Cordell barker biography samples
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Cordell Barker
Canadian animator
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| Born | Cordell Barker 1956 (age 68–69) Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada |
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| Years active | 1987–present |
Cordell Barker (born 1956) is a Canadiananimator, director and screenwriter based in Winnipeg, Manitoba.
He began animating in his late teens after taking on an apprenticeship at Kenn Perkins Animation. A two-time Academy Award nominee, Barker is an animation filmmaker with the National Film Board of Canada (NFB).[1]
National Film Board of Canada
Earlier in his career, Barker did animation work on fellow Winnipeg animator Brad Caslor's NFB short, Get a Job.[2] He then went on to direct his own NFB animated shorts, at the NFB's Winnipeg studio.
His best known NFB shorts are The Cat Came Back (1988)[3] and Strange Invaders (2002),[4] both of which received Oscar nominations.[5]
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