Frédéric Back

Directing

April 8, 1924 — December 24, 2013

Sankt Arnual, Germany

3 movies

Biography

Frédéric Back, OC CQ was a Canadian artist and film director of short animated films. During a long career with Radio-Canada, the French-language service of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, he was nominated for four Academy Awards, winning two, for his 1981 film Crac and the 1987 film The Man Who Planted Trees.

🎬 Frédéric Back's Filmography

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The World, The Journey Of My Heart - Traveler: Animation Film Director Isao Takahata

7.0

A documentary film following Isao Takahata to Canada to meet Frédéric Back.

The World, The Journey Of My Heart - Traveler: Animation Film Director Isao Takahata

1999

The Nature of Frédéric Back draws a masterful portrait of an exceptional man. A visual artist and animation filmmaker, he has produced an immense body of work that imparts an essential message. With their luminous poetry, their freshness and emotion, his films are both universal and timeless.

The Nature of Frédéric Back

2011

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World-renowned animated filmmaker Frédéric Back has devoted his unique talent to a cause that is central to his life and more topical than ever: a profound respect for nature coupled with a keen sense of humanity's responsibility toward the environment. Abracadabra (9 min., 1971). Inon, ou, La conquête du feu (10 min., 1972). La création des oiseaux (10 min., 1973). Illusion? (11 min., 1976) Taratata! (9 min., 1977) Suppléments

The Classics of Frederic Back

2010