About Eric Porter
Lived 1911 – 1983 (aged 71–72). Eric Porter was an Australian film director, animator, producer and director.
Eric Ernest Porter (19 June 1911 — 1 May 1983) was an Australian filmmaker and animator who specialised in documentaries and commercials, but also made several features, such as A Son Is Born. He directed Australia's first animated feature, Marco Polo Junior Versus the Red Dragon. That film's financial failure forced him to close his animation studio.
Porter was made a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) with effect 20 December 1983 in the 1984 Australia Day Honours for "service to the film industry particularly in the field of animation".
Select filmography A Son Is Born (1946) – producer, director Marco Polo Junior Versus the Red Dragon (1972) – director, producer The Yellow House (TV series) Polly Me Love (1976) (TV movie)
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Who was Eric Porter?
Australian film director (1911-1983)
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Eric Porter was born in 1911 in Sydney.
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Eric Porter died in 1983 in Sydney.
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Eric Porter was a film director, animator, producer and director.
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Eric Porter was Australian.
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