Jacques Drouin (; 28 May 1943 – 28 August 2021) was a Canadian

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and director most known for his pinscreen animation.

Biography

Jacques Drouin was born in Mont-Joli, Quebec. He studied at the École des Beaux-Arts de Montréal for several years before leaving to study filmmaking at the UCLA in California. He first encountered the

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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

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. 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

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. * 1988 - ''

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'' (''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 - ''

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Push Pins'' * 1994 - '' Ex-Child'' (''Ex-enfant'') * 1996 - ''

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'' (''Une vie comme rivière'') - participated as an animator. * 2001 - ''

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'' (''Une leçon de chasse'') - adaptation of tale by Jacques Godbout. * 2003 - '' Winter Days'' (冬の日) - collaboration with many other famous animators * 2004 - ''

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Awards

* 1976 - Ottawa International Animation Festival Special Jury Prize for '' Mindscape''

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Films by Jacques Drouin
at the National Film Board of Canada * 1943 births 2021 deaths Canadian animated film directors 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 {{Canada-animator-stub

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