Pierre Hébert (animator)
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Pierre Hébert | |
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| Born | January 19, 1944 |
| Years active | 1960s–present |
Pierre Hébert (born January 19, 1944) is a Canadian animator from Montreal, Quebec,[1] most noted for his 1996 feature film The Human Plant (La Plante humaine).[2]
He has also had occasional acting roles, notably in Jean Pierre Lefebvre's films The Revolutionary (Le Revolutionnaire) and My Eye (Mon œil).
His early short film Op Hop - Hop Op was the winner of the award for Best Short Film at the 1967 Montreal International Film Festival.[3]
The Human Plant won the Association québécoise des critiques de cinéma at the Rendez-vous du cinéma québécois in 1997.[4]
He is a two-time Genie Award nominee for Best Animated Short, receiving nods at the 18th Genie Awards in 1997 for Under the Weather (À l'ombre),[5] and at the 23rd Genie Awards in 2003 for Pirouette,[6] and a three-time Jutra Award/Prix Iris nominee for Best Animated Short Film, with nods at the 14th Jutra Awards in 2012 for Rivière au Tonnerre,[7] the 15th Jutra Awards in 2013 for Triptych 2 (Triptyque 2),[8] and the 21st Quebec Cinema Awards in 2019 for But One Bird Sang Not (Mais un oiseau ne chantait pas).[9]
He was the 2004 recipient of the Prix Albert-Tessier for lifetime achievement in Quebec cinema.[10]
In 2024 he was the subject of Scratches of Life: The Art of Pierre Hébert (Graver l'homme: arrêt sur Pierre Hébert), a documentary film about his career by Loïc Darses.[11]