Frederic Back was a Canadian artist and film director of short animated films.
14 Facts About Frederic Back
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Frederic Back studied art, first at the Ecole Estienne and then at Ecole regionale des beaux-arts de Rennes.
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Frederic Back emigrated to Canada in 1948, at the invitation of a pen pal, Ghylaine Paquin, who would become Frederic Back's wife the following year.
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In 1952, Frederic Back was hired by Radio-Canada to create titles for its television programs, and remained there the rest of his career.
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Frederic Back provided artwork for Denys Arcand's 1964 National Film Board of Canada short documentary Samuel de Champlain.
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Frederic Back created a massive stained glass mural entitled at the Place-des-Arts Metro station in Montreal.
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Frederic Back was awarded a Governor General's Performing Arts Award for Lifetime Artistic Achievement, Canada's foremost distinction in the performing arts, in 1994.
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Frederic Back received a Lifetime Achievement Award at the World Festival of Animated Film - Animafest Zagreb in 2010.
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Frederic Back often said: "Animals are my friends and I do not eat my friends".
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Frederic Back gave conferences on the subject and participated in demonstrations to support animal rights.
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Frederic Back founded "Societe Quebecoise pour la Defense des Animaux", a society to protect animals.
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Frederic Back died of cancer in Montreal on December 24,2013.
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In 1980, Frederic Back was nominated for an Academy Award for Animated Short Film for his film All Nothing.
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The moving image collection of Frederic Back is held at the Academy Film Archive.