Jacques Drouin (; 28 May 1943 – 28 August 2021)
was a Canadian
animator and
director most known for his
pinscreen animation.
Biography
Jacques Drouin was born in
Mont-Joli,
Quebec
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. He studied at the
École des Beaux-Arts de Montréal for several years before leaving to study filmmaking at the
UCLA in
California
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.
He first encountered the
pinscreen
Pinscreen animation makes use of a screen filled with movable pins, which can be moved in or out by pressing an object onto the screen. The screen is lit from the side so that the pins cast shadows. The technique has been used to create animated ...
at an animation exhibition in 1967. By the early 1970s, he was an apprentice at the
National Film Board of Canada and experimenting with this unique form of
animation. His first film, ''
Three Exercises on Alexeieff's Pinscreen'', was released in 1974.
[
Until his death, Jacques Drouin continued making pinscreen animation films for the National Film Board of Canada, one of the only animators in the world to still use this difficult but rewarding process.][ Some of his short films are available on NFB DVD collections, and a few are available online. His film, ''A Hunting Lesson'', was included in the Animation Show of Shows.
]
Filmography
* 1974 - '' Three Exercises on Alexeieff's Pinscreen'' (''Trois exercices sur l'écran d'épingles d'Alexeieff'')
* 1976 - '' Mindscape (Le paysagiste)''
* 1986 - '' Nightangel'' (fr: ''L'Heure des anges'', cz: ''Romance z temnot'') - a collaboration with Bretislav Pojar.
* 1988 - '' A Sun Between Two Clouds'' (''Un soleil entre deux nuages'') - participated as an animator.
* 1990 - '' Nathaël and the Seal Hunt'' (''Nathaël et la chasse aux phoques'')
* 1991 - '' The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse'' (''Les Quatre cavaliers de l'apocalypse'
- participated as an animator
* 1993 - ''MTV
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Push Pins''
* 1994 - '' Ex-Child'' (''Ex-enfant'')
* 1996 - '' My Life Is a River'' (''Une vie comme rivière'') - participated as an animator.
* 2001 - '' A Hunting Lesson'' (''Une leçon de chasse'') - adaptation of tale by Jacques Godbout.
* 2003 - '' Winter Days'' (冬の日) - collaboration with many other famous animators
* 2004 - ''Imprints
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* ''Imprint'' (TV series), Canadian television series
* "Imprint" (''Masters of Horror''), episode of TV show ''Masters of Horror''
* ''Imprint'' (film), a 2007 independent drama/thriller film
...
(Empreintes)''
Awards
* 1976 - Ottawa International Animation Festival Special Jury Prize for '' Mindscape''
See also
* Alexandre Alexeieff and Claire Parker
* Pinscreen animation
References
External links
*
Films by Jacques Drouin
at the National Film Board of Canada
*
1943 births
2021 deaths
Canadian animated film directors
French Quebecers
Film directors from Montreal
National Film Board of Canada people
Pinscreen animation
People from Bas-Saint-Laurent
UCLA Film School alumni
École des beaux-arts de Montréal alumni
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