Nicole Van Goethem (31 May 1941 - 3 March 2000) was a Belgian animator and illustrator. She wrote and directed ''
A Greek Tragedy
''A Greek Tragedy'' is a 1985 Belgian animated short film written and directed by Nicole Van Goethem about three lady statues holding on to the remains of an ancient building.
Accolades
The film won the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film ...
'', winner of the
Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film
The Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film is an award given by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) as part of the annual Academy Awards, or Oscars, since the 5th Academy Awards (with different names), covering the year ...
in 1987.
Biography
Van Goethem was born in 1941 in Antwerp. She studied applied arts at the Sint Maria Instituut in Antwerp,
Western concert flute
The Western concert flute is a family of transverse (side-blown) woodwind instruments made of metal or wood. It is the most common variant of the flute. A musician who plays the flute is called a flautist (in British English), flutist (in Ameri ...
at the
Royal Conservatoire of Antwerp
The Royal Conservatoire Antwerp ( nl, Koninklijk Conservatorium Antwerpen) is a Belgian conservatory of music, dance and drama in Antwerp, Belgium. It was founded in 1898 as the Royal Flemish Conservatoire by Peter Benoit.
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and evening courses at the
Royal Academy of Fine Arts in the same city.
Until about the age of 30, she lived and worked in the Antwerp nightlife, but decided to quit and started working as a graphic designer and illustrator for advertising agencies and magazines. After meeting cartoonist
Picha
Jean-Paul "Picha" Walravens (Brussels, Belgium, 2 July 1942) is a Belgian cartoonist, comics artist, animator and film director. He is most famous for his adult animated films, such as '' Tarzoon: Shame of the Jungle''. , she collaborated on his movies ''
Tarzoon: Shame of the Jungle'' from 1975, and ''
The Missing Link'' from 1980. She also worked on the 1984 animated movie ''
John the Fearless
John I (french: Jean sans Peur; nl, Jan zonder Vrees; 28 May 137110 September 1419) was a scion of the French royal family who ruled the Burgundian State from 1404 until his death in 1419. He played a key role in French national affairs during ...
'' by Jef Cassiers.
Career
In 1985 Van Goethem finished her first short animated film, ''
A Greek Tragedy
''A Greek Tragedy'' is a 1985 Belgian animated short film written and directed by Nicole Van Goethem about three lady statues holding on to the remains of an ancient building.
Accolades
The film won the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film ...
''. It won the Grand Prix at the
Annecy International Animated Film Festival
The Annecy International Animation Film Festival (french: Festival international du film d'animation d'Annecy, officially abbreviated in English as the Annecy Festival, or simply Annecy) was created in 1960 and takes place at the beginning of J ...
in 1985, and the
Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film
The Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film is an award given by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) as part of the annual Academy Awards, or Oscars, since the 5th Academy Awards (with different names), covering the year ...
in 1987.
In 1988 she finished her second short movie, ''Vol van gratie'' (''Full of Grace''), about some nuns who by mistake enter a sex shop and buy what they believe to be candles, but turn out to be something else entirely.
FULL OF GRACE - SND FILMS
/ref> She then started working on third movie, ''Living Apart Together'', scheduled to be about 8 minutes long and with about 75% of the work done at the time of her death.
Exhibitions
*"Nicole van Goethem: Drawing the Film", Museum of Contemporary Art, Antwerp
The Museum of Contemporary Art in Antwerp ( nl, Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst, commonly abbreviated as ''M HKA'', previously ''MuHKA'') is the contemporary art museum of the city of Antwerp, Belgium. Its current director is Bart de Baere.
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(12 December 1987 until 7 February 1988) and Cinémathèque québécoise
The Cinémathèque québécoise is a film conservatory in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Its purpose is to preserve, document, film and television footage and related documents and artifacts for future use by the public. The Cinémathèque's collectio ...
(mùontreal, Canada), 1 September 1988 until 30 September 1988
Notes
External links
Nicole Van Goethem on IMDb
MUBI
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1941 births
2000 deaths
20th-century Belgian women artists
Belgian animated film directors
Belgian animators
Women animators
Belgian women illustrators
Royal Academy of Fine Arts (Antwerp) alumni
Directors of Best Animated Short Academy Award winners