Frédéric Back

Frédéric Back (April 8, 1924 – December 24, 2013) was a Canadian artist and movie director of short animated movies. He won two Academy Awards. His first was for his movie Tout rein and his second for Crac!. His short movie, The Man Who Planted Trees won the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film in 1988.

Back was born in Saarbrücken, Saar. He moved to Canada in 1948. He worked as a teacher at École des Beaux-Arts de Montréal. Back died of cancer in Montreal on December 24, 2013.

References

Other websites
 Frédéric Back, agir ensemble | caring together 

 Frédéric Back  at The Canadian Encyclopedia

Category:1924 births
Category:2013 deaths
Category:Academy Award winning directors
Category:Canadian animators
Category:Cancer deaths in Quebec
Category:Canadian movie directors
Category:Canadian screenwriters
Category:People from Saarland