Frédéric Back

Directing

Born: 1924-04-08
Died: 2013-12-24
From: Sankt Arnual, Germany
Gender: Male
Popularity: 0.2

Also Known As

フレデリック・バック

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.

Awards & Nominations9 won · 4 nominated

Nominated

Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film

The Mighty River

1994
🏆 Won

Prix Albert-Tessier

1991
🏆 Won

Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film

The Man Who Planted Trees

1988
Nominated

Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film

The Man Who Planted Trees

1988
🏆 Won

Winsor McCay Award

1986
🏆 Won

Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film

Crac

1982
Nominated

Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film

Crac

1982
Nominated

Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film

All Nothing

1981
🏆 Won

honorary doctorate at the Laval University

🏆 Won

Governor General's Performing Arts Award

🏆 Won

Officer of the Order of Canada

🏆 Won

Knight of the National Order of Quebec

🏆 Won

Officer of Arts and Letters