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Dale production-managed and Dave checked layouts on the Nelvana-produced Care Bears television series and movies in the mid-1980s. (Image copyright "Those characters from Cleveland") same time, they didn't really get to know one another until after graduation when they kept running into each other in Toronto's burgeoning animation scene. After graduating, Dave got a job with Videoart Productions where, as the company's animation director, he worked on television commercials and TVO series. Dale joined the company a few years later. The two married in 1976 and spent their honeymoon at the Ottawa International Animation Festival where Symbiosis, an animated short that Dave and written, produced and directed, was in competition. "Most of our holidays are spent at film festivals," says Dale, who has been on the Ottawa festival's jury. "With us, everything is animation." Symbiosis, which was created in response to the eviction of the Toronto Island residents, took first place in the "under three minutes" category at the Ottawa International Animation Festival. After the success in Ottawa, the film was entered in festivals around the world, from France to Yugoslavia, and was even invited to compete in the Academy Awards but unfortunately was not submitted in time. Shortly after Symbiosis, Dave and Dale were looking to EXCLUSIVELY AT ACTON OPTICAL! 519-853-5133 4 MILL STREET EAST AT THE FOUR CORNERS IN DOWNTOWN ACTON EYE EXAMS AVAILABLE ON SITE Dave Cox displays his 1999-2000 Emmy for the Rolie Polie Olie show. Dave and Dale Cox produced Symbiosis with a few friends as a private short film at Videoart Productions in Toronto. It went on to win several prestigious awards at international animation festivals and changed the couple's lives. Copyright Dave Cox, 1976 354 Guelph St., Georgetown 905-873-1655 supporting local businesses, charities and events for over 20 years I D E R O A D S O F H A LT O N H I L L S WINTER · 2010 23 S FREE COMPUTER DIAGNOSTIC Bring in your computer & receive a FREE Computer Diagnostic on the house! (a $25 Value) Limited 1 per person, per household. Non-Transferable. No Cash Value. Get your computer serviced by the most talked about new computer store in Georgetown and you'll see why everyone's talking about us! Sales & Service Leeann Carlson Owner 93 Armstrong Ave. (Armstrong & Sinclair) 905.877.3166