Sheldon Cohen (artist)

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