Frédéric Back
| Frédéric Back | |
|---|---|
| Born |
April 8, 1924 Saarbrücken, Territory of the Saar Basin (present-day Germany) |
| Died | December 24, 2013 (aged 89) Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
| Occupation |
Animator Illustrator Film director Screenwriter |
| Years active | 1970–1993 |
| Awards |
Order of Canada National Order of Quebec Governor General's Performing Arts Award |
Frédéric Back, OC CQ (April 8, 1924 – December 24, 2013) 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.
Born in Saarbrücken, The Territory of the Saar Basin, and raised in Strasbourg, Back's family moved to Paris at the start of the Second World War. Back studied art, first at the École Estienne and then at École régionale des beaux-arts de Rennes. Back's first exhibition took place at the Salon de la Marine in 1946.
Back emigrated to Canada in 1948, at the invitation of a pen pal, Ghylaine Paquin, who would become Back's wife the following year. Prior to joining the CBC, he taught at the École des beaux-arts.
In 1952, he was hired by Radio-Canada to create titles for its television programs, and remained there the rest of his career. Back also provided artwork for Denys Arcand's 1964 National Film Board of Canada short documentary Samuel de Champlain (Québec 1603).
He created a massive stained glass mural entitled L’histoire de la musique à Montréal ("history of music in Montreal") at the Place-des-Arts Metro station in Montreal. Unveiled on December 20, 1967, this stained glass was the first work of art to be commissioned for the Montreal metro system.
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