About Barrie Nelson
Lived 1933 – 2021 (aged 87–88). Barrie Nelson was an artist and film director.
Barrie Nelson (May 7, 1933 – September 29, 2021) was a Canadian animator. He was most noted as the director of the 1971 animated short film Propaganda Message, and the "B-17" segment of the 1981 animated anthology film Heavy Metal.
Early life and career A native of Winnipeg, he studied fine art at the University of Manitoba.
Nelson also worked on the 1978 animated adaptation of Watership Down and the 1990 TV special Garfield's Feline Fantasies.
Films Nelson also later made the short film Ten: The Magic Number, about the adoption of the metric system in Canada, for the NFB. In the United States he continued to work on animated films and television series, Twins (1974), Opens Wednesday (1980), and You Can't Teach an Old Dog New Tricks (1984).
Death Nelson died in Haiku, Hawaii on September 29, 2021, at the age of 88.
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Who was Barrie Nelson?
Canadian animator
When was Barrie Nelson born?
Barrie Nelson was born in 1933.
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Barrie Nelson died on 29 September 2021.
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Barrie Nelson was an artist and film director.
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APA: Biography.guide. (2026). Barrie Nelson. https://biography.guide/barrie-nelson/
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