Jerry Levitan

Jerry Levitan

Gerald Asher Levitan (born 1954) is a Canadian best known as "the kid who interviewed John Lennon". He produced and starred in the animated short I Met the Walrus about his meeting with John Lennon and Yoko Ono in Toronto, Canada in 1969. Though only 14 years old, Levitan conducted an exclusive 40 minute interview with them about peace, The Beatles, and their music.

The film won a Daytime Emmy in 2009 in the category of New Approaches, Daytime Entertainment. It was also nominated for an Oscar in 2008 for best animated short, and won Best Animated at the Manhattan Short Film Festival, the American Film Festival and the Middle East International Film Festival. He is the author of the autobiographical I Met The Walrus released May 2009 by Harper Collins. It is the account of Levitan's childhood and love for the Beatles, and traces in detail the day he spent with John Lennon and Yoko Ono.

In July 2011 Levitan's latest animated film, Yoko Ono's My Hometown had its world premier at the Without Borders (Senza Frontiere) Film Festival in Spoleto, Italy to widespread acclaim. Levitan co-produced and directed the film with Terry Tompkins of The Eggplant Collective. Yoko Ono narrated her poem and provided her Remember Love song which was the B-Side to Give Peace A Chance, for the soundtrack.