Cordell Barker

 Cordell   Barker  ( b . 1 9 5 7  ) is a  C a n a d i a n  animator who create d occasional insert s for  SESAME STREET , including one about flies l and in g on a man ’ s nose.

Beginning his career in 1 9 7 4 , Barker is best know n for writing , direct in g , producing , & animating the short  The   Cat   Came   Back  (  1 9 88  , National Film Board of  C a n a d a  ) , which receive d an  Academy Award  for Best Animate d Short Subject , & won 1 8 international award s. His 2 00 1  short  Strange   Invader s  earned an other Oscar nomination.

Barker ’ s other credit s include commercial s & additional animation on the 1 9 8 5 short  Get   a   Job .