Awards, Toronto: Award of Merit - Filmed Commercials (Public Service), 1962 Christmas Cracker (1963) Golden Gate International Film Festival, San Francisco: First Prize, Best Animated Short, 1964 Electronic, Nuclear and Teleradio Cinematographic Review, Rome: Grand Prize for Technique, Films for Children, 1965 Electronic, Nuclear and Teleradio Cinematographic Review, Rome: Grand Prize for Animation Technique, 1965 Film Centrum Foundation Film Show, Naarden, Netherlands: Silver Squirrel, Second Prize 1966 Philadelphia International Festival of Short Films, Philadelphia: Award of Exceptional Merit, 1967 Landers Associates Annual Awards, Los Angeles: Award of Merit, 1965 37th Academy Awards, Los Angeles: Nominee: Best Short Subject – Cartoons, 1965 Canon (1964) Montreal International Film Festival, Montreal: First Prize, Best Animated Film, 1965 3rd International Film Festival of India, New Delhi: Bronze Peacock, Second Prize, 1965 17th Canadian Film Awards, Toronto: Genie Award for Best Film, Arts and Experimental, 1965 The Animal Movie (1966) Venice Film Festival, Venice: Second Prize, Plaque of the Lion of St. Mark, 1966 La Plata International Children's Film Festival, La Plata, Argentina: Silver Oak Leaf, First Prize, 1967 Zlín Film Festival/International Film Festival for Children and Youth, Gottwaldov, Czechoslovakia: CIDALC First Prize 1967 Toys (1966) La Plata International Children's Film Festival, La Plata, Argentina: Silver Medal, 1968 Ashes of Doom (1970) International Festival of Short Films, Philadelphia: Award for Exceptional Merit, 1971 Tour en l'air (1974) American Film and Video Festival, New York: Blue Ribbon, Performing Arts, 1975 Melbourne Film Festival, Melbourne: Diploma of Merit, 1975 Animated Motion (1976) Athens International Film/Video Festival, Athens, Georgia: Special Merit Award, 1978 See You in the Funny Papers (1983) Athens International Film/Video Festival, Athens, Georgia: Special Merit Award, 1984 References External links at the National Film Board of Canada Watch films by Grant Munro at NFB web site Making Movie History: Grant Munro (interview) Officers of the Order of Canada Canadian animators Artists from Winnipeg Film directors from Winnipeg Canadian documentary film directors 1923 births 2017 deaths National Film Board of Canada people Stop motion animators