Pierre Hébert
Pierre Hébert (born January 19, 1944) is a Canadian animator from Montreal, Quebec, most noted for his 1996 feature film The Human Plant (La Plante humaine). He has also had occasional acting roles, notably in Jean Pierre Lefebvre's films The Revolutionary (Le Revolutionnaire) and My Eye (Mon œil).
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- Name
- Pierre Hébert
- Born
- 19 January 1944
- Birthplace
- Montreal, Quebec, Canada
- Nationality
- Canada
- Occupation
- actor · film producer · director · screenwriter · composer · engraver · painter
- Honours
- Prix Albert-Tessier
- Languages
- French
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Pierre Hébert (born January 19, 1944) is a Canadian animator from Montreal, Quebec, most noted for his 1996 feature film The Human Plant (La Plante humaine). He has also had occasional acting roles, notably in Jean Pierre Lefebvre's films The Revolutionary (Le Revolutionnaire) and My Eye (Mon œil).
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The recorded working language is French. Employment is recorded with National Film Board of Canada. Work by Pierre Hébert is recorded in the collections of Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec, Musée d'art contemporain de Montréal and print collection of the national Library of BAnQ. Distinctions recorded are Prix Albert-Tessier.
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• Name — Pierre Hébert • Born — 19 January 1944 • Birthplace — Montreal, Quebec, Canada • Years Active — 1960s–present
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1944
Pierre Hébert born at Montreal.
Awards
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. The Human Plant won the Association québécoise des critiques de cinéma at the Rendez-vous du cinéma québécois in 1997. 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), and at the 23rd Genie Awards in 2003 for Pirouette, 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, the 15th Jutra Awards in 2013 for Triptych 2 (Triptyque 2), and the 21st Quebec Cinema Awards in 2019 for But One Bird Sang Not (Mais un oiseau ne chantait pas). He was the 2004 recipient of the Prix Albert-Tessier for lifetime achievement in Quebec cinema. 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.
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- 1.Marcel Jean and Michel Coulombe. Le dictionnaire du cinéma québécois. Boréal. 2006. 2-7646-0427-0.
- 2.Sonia Safarti, "La vie intérieure d'une plante humaine". La Presse, November 23, 1996.
- 3."Canadian Film Festival Winners Booed". Montreal Gazette, August 14, 1967.
- 4."La Plante Humaine wins best feature-film honors at Rendez-vous du Cinema Quebecois". Montreal Gazette, March 10, 1997.
- 5.Playback Staff. The 1997 Genie Awards. Playback. November 17, 1997.
- 6.Gayle MacDonald, "Ararat leads but Egoyan left out". The Globe and Mail, December 11, 2002.
- 7.Charles-Henri Ramond, "Prix Jutra 2012: voilà les nominations". Films du Québec, January 31, 2012.
- 8."Jutra : Laurence anyways et Rebelle en tête des nominations". Ici Radio-Canada, January 31, 2013.
- 9.Gala Québec Cinéma : 1991 de Ricardo Trogi mène la course avec 16 nominations. Radio-Canada. April 11, 2019.
- 10.Odile Tremblay, "Prix Albert-Tessier - Des idées et des images". Le Devoir, November 13, 2004.
- 11."ONF – À l’affiche dès le 12 mai 2024 → GRAVER L’HOMME : ARRÊT SUR PIERRE HÉBERT, de Loïc Darses". CTVM, May 9, 2024.
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Pierre Hébert received Prix Albert-Tessier. Recorded as having received Prix Albert-Tessier.
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Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec, Musée d'art contemporain de Montréal and print collection of the national Library of BAnQ. Pierre Hébert is recorded as actor, film producer, director, screenwriter and composer
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