Frédéric Back
Known for
Directing
Born
April 8, 1924
Birthplace
Sankt Arnual, Germany
Died
December 24, 2013 (aged 89)
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.
Best known work
The Man Who Planted Trees
1987
Crac!
1980
The Mighty River
1993
All Nothing
1978
Illusion
1975
Abracadabra
1970The Creation of Birds
1972Taratata
1976Inon or the Conquest of Fire
1972
The World, The Journey Of My Heart - Traveler: Animation Film Director Isao Takahata
1999Filmography
2022
2011
2010
The Classics of Frederic Backas Voice, Producer
2002
Memories of EarthAnimation
1999
1994
The World's Greatest AnimationDirector
1993
The Mighty RiverDirector
1988
Les Œuvres de Frédéric BackDirector
1987
The Man Who Planted TreesDirector, Producer, Art Department Manager, Animation
1980
Crac!Director, Writer, Producer
1978
All NothingDirector, Scenario Writer, Producer, Animation, Screenplay
1976
TaratataDirector, Writer
1975
IllusionDirector, Screenplay
1972
Inon or the Conquest of FireDirector, Animation
1972
The Creation of BirdsDirector
1970
AbracadabraDirector, Writer, Animation
1964
Québec 1603 - Samuel de ChamplainAnimation
1964
ChamplainAnimation