Frédéric Back

Personal Info

Know For

Directing

Gender

Male

Birthday

1924-04-08 (89 years old)

Deathday

2013-12-24

Place of Birth

Sankt Arnual, Germany

Frédéric Back

Biography

Frédéric Back, OC CQ was a Canadian artist and film director of short animated films. During a long career with Radio-Canada, the French-language service of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, he was nominated for four Academy Awards, winning two, for his 1981 film Crac and the 1987 film The Man Who Planted Trees.

Production

1975

Illusion

as Director

1970

Abracadabra

as Writer

1980

Crac

as Director

1970

Abracadabra

as Director

1972

1976

Taratata

as Director

1978

All Nothing

as Director

1993

The Mighty River

as Director

1987

The Man Who Planted Trees

as Art Department Manager

1970

Abracadabra

as Animation

1978

All Nothing

as Animation

1978

All Nothing

as Scenario Writer

1978

All Nothing

as Producer

1978

All Nothing

as Screenplay

1976

Taratata

as Writer

1980

Crac

as Producer

1980

Crac

as Writer

1975

Illusion

as Screenplay

2002

Memories of Earth

as Animation

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