Sheldon Cohen

Sheldon Cohen (born 1949) is a Montreal-based animator and children's book illustrator.

Career His film animation works includes the National Film Board of Canada (NFB) productions The Sweater, a 1980 film adaptation of Roch Carrier's classic short story, Pies, the 2004 adaptation of the Wilma Riley short story, I Want a Dog, the 2003 adaptation based on the children's book of the same title by Dayal Kaur Khalsa and My Heart Attack (2015).

Filmography The Sweater (1980) Snow Cat (1998) I Want a Dog (2003) Pies (2004) Dreams Come True The Three Wishes (2006) My Heart Attack (2015)

Awards The Sweater received 15 international prizes, including a BAFTA Award for Best Animation. Cohen followed this success with a picture book version of the film as well a sequel, Un champion, which won him the Governor General's Award for French-language children's illustration