Pierre Hébert
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- January 19, 1944 (age 82)
- Birthplace
- Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Biography
Formerly an employee of the National film board of Canada where between 1965 and 1999 he directed over twenty animation shorts and a feature (La Plante humaine, best Quebec feature award 1996), Pierre Hébert is now an independent artist and filmmaker. Since 2001, he traveled the world with his musician colleague Bob Ostertag presenting the Living Cinema live animation performance over 80 times. He also worked with many other musicians. He equally collaborated with dance companies in New York, Montreal and France and published two books and many articles on cinema and animation. He also pursue a carreer as a visual artist (drawings, installations, web projects). Currently, his main project is a new series of films Places and Monuments for which he received, in 2012, from the Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec the prestigious "career grant" for cinema. In 2005, he was the recipient of the “Albert Tessier” cinema award from the Quebec government for lifetime achievement, in 2017, he received a special carreer award from the Tehran International Animation Festival, and in 2018, he was awarded an Honorary Doctorate by the Emily Carr University of Art and Design.
Known For
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Filmography
Prelude and Fugues – The Wood Thrush
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Mount Fuji Seen from a Moving Train
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Palimpseste sur « Prison » de Robert Lapoujade
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Palimpsest on “Prison” by Robert Lapoujade
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La statue de Robert E. Lee à Charlottesville
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But One Bird Sang Not
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Bazin's Film
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Scratch (Triptych 3)
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Cycling Utrecht
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You Look Like Me
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Triptych - 2
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Thunder River
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The Statue of Giordano Bruno
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Variations on Two Photographs of Tina Modotti
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Between Science and Garbage
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La Plante Humaine
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La Lettre d'amour
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Adieu bipède
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Etienne et Sara
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Songs and Dances of the Inanimate World: The Subway
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Memories of War
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Entre chiens et loup
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Santa Claus is Coming Tonight
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A Piece of Cake
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Du coq à l'âne
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Fundamental Principles in Genetics
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The Crow and the Fox
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Around Perception
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Population Explosion
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Opus 3
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Op Hop/Hop Op
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Mail Early for Christmas
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Opus 1
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Histoire Verte
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