Pierre Hébert

Personal Info

Known For Director

Gender Male

Birthday 1944-01-19 (80 years old)

Place of Birth Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Pierre Hébert

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.

Known For

Director

2018
2017
Bazin's Film

as Director

2016
2015
Cycling Utrecht

as Director

2014
You Look Like Me

as Director

2013
Triptych - 2

as Director

1996
La Plante Humaine

as Director

1989
La Lettre d'amour

as Director

1987
Adieu bipède

as Director

1984
Etienne et Sara

as Director

1983
Memories of War

as Director

1978
1974
A Piece of Cake

as Director

1973
Du coq à l'âne

as Director

1968
Around Perception

as Director

1968
1968
1967
Opus 3

as Director

1966
Op Hop/Hop Op

as Director

1964
Opus 1

as Director

1963
Histoire Verte

as Director

Visual Effects

2013
Triptych - 2

as Animation

1973
Du coq à l'âne

as Animation

1967
Opus 3

as Animation

1966
Op Hop/Hop Op

as Animation

1966
Knowing to Learn

as Animation

Writer

2017
Bazin's Film

as Writer

1996
1973
Du coq à l'âne

as Screenplay

Producer

2002
La Pirouette

as Producer

1997
Under the Weather

as Producer

1971
Catuor

as Producer

Actor

Sound

1968

Camera

2005