Frédéric Back
An image from Taratata, one of the productions that also features Frédéric Back.
Frédéric Back

Frédéric Back

April 8, 1924 — Sankt Arnual, Germany

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.

The Man Who Planted Trees

The Man Who Planted Trees

1987

Crac

Crac

1980

The Mighty River

The Mighty River

1993

All Nothing

1978

Illusion

Illusion

1975

Abracadabra

1970

The Creation of Birds

1972

Taratata

1976