George Dunning

Personal Info

Know For

Directing

Gender

Male

Birthday

1920-11-17 (59 years old)

Deathday

1979-02-15

Place of Birth

Toronto, Ontario

George Dunning

Biography

George Garnett Dunning was a Canadian filmmaker and animator. He is known for animating and directing the 1968 film inspired by the Beatles, Yellow Submarine. Dunning was born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada and studied in at the Ontario College of Art, and soon found freelance work as an illustrator. Dunning joined the National Film Board of Canada in 1943, where he worked with Norman McLare and contributed to several episodes of the Chants Populaires series. From 1944 to 1947 Dunning created many original short films and developed his skills animating articulated, painted, metal cut-outs. In 1948, he spent a year working for UNESCO in Paris ...

Acting

1968

Production

1968

Yellow Submarine

as Director

1947

Cadet Rousselle

as Animation

1945

1962

The Flying Man

as Director

1972

Damon the Mower

as Director

1963

The Apple

as Director

1973

The Maggot

as Director

1978

Watership Down

as Animation

1964

A Shot in the Dark

as Animation Director

1970

Moon Rock

as Producer

1967

1967

1967

1972

1950

Family Tree

as Animation

1958

The Wardrobe

as Director

1958

The Wardrobe

as Producer

1958

The Wardrobe

as Animation

1967

The Ladder

as Director

1944

Grim Pastures

as Director

1947

Cadet Rousselle

as Director

1950

Family Tree

as Director

1970

Moon Rock

as Director

1944

1965

Charley

as Producer

1972

Damon the Mower

as Lead Animator

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