Patrick Boivin (born 1975) is a Canadian filmmaker and animator. In addition to directing, he is often involved in the lighting, editing, animation, special effects and even music in his films. His short film ''Ça pis tout l’reste'' (''That, and everything else'') was chosen by Quebec Gold as one of the top 10 short films from

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in 2008. Boivin was also one of the group of nine writers who produced an experimental

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television series for

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titled ''Phylactère Cola'', which aired in 2002 and 2003. His films have been featured at numerous international film festivals around the world, including the

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, the Commonwealth Film Festival (UK) and the Festival de Namur (Belgium). Boivin started his creative career by drawing

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s and, in his words, “quickly discovered that it was faster to tell a story with video." He cites

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and

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as influences on his style. He won a Gémeaux Award for Best Direction in a Comedy Series in 2002 for ''Phylactère Cola'', and his short film ''Radio'' received a

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at the

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in 2006. Many of Boivin's short films have been released to

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. He created the

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videos for the songs "King of the Dogs" by

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and "Playboy" by Indochine. He also created viral clips such as ''Iron Baby'', ''

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'' and ''Dragon Baby''. In 2011, Boivin developed his first

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for

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entitled ''Crottey Bunny's Scratch N' Dance'' under the name Monsieur Boivin, a company he started with his brother.

Filmography

Shorts

*''La Lettre'' *''Radio'' *''White'' *''I shot your ex-girlfriend'' *''Cuts Kill Culture'' *''Paranoland'' *''Nosferatu Rising'' *''The First Spaceshit on the Moon'' *''Redite'' *''Jazz With a General Problem'' *''Batman vs Joker (BBoy Joker)'' *''Iron Man vs Bruce Lee'' *''Black Ox Skateboard'' *''Mandalorian Dance'' *''Bumblebee boy'' *''Michael Jackson vs Mr. Bean'' *''Ninjas UnBoxing'' *''La Fin du Neoliberalisme''/'' No Big Deal'' *''IRON BABY'' *''AT-AT Day Afternoon'' *''LEGO Bionicle Stars shorts'' *''Official Cars 2 trailer in Lego'' *''Dragon Baby''

Features

*''Fall, Finally (Enfin l'automne)'' - 2011 *''Bunker'' - 2014 *''Echo to Delta (Écho à Delta)'' - 2023Charles-Henri Ramond
"Écho à Delta: première mondiale à Sudbury"
''Films du Québec'', September 6, 2023.

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Boivin, Patrick 1975 births Living people Artists from Montreal Canadian animated film directors Film directors from Montreal Stop motion animators