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Frédéric Back | |
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Died | December 24, 2013 | (aged 89)
Occupation(s) | Animator Illustrator Movie director Screenwriter |
Years active | 1970–1993 |
Awards | Order of Canada National Order of Quebec |
Frédéric Back (April 8, 1924 – December 24, 2013) was a Canadian artist and movie director of short animated movies. He won two Academy Awards. His first was for his movie Tout rein and his second for Crac!.
Back was born in Saarbrücken, Saar. He moved to Canada in 1948. He worked as a teacher at École des Beaux-Arts de Montréal. Back died of cancer in Montreal on December 24, 2013.[1]
References
[change | change source]- ↑ "Two time Oscar winner Frederic Back dies". LA Times.com. Retrieved December 27, 2013.
Other websites
[change | change source]- Frédéric Back, agir ensemble | caring together Archived 2007-02-11 at the Wayback Machine
- Frédéric Back on IMDb
- Frédéric Back Archived 2011-06-07 at the Wayback Machine at The Canadian Encyclopedia