Martine Chartrand

Personal Info

Known For Director

Gender Female

Birthday 1962-01-04 (62 years old)

Place of Birth Montréal, Québec, Canada

Martine Chartrand

Biography

Martine Chartrand completed a BFA in visual arts at Concordia University and a certificate in art education from the Université du Québec à Montréal. She is a Quebecoise-Haitian painter and filmmaker. In 1992, she directed the award-winning short T.V. Tango, for the NFB. In 1994, she received a grant from the Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec and from the Canada Council for the Arts enabling her to study in Russia under Alexander Petrov, a master of paint-on-glass animation. In 2000, she made her second NFB’s film, Black Soul. A paint-on-glass animated short that traces the memory of Black History, the film has won 23 awards, including the Golden Bear in Berlin 2001. Her third film, MacPherson, inspired by the song by Félix Leclerc, is a paint-on glass animated film bursting with poetry, history and musical diversity. MacPherson won the First prize and The Best Canadian Short Film public award, at the Montreal International World Film Festival in 2012. Martine is regularly invited to different countries to give masterclasses. The Animation Film Summits and the Cinémathèque québécoise award the 2020 René-Jodoin Prize to Martine Chartrand, a prominent, influential and committed personality in Canadian animation.

Known For

Director

2013
MacPherson

as Director

2000
Black Soul

as Director

1996
Children First!

as Director

1992
T.V. Tango

as Director

Crew

2020
The Fourfold

as Thanks

2000
Black Soul

as Cinematography

Writer

2000
Black Soul

as Screenplay

Visual Effects

2000
Black Soul

as Animation