Happy Birthday

19741 minFilm: Documentary, Children's film

Direction: Lynn Smith

Production: Wolf Koenig

Script: Lynn Smith

Produced by the NFB for the Department of National Health and Welfare.

In this animated short, a perceptive young boy, at a birthday party for his uncle, notices the unfortunate result of the man's smoking habit.
The film is one of a trio of animated shorts by Lynn Smith that form an anti-smoking campaign, produced by the National Film Board of Canada, with the participation of Health and Welfare Canada. Although this particular campaign was originally aimed at children, the three films have been shown on TV nationwide.

 

Subject categories


  • Health and Medicine > Alcohol, Drugs and Tobacco

Credits


director
Lynn Smith
script
Lynn Smith
storyboard
Lynn Smith
design
Lynn Smith
animation
Lynn Smith
producer
Wolf Koenig
sound editing
Lynn Smith
voice
Robert Fortier
Signe Johansson
Malca Gillson
Diane Courtois
George Geertsen
David Bairstow
Don Arioli
Ben Rubin
Joey Rubin
re-recording
Jean-Pierre Joutel
camera
Jacques Avoine
colour rendering
Maggie Aspland
unit administrator
Janet Preston
executive producer
Wolf Koenig

Awards


  • Award for Best CommercialInternational Animated Film Festival