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Cordell Barker
Canadian animator
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| Born | Cordell Barker (age&#;68&#;69) Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada |
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| Years&#;active | –present |
Cordell Barker (born ) is a Canadiananimator, director and screenwriter based in Winnipeg, Manitoba.
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He began animating in his late teens after taking on an apprenticeship at Kenn Perkins Animation. A two-time Academy Award nominee, Barker is an animation filmmaker with the National Film Board of Canada (NFB).[1]
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Earlier in his career, Barker did animation work on fellow Winnipeg animator Brad Caslor's NFB short, Get a Job.[2] He then went on to direct his own NFB animated shorts, at the NFB's Winnipeg studio.
His best known NFB shorts are The Cat Came Back ()[3] and Strange Invaders (),[4] both of which received Oscar nominations.[5]
He completed his third film for the NFB,