Born in Japan in 1936 to Czechoslovak diplomat parents, Paul Fierlinger spent World War II in the United States before living in Communist Czechoslovakia for 20 years. While at Czech boarding school, 12-year-old Fierlinger created his first animated film by shooting drawings from his flipbook with a 16mm Bolex camera. In 1958, he established himself as Czechoslovakia's first independent producer of animated films for Prague TV, a division of Kratky Film. He produced close to 200 short and very short theatrical and TV films in Prague before he escaped to Western Europe in 1967. After animating films in Holland, France and Germany, he arrived in the United States one year later. In the U.S., Fierlinger began by first animating political commercials for Hubert Humphrey and many other political candidates. In 1971, he established his own studio, AR&T Associates, Inc. in Philadelphia, PA. In his more than 40-year career Fierlinger has created over 800 animated films which have garnered more than 200 major international awards. In addition to a Pew Charitable Arts grant for his body of work, Fierlinger's accolades include an Academy Award nomination for IT'S SO NICE TO HAVE A WOLF AROUND THE HOUSE, many "Best of Festival" awards and numerous "Firsts" in educational films, TV commercials and children's films. He is the creator of "Sesame Street"'s "Teeny Little Super Guy," the acclaimed "American Playhouse" television feature "Drawn From Memory" and an award-winning animated mini-documentary series for cable TV's Oxygen network, "Drawn From Life." Fierlinger has two grown children from a previous marriage and lives with his wife and collaborator Sandra and their two dogs in the suburbs of Philadelphia. While networked computer stations have replaced their 16mm film equipment, the medium for Fierlinger's drawings remains pencil on paper.  Nominated for Short Films (Animated Films) 1979: IT'S SO NICE TO HAVE A WOLF AROUND THE HOUSE - Producer 1 nomination