Conversations with some of the animation industry's most celebrated independent creators.
In conversation with NFB Producer Teri Snelgrove, Janet Perlman discusses her impressive career in animated shorts, television commercials, educational films and children’s books. From her earliest days working alongside such NFB luminaries as Norman McLaren and Caroline Leaf to today, Perlman shares her funny observations and experiences. Entertaining and educational, Perlman incorporates all of her artistic musings, drawing, storytelling and humour, dance and movement and music together into her many films and conversations. A real delight.
SPEAKER
Janet Perlman
Animation Director // Independent
(Sorry Film Not Ready, Monsieur Pig, Let's Play Like It's 1949)
Janet Perlman is a Montréal-based independent animation director. Her absurdist sense of humour is evident in her films The Tender Tale of Cinderella Penguin, Why Me?, My Favourite Things That I Love, and Sorry Film Not Ready. She has directed segments for Sesame Street, contributed to group films including Marv Newland’s Anijam and Pink Komkommer, Ann Marie Fleming’s Window Horses. Her Cartoon Network TV special Penguins Behind Bars is a parody of “women in prison” films.
At the National Film Board, she developed the ShowPeace series on conflict resolution, which includes her films Dinner for Two and Bully Dance. Her independent film, Let’s Play Like It’s 1949, is a satire that combines animation with archival educational footage. Production on an expanded 5-minute version called Tiny Screens is underway.
Janet has written and illustrated five books: Penguins Behind Bars, Cinderella Penguin, The Emperor Penguin's New Clothes, The Penguin & the Pea, and The Delicious Bug. She has taught animation at Harvard, Rhode Island School of Design and Concordia University.
Among her awards is an Oscar nomination, an Emmy, a Pulcinella Award for best TV movie, the Parent’s Choice Award for best children’s video, Best Short Film at the Montreal World Film Festival, Best Short Film at the Berlin Children's Film Festival and many other international prizes.
She is currently directing a new film at the National Film Board based on the beloved Kate & Anna McGarrigle song Complainte pour Sainte-Catherine.
Website // IMDb // Facebook // Twitter // LinkedIn
MODERATOR
Teri Snelgrove
Producer // National Film Board of Canada (BC & Yukon Studio)
(Into Light, Someone Like Me, Mountain of SGaana, Shop Class)
Teri Snelgrove is a Producer at the National Film Board of Canada’s BC & Yukon Studio. Prior to stepping into the producer position in August 2019, she worked as an Associate Producer at the studio for 7 years, working on a range of documentary and animation projects, including the documentaries Highway to Heaven, Now Is the Time, The Road Forward and Because We Are Girls; and the animated shorts, The Zoo, Shop Class and The Mountain of SGaana. She recently finished Into Light by Sheona MacDonald and Come to Your Senses by Alicia Eisen and Sophie Jarvis. Teri is currently having a fantastic time working on Wahid Ibn Reza’s The Last Glacier, Alicia Eisen and Sophie Jarvis' Zeb's Spider, Bahram Javahery's Two Apples, Lori Lozinski’s A Motorcycle Saved My Life, and Hayley Grey and Elad Tzadok’s Unarchived among others. Teri is a Newfoundlander and a graduate of the film-video program at Emily Carr University. She holds a master’s degree from SFU in liberal studies.
Website // Facebook // Instagram // Twitter // LinkedIn
Conversations with some of the animation industry's most celebrated independent creators.
In conversation with NFB Producer Teri Snelgrove, Janet Perlman discusses her impressive career in animated shorts, television commercials, educational films and children’s books. From her earliest days working alongside such NFB luminaries as Norman McLaren and Caroline Leaf to today, Perlman shares her funny observations and experiences. Entertaining and educational, Perlman incorporates all of her artistic musings, drawing, storytelling and humour, dance and movement and music together into her many films and conversations. A real delight.
SPEAKER
Janet Perlman
Animation Director // Independent
(Sorry Film Not Ready, Monsieur Pig, Let's Play Like It's 1949)
Janet Perlman is a Montréal-based independent animation director. Her absurdist sense of humour is evident in her films The Tender Tale of Cinderella Penguin, Why Me?, My Favourite Things That I Love, and Sorry Film Not Ready. She has directed segments for Sesame Street, contributed to group films including Marv Newland’s Anijam and Pink Komkommer, Ann Marie Fleming’s Window Horses. Her Cartoon Network TV special Penguins Behind Bars is a parody of “women in prison” films.
At the National Film Board, she developed the ShowPeace series on conflict resolution, which includes her films Dinner for Two and Bully Dance. Her independent film, Let’s Play Like It’s 1949, is a satire that combines animation with archival educational footage. Production on an expanded 5-minute version called Tiny Screens is underway.
Janet has written and illustrated five books: Penguins Behind Bars, Cinderella Penguin, The Emperor Penguin's New Clothes, The Penguin & the Pea, and The Delicious Bug. She has taught animation at Harvard, Rhode Island School of Design and Concordia University.
Among her awards is an Oscar nomination, an Emmy, a Pulcinella Award for best TV movie, the Parent’s Choice Award for best children’s video, Best Short Film at the Montreal World Film Festival, Best Short Film at the Berlin Children's Film Festival and many other international prizes.
She is currently directing a new film at the National Film Board based on the beloved Kate & Anna McGarrigle song Complainte pour Sainte-Catherine.
Website // IMDb // Facebook // Twitter // LinkedIn
MODERATOR
Teri Snelgrove
Producer // National Film Board of Canada (BC & Yukon Studio)
(Into Light, Someone Like Me, Mountain of SGaana, Shop Class)
Teri Snelgrove is a Producer at the National Film Board of Canada’s BC & Yukon Studio. Prior to stepping into the producer position in August 2019, she worked as an Associate Producer at the studio for 7 years, working on a range of documentary and animation projects, including the documentaries Highway to Heaven, Now Is the Time, The Road Forward and Because We Are Girls; and the animated shorts, The Zoo, Shop Class and The Mountain of SGaana. She recently finished Into Light by Sheona MacDonald and Come to Your Senses by Alicia Eisen and Sophie Jarvis. Teri is currently having a fantastic time working on Wahid Ibn Reza’s The Last Glacier, Alicia Eisen and Sophie Jarvis' Zeb's Spider, Bahram Javahery's Two Apples, Lori Lozinski’s A Motorcycle Saved My Life, and Hayley Grey and Elad Tzadok’s Unarchived among others. Teri is a Newfoundlander and a graduate of the film-video program at Emily Carr University. She holds a master’s degree from SFU in liberal studies.
Website // Facebook // Instagram // Twitter // LinkedIn
