Home Actors  Advertising Info  Biographies Birthdays Canadian Films Composers Contact Us Copyright info Directors Directory FAQs Film Festivals Links Message Board  Now Playing Privacy Policy Quick Poll Screenwriters Suggest-a-Star  Trivia Canadian animator, producer, writer and director, Derek Lamb has died. Copyright © 2005 by Ralph Lucas (November 8, 2005) Northern Stars® has learned that British-born animator Derek Lamb died on November 7 after a battle with cancer. He had been in Washington State for a few months, staying with his friend Dal Lamagna. Born in London in 1936, Derek moved to Canada and began his film career as an animator-writer with the National Film Board in Montréal in 1959. In his time at the NFB he played some role in over 200 productions as a director, producer, animator, composer - and even as a singer. He taught animation at Harvard and McGill Universities and the National Institute of Design, India. He returned to the NFB as an executive producer in 1976, and in 1977 he became director of its Photo of Kai Pindal, Derek Lamb, Janet Perlman Copyright © Lois Siegel. Used with permission. English animation department. During his five years as director, he produced two Academy Award® winners, Special Delivery (1978) and Every Child (1980). He was the executive producer on the British Academy Award winner, The Hockey Sweater (1982). He is also known for animating the opening credits and designing the stage sets that provided the backdrop for the long-running PBS series, Mystery! using original artwork by Edward Gorey. Beginning in 1983, Lamb owned and operated an independent film production company, Lamb Perlman Productions, with offices in Montreal and Cambridge, Massachusetts where he made his home for many years. In 1986, Lamb was an artist-in-residence and lecturer at the Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts at Harvard. Derek also devoted much of his time and energy to working with a number of children’s organizations including Save the Children, Street Kids International and UNICEF, on productions promoting health and education for poor and marginalized children around the world. He had extensive credits as a producer or executve producer and worked with many people in co-directing, co-animating, co-producing roles. As of this date there are some early plans for a memorial gathering in Montreal, but no details have been released. Back To Top Copyright © 2005. northernstars.ca - all rights reserved.