biography
Janet Perlman lives in Montreal and is a writer/director of short and funny animated films. Her work has received international acclaim, including an Oscar® nomination and many festival grand prizes. She has worked extensively with the National Film Board of Canada, and now has her own production company.
She is also a writer and illustrator of children's books, some of which have been based on her animated films. Cinderella Penguin, The Emperor Penguin's New Clothes and The Penguin and the Pea are all "penguinized" versions of well-known fairy tales. Her latest book from Kids Can Press, The Delicious Bug, was published in fall, 2009, and is based on her award-winning film, "Dinner For Two", which is not about penguins.
As a child Janet wanted to be a geologist or a stewardess. Her first job consisted of putting scented plastic roses into plastic bags. None of this portended a career in books and animation, but as an art school student, she found that what she liked to do most was tell stories and draw. Janet now works in her home studio, where she creates most of her artwork in the computer.
Perlman has given workshops in animation all around the world, and has taught animation at Harvard and at the Rhode Island School of Design. and is currently teaching at Concordia University.
© janet perlman 1995-2008 all rights reserved
This early work shows Janet’s fertile imagination and inner angst, struggling to escape.
Janet’s roots in the art of mime
