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.
Academy Awards
Best Animated Short Film
Known For
The Man Who Planted Trees
(1987)
Director
Full Filmography
Directing
Abracadabra
(1970)
Director
The Creation of Birds
(1972)
Director
Inon or the Conquest of Fire
(1972)
Director
Illusion
(1975)
Director
Taratata
(1976)
Director
All Nothing
(1978)
Director
Crac
(1980)
Director
The Man Who Planted Trees
(1987)
Director
Les Œuvres de Frédéric Back
(1988)
Director
The Mighty River
(1993)
Director
The World's Greatest Animation
(1994)
Director
The 22nd Annual Animation Show of Shows
(2022)
Director
Acting
The World, The Journey Of My Heart - Traveler: Animation Film Director Isao Takahata
(1999)
Himself
The Classics of Frederic Back
(2010)
Voice
Art
Samuel de Champlain: Québec 1603
(1964)
Art Direction
The Man Who Planted Trees
(1987)
Art Department Manager
Visual Effects
Abracadabra
(1970)
Animation
All Nothing
(1978)
Animation
The Man Who Planted Trees
(1987)
Animation
Writing
Abracadabra
(1970)
Writer
Illusion
(1975)
Screenplay
Taratata
(1976)
Writer
All Nothing
(1978)
Scenario Writer and Screenplay
Crac
(1980)
Writer
Production