Pierre Hébert
Born: 1944-01-19 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Known For: Directing
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.
Filmography
2024
2021
- Mount Fuji Seen from a Moving Train ... (Director)
- Palimpsest on “Prison” by Robert Lapoujade ... (Director)
- Palimpseste sur « Prison » de Robert Lapoujade ... (Director)
2018
- La statue de Robert E. Lee à Charlottesville ... (Director)
- But One Bird Sang Not ... (Director)
2017
- Bazin's Film ... (Director)
2016
- Scratch (Triptych 3) ... (Director)
2015
- Cycling Utrecht ... (Director)
2014
- You Look Like Me ... (Director)
2013
- Triptych - 2 ... (Director)
2011
- The Reach of Resonance as Himself
- Thunder river (Places and Monuments 4) ... (Director)
2005
- Trying to Describe Oneself as Himself
- Variations on Two Photographs of Tina Modotti ... (Director)
- The Statue of Giordano Bruno ... (Director)
2004
- Between Science and Garbage as Himself
2002
- Barbaloune as Siméon
- La Pirouette ... (Producer)
1997
- Under the Weather ... (Producer)
1996
- La Plante Humaine ... (Director)
1989
- La Lettre d'amour ... (Director)
1987
- Adieu bipède ... (Director)
1984
- Songs and Dances of the Inanimate World: The Subway ... (Director)
- Etienne et Sara ... (Director)
1983
- Memories of War ... (Director)
1978
- Entre chiens et loup ... (Director)
1974
- A Piece of Cake ... (Director)
- Santa Claus is Coming Tonight ... (Director)
1973
- Du coq à l'âne ... (Director)
1971
- Fundamental Principles in Genetics ... (Director)
- Catuor ... (Producer)
1969
- The Crow and the Fox ... (Director)
1968
- Around Perception ... (Director)
- Population Explosion ... (Director)
1967
- Opus 3 ... (Director)
1966
- Knowing to Learn ... (Animation)
- Op Hop/Hop Op ... (Animation)
1964
- Opus 1 ... (Director)
1963
- Histoire Verte ... (Director)