Zeman, Ludmila

Ludmila Zeman was born in the former Czechoslovakia and immigrated to Canada in 1984. She has taught art in Vancouver, created animated sequences for "Sesame Street" and, with her husband, made the film "Lord of the Sky," an award-winning animated short. Her epic Gilgamesh trilogy won numerous awards. Her book, "The First Red Maple Leaf," was a finalist for the Governor General's Award for Illustration.