Pascal Baes

Biography

Pascal Baes is a French experimental filmmaker, best known for his animated shorts, and a recipient of the Villa Médicis hors les murs award (Répertoire des Lauréats 1980-1994, Ministère des affaires étrangères, 1994, p.125). He also makes commissioned films for advertising and music videos. Born in 1959 in Nice (Alpes-Maritimes), he began by studying biology, painting and photography. It was in 1985 that he turned his attention to cinema, keeping a scientific eye, and specializing in frame-by-frame animation and the stop-motion technique. Literally "stop-action", he experimented with long exposure combined with slow shutter speed, enabling him to "freeze movement and reanimation", creating...