About Paul Berry
Lived 1961 – 2001 (aged 40). Paul Berry was a British animator and film director.
Paul Thomas Berry (13 March 1961 – 26 June 2001) was a British stop-motion animator who first worked on Cosgrove Hall's Wind in the Willows before directing the 1991 Oscar-nominated short horror stop-motion animation film The Sandman. In 1992, the film was awarded the Craft Prize for Best Animation at Ottawa International Animation Festival.
Career Other projects Paul Berry worked on included The Nightmare Before Christmas (animator), James and the Giant Peach (animation supervisor), Monkeybone (supervising animator) and the music video for Primus' cover of "The Devil Went Down to Georgia".
Death On 26 June 2001 Berry died of a brain tumour. He had stayed strong for several months prior to his death. He was 40 years old.
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Who was Paul Berry?
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When was Paul Berry born?
Paul Berry was born on 13 March 1961 in United Kingdom.
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Paul Berry died on 26 June 2001 in Manchester.
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Paul Berry was an animator and film director.
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Paul Berry was British.
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