René Jodoin

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René Jodoin is an animation director and producer who founded the French-language animation studio of the National Film Board of Canada.

Contents 1 Joining the NFB 2 French animation studio founder 3 Directorial credits 4 Post-NFB 5 External links

[edit] 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 the Department of National Defence and as head of NFB's Science Film Program.

[edit] French animation studio founder

In 1966, he founded the French Animation Studio.[1] He produced two Academy Award-nominated animated shorts during his tenure - Hunger, by Peter Foldès and Monsieur Pointu, by André Leduc and Bernard Longpré.

[edit] 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 by Glenn Gould. He was also sole director on a cycle of geometrical animated shorts: Dance Squared, Notes on a Triangle, [2] Rectangle & Rectangles and A Matter of Form.

[edit] 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.

[edit] External links

• René Jodoin at the Internet Movie Database
• NFB Web profile

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