Pierre Hébert
Directing
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.
Known for
Directing33
Palimpsest on “Prison” by Robert Lapoujade
2021
Director
movieBut One Bird Sang Not
2018
Director
movieBazin's Film
2017
Director
movieScratch (Triptych 3)
2016
Director
movieThunder River
2011
Director
movieLa Plante Humaine
1996
Director
movieLa Lettre d'amour
1989
Director
movieAdieu bipède
1987
Director
movieEtienne et Sara
1984
Director
movieMemories of War
1983
Director
movieEntre chiens et loup
1978
Director
movieDu coq à l'âne
1973
Director
movieThe Crow and the Fox
1969
Director
moviePopulation Explosion
1968
Director
Opus 3
1967
Director
movieOpus 1
1964
Director
movieHistoire Verte
1963
Director
Production7
movieBut One Bird Sang Not
2018
Producer
movieLa Pirouette
2002
Producer
movieBlack Soul
2000
Producer
movieUnder the Weather
1997
Producer
movieCatuor
1971
Producer
Visual Effects7
Triptych - 2
2013
Animation
movieBetween Science and Garbage
2004
Animation
movieDu coq à l'âne
1973
Animation
Opus 3
1967
Animation
Op Hop/Hop Op
1966
Animation
movieKnowing to Learn
1966
Animation
Acting6
Writing4
movieBazin's Film
2017
Writer
movieDu coq à l'âne
1973
Screenplay
Camera1
movieVariations on Two Photographs of Tina Modotti
2005
Director of Photography