Janet Perlman

Known for: Directing
Movies: 25

Janet Laurie Perlman is a Canadian animator and children's book author and illustrator whose work includes the short film The Tender Tale of Cinderella Penguin, which was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film at the 54th Academy Awards and received a Parents' Choice Award. Her 13 short films have received 60 awards to date.

Best-Known Movies

6.6

Why Me?

1978

7.2

The Tender Tale of Cinderella Penguin

1981

7.2

Penguins Behind Bars

2003

6.8

Dinner For Two

1996

6.0

Monsieur Pug

2014

6.7

My Favorite Things That I Love

1994

8.0

Spinnolio

1977

5.0

Invasion of the Space Lobsters

2005

9.0

Lady Fishbourne's Complete Guide to Better Table Manners

1976

7.0

Bully Dance

2000

Filmography

2008	Six: Inside Hothouse 5	Self
2004	Inside the Hothouse 2
1977	Spinnolio	Lady/Blue Fairy

Directing, Writing & Producing

2025	King Kong vs. Pinocchio	Director, Producer, Writer
2023	The Girl with the Red Beret	Director, Writer
2020	The One-Minute Memoir	Director
2019	Beatbox Anima Mundi 2019	Director
2016	Let’s Play Like It’s 1949	Director
2014	Monsieur Pug	Director
2013	I Want To Go Home	Director
2010	Sorry Film Not Ready	Director
2010	Egg	Director
2008	Hot Seat	Director
2005	Invasion of the Space Lobsters	Writer, Director
2003	Penguins Behind Bars	Director, Writer, Producer
2000	Bully Dance	Director
1996	Dinner For Two	Writer, Director, Screenplay
1996	Children First!	Director
1994	My Favorite Things That I Love	Director
1982	The Elephant	Director, Writer
1981	The Tender Tale of Cinderella Penguin	Director
1978	Why Me?	Director
1977	Poets on Film No. 2	Director
1977	Poets on Film No. 1	Director
1976	Lady Fishbourne's Complete Guide to Better Table Manners	Director

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