- René Jodoin
René Jodoin is an
animation director and producer who founded the French-language animation studio of theNational Film Board of Canada .Joining the NFB
Jodoin was invited by animation pioneer
Norman McLaren to join the NFB in 1943. He worked in the NFB's original animation unit, then left the NFB in 1947. He returned to the Film Board in 1954, working in a variety of capacities, including as head of an NFB animation program producing films for theDepartment of National Defence and as head of NFB's Science Film Program.French animation studio founder
In 1966, he founded the French Animation Studio. [http://www.nfb.ca/animation/objanim/en/history/french-animated-films.php] He produced two
Academy Award -nominated animated shorts during his tenure - "Hunger", byPeter Foldès and "Monsieur Pointu ", byAndré Leduc andBernard Longpré .Directorial credits
Jodoin's directorial credits include two films with McLaren: "Alouette" and "Spheres", an abstract film set to the music of
Bach as performed byGlenn Gould . He was also sole director on a cycle of geometrical animated shorts: "Dance Squared ", "Notes on a Triangle ", [http://www.nfb.ca/animation/objanim/en/films/film.php?sort=director&director=Jodoin%2C+Ren%E9&id=10581] "Rectangle & Rectangles " and "A Matter of Form ".Post-NFB
Jodoin resigned as head of the French Animation Studio in 1977 and left the NFB in 1985. In 2001, he was awarded the
Prix Albert-Tessier , given to individuals for an outstanding career in Québec cinema.External links
*imdb name|id=0423520|name=René Jodoin
* [http://www.nfb.ca/animation/objanim/en/filmmakers/filmmaker/overview.php?id=8038 NFB Web profile]
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