Clive A. Smith
{{Short description|British director and animator (born 1944)}}
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| name = Clive A. Smith
| image = Clive A. Smith.jpg
| birth_date = {{birth year and age|1944}}
| birth_place = London, England
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| spouse = {{marriage|Melleny Melody|1995}}
| children = Zachary "Spydabrown" Smith
| occupation = {{Hlist | Film director | animator}}
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Clive A. Smith (often credited as Clive Smith) (born 1944) is a British expatriate director and animator who, along with Michael Hirsh and Patrick Loubert, founded Canadian animation studio Nelvana in 1971.[https://web.archive.org/web/20040815132600/http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0JSF/is_13_5/ai_30533629/ "Three men and a bear: Nelvana at 25"], Take One, Autumn 1996
Life and career
Smith worked on some of his studio's first TV specials,{{cite book |last1=Woolery |first1=George W. |title=Animated TV Specials: The Complete Directory to the First Twenty-Five Years, 1962-1987 |date=1989 |publisher=Scarecrow Press |isbn=0-8108-2198-2 |access-date=27 March 2020 |url=https://archive.org/details/animatedtvspecia0000wool/page/96/mode/2up |pages=97–98}} including A Cosmic Christmas (1977),{{cite web|url=http://cartoonresearch.com/index.php/cartoons-considered-for-an-academy-award-1977/|title=Cartoons Considered For An Academy Award – 1977 -|website=cartoonresearch.com}} which was broadcast on CBC Television in Canada and syndicated in the United States, proving to be Nelvana's breakthrough production. He also directed the studio's next special, The Devil and Daniel Mouse, in 1978. Additionally, he served as the director of Nelvana's first feature film, 1983's Rock and Rule,[https://archive.org/details/The_Making_of_Rock_and_Rule The Making of Rock and Rule-Internet Archive] as well as its 1997 animated adaptation of the Pippi Longstocking saga. Smith's directing credits also include "A Wookiee's Christmas" (also known as "The Faithful Wookiee") for George Lucas and eight episodes of Family Dog for Tim Burton and Steven Spielberg. Smith retired from Nelvana in 2001, the year after he and his co-founders sold the studio to Corus Entertainment.
Smith was born in London, England, in 1944 and was educated at the Ealing School of Art, where he graduated with a degree in Design and Kinetic Art. In 1964, he joined the Halas and Batchelor animation studio in West London, where he worked on animated series such as The Beatles and The Lone Ranger. In 1967, he moved to Canada and worked as a senior animator and designer on commercials and short films with Al Guest and Vladimir Goetzleman. It was during this time that he met Hirsh and Loubert, and later went on to co-found Nelvana.[http://www.socialgameuniverse.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=51&Itemid=153 Biography] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716101324/http://www.socialgameuniverse.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=51&Itemid=153 |date=2011-07-16 }}, Social Game Universe
Since leaving Nelvana, Smith co-founded Musta Costa Fortune with Melleny Melody.
References
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External links
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Category:Film directors from London
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Category:British animated film producers