^ Canadian Children's Book Centre (1999).Archived from the original on 5 August 2016. ^ "Tundra Books Online: Ludmila Zeman".Government of Canada (canadainternational.gc.ca). ^ a b c d "Children's Story Books and Animations by Ludmila Zeman: June 14 – July 22, 2011: Embassy of Canada Prince Takamado Gallery".^ a b "Archived Content: Ludmila Zeman".The Embassy of Canada in Japan presented an exhibition of Ludmila Zeman's work in Tokyo in 2011. The final book in the trilogy won the 1995 Governor General's Award for Children's Illustration. The concept was eventually developed into a trilogy of children's books written and illustrated by Zeman: Gilgamesh the King (1991), The Revenge of Ishtar (1993), and The Last Quest of Gilgamesh (1995). Karel Zeman had introduced the epic, which was among his favorite books, to Ludmila when she was eleven. įollowing Lord of the Sky, Zeman and Spálený planned a feature-length animated film based on the Epic of Gilgamesh. The film was a success, winning eleven international awards, including a blue ribbon at the American Film Festival in 1993 it was shown at the Sundance Film Festival the following year and was shortlisted for an Academy Award nomination. Zeman's production was Lord of the Sky, based on myths of the Canadian north Pacific First Nations and produced using paper cutouts. The Cedar Tree of Life, a thirty-second animated segment the couple produced for the Canadian edition of Sesame Street, attracted the attention of the National Film Board of Canada, which invited the couple to make a short film on a topic of their choice. In the summer of 1984, the family escaped through Yugoslavia to a refugee camp in Austria, finally arriving in Canada to accept the teaching posts. Zeman was told to leave the animation studio, and Spálený was drafted into menial construction work. When the couple attempted to emigrate, the Czechoslovakian communist government refused them permission, accusing them of pro-Western leanings. In 1983, Zeman and her husband were invited to teach film technique at Emily Carr University of Art and Design in Vancouver. She launched a career in story books and animation for children. They had two children, Linda and Malvinia. She worked as her father's assistant for his final films, and married Eugen Spálený, the chief animator at his studio. She graduated from the college of art (Střední uměleckoprůmyslová škola) in Uherské Hradiště. Zeman was born in the Moravian Czech city of Zlín (renamed Gottwaldov in 1949, through 1989). She is the daughter of filmmaker Karel Zeman. Ludmila Zeman (born 23 April 1947) is a Czech–Canadian artist, animator, and creator of children's books. 1995 Governor General's Award for Children's Illustration
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