in prison films of the 1950s, was co-produced by Hulascope and the NFB for Cartoon Network's Adult Swim, and co-written by Perlman with Derek Lamb.[9]
Other works
Perlman's latest film, originally entitled Llama Cookin, which was entered into the
At the 1994 Ottawa International Animation Festival, Perlman's short My Favourite Things That I Love proved popular but confusing to the audience, and the jury awarded her a tongue-in-cheek "Best Bad Taste Award" for the film. The film then went on to receive a "Most Horrible Music Award" from the
References
- ^ ISBN 978-1-55783-671-7.
- ^ Montreal Gazette. Archived from the originalon 24 January 2011. Retrieved 24 January 2011.
- ^ "Tribute to Derek Lamb". Animation World Network. 22 December 2005. Retrieved 25 January 2011.
- ^ "Penguins Behind Bars". Collection page. National Film Board of Canada. Retrieved 25 January 2011.
- ^ "Lady Fishbourne's Complete Guide to Better Table Manners". Collection page. National Film Board of Canada. Retrieved 25 January 2011.
- ^ "Perlman Janet". NFB Profiles. National Film Board of Canada. Archived from the original on 29 September 2012. Retrieved 25 January 2011.
- ^ "Bully Dance/La danse des brutes". Collection page. National Film Board of Canada. Retrieved 25 January 2011.
- ^ "Dinner for Two". Collection page. National Film Board of Canada. Retrieved 25 January 2011.
- ^ Deneroff, Harvey (17 May 2004). "Cartoons on the Bay 2004 Report". Animation World Network. Archived from the original on 2011-09-18. Retrieved 25 January 2011.
- ^ "Sorry Film Not Ready" by Janet Perlman". Cartoon Brew. Archived from the original on 24 January 2011. Retrieved 25 January 2011.
External links
- Official website
- Watch Janet Perlman's NFB works online
- Hulascope biography Archived 2012-03-17 at the Wayback Machine
- Janet Perlman at Library of Congress, with 5 library catalogue records