C'est la Vie: The Chris J. Melnychuk Story (2011)
C’est La Vie: The Chris J. Melnychuk Story documents the award-winning animator’s (Alien, Zap Girl Makes Toast) battle with tongue cancer. Building on live footage from Chris’s last, unfinished film, C’est La Vie was created posthumously through the collaboration of 19 animators from Quickdraw Animation in Calgary, Canada.
Directors: Melanie Aikenhead, Kimberley Anderson, Brian Batista, Leslie Bell, Ola Birch, Caitlind RC Brown, Katie Burns, Kristen Campbell, Sitji Chou, Alan Ferguson, Tyler Frederick, Ross Gibb, Richard Reeves, Jessi Schroeyers, Ryan Scotch, Noelle Shaw, RJ Taylor, Jennifer Vallis, Micheal Welchman.
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Chris J. Melnychuk as self |
| Directing | Melanie Aikenhead | Director |
| Directing | Kimberley Anderson | Director |
| Directing | Brian Batista | Director |
| Directing | Leslie Bell | Director |
| Directing | Ola Birch | Director |
| Directing | Caitlind RC Brown | Director |
| Directing | Katie Burns | Director |
| Directing | Kristen Campbell | Director |
| Directing | Sitji Chou | Director |
| Directing | Alan Ferguson | Director |
| Directing | Tyler Frederick | Director |
| Directing | Ross Gibb | Director |
| Directing | Richard Reeves | Director |
| Directing | Jessi Schroeyers | Director |
| Directing | Ryan Scotch | Director |
| Directing | Noelle Shaw | Director |
| Directing | RJ Taylor | Director |
| Directing | Jennifer Vallis | Director |
| Directing | Micheal Welchman | Director |
| Writing | Chris J. Melnychuk | Writer |
| Writing | Chris J. Melnychuk | Story |