Pierre Hébert

Born in Montreal in 1944 Pierre Hbert studied anthropology at the Universit de Montral in the early 1960s He had already developed an interest in art and cinema After hearing about the cameraless animated films of a hrefhttpwwwnorthernstarscamclarennormanNorman McLarena he undertook his own experiments by scratching images on the emulsion of 8mm film an act that has continued to inform his practice today He was part of the exciting growth of Quebec cinema in the early 1960s and was active in organizations such as Cinmathque qubcoise Hbert went to work for the NFBs animation unit in 1965 He was coanimator with Francine Desbiens Suzanne Gervais on the 1973 short emDu coq lneem From 1993 to 1995 he served as president of La Cinmathque qubecoise a film archive based in Montral He has also been teaching animation in various universities and writing for cinema and art magazines He published three essays LAnge et lautomate 1999 Corps langage technologie in 2006 and in 2021 Toucher au cinma In August 2010 he was recognized for his work with an honorary professorship by the Emily Carr University of Art and Design in Vancouver He has been a member of the board of the artistrun video centre Videographe in Montreal since 2011 Other recent awards include a ppecial career award from the Tehran International Animation Festival in 2017 Best Canadian Animation Film award for emTu ressembles moiem at Les Sommets du cinma danimation in Montral in 2014 We list his credits as an animator andor animation director brbrAlso see a hrefhttpwwwnorthernstarscapierrehebertanimationwithoutbordersPierre Hbert Animation without Bordersa brbrbr