Gerald McDermott (January 31, 1941 – December 26, 2012) was an American film-maker, creator of children's picture books, and expert on mythology.
[2] In elementary and middle school he continued to sketch and paint, acted in a weekly radio program, and he studied ballet as well as music.
As an extracurricular summer project McDermott decided to produce an animated film and chose The Stonecutter, a story he had loved as a child.
During his junior year at Pratt in 1962, McDermott took a leave of absence to work as a graphic designer for WNET, a New York educational television channel.
In the 1980s he published two books that paid homage to the traditions of his Irish heritage: Daniel O'Rourke and Tim O'Toole and the Wee Folk.