| Frédéric Back |
Frédéric Back is an internationally recognized animator. Born in 1924 in Saarbrücken, he has lived in Montréal, Canada since 1948. He started his career as a teacher and then worked on educational series for Radio-Canada Television in the 1950s and 60s. In 1967, he created the stained-glass window in the Place des arts Métro station in Montréal.
Mr. Back, who joined Radio-Canada's animated film section in 1968, has been producing award-winning films for the last quarter century. Some of his works include Abracadabra (1970); Inon ou la conquête du feu (1971); The Bratislava and Yorkton Festivals' award-winning La création des oiseaux (1973); Illusion (1974), which earned five international awards; Taratata la parade (1977); the animated film sequences for The Firebird (1979), a show produced by Jean-Yves Landry and winner of the Prague d'Or in 1980 and an Emmy Award in New York; Tout-rien (1980), which received three awards and was nominated for an Oscar in 1981.
In 1982, Frédéric Back won the Oscar for best animated film for the work Crac (1981), which also enjoyed some 20 other awards. Furthermore, the film was selected from a group of 50 as the sixth-best animated film of the century at the Olympiad of Animation held in Los Angeles during the 1984 Summer Olympic Games. In 1986, Frédéric Back received the ASIFA Award (Hollywood) for outstanding achievement.
The Man who Planted Trees (L'Homme qui plantait des arbres) won some forty awards as well as the Oscar for best animated film in 1988.
The Mighty River (Le Fleuve aux grandes eaux), Frédéric Back's latest work has received some twenty awards. It was the grand prize winner at the International Animated Film Festival held in Annecy, France in June 1993. It was also nominated for an Oscar in the same year. |
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Francesca Tosetto |
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Lee Lanier & Jeffrey Dates |
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L'Enfant Au Grelot (Charlie's Christmas)
Jacques-Rémy Girerd |
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