Tag: Claude Joli-Coeur
NFB Pinscreen Animator Jacques Drouin Dies Age 78
The National Film Board of Canada shared the news of the death of outstanding animation auteur and skilled editor Jacques Drouin. Over the course...
Producer Julie Roy Named NFB Director General of Creation & Innovation
Claude Joli-Coeur, Government Film Commissioner and Chairperson of the National Film Board of Canada, announced Wednesday that Julie Roy has been named the new...
Four Years in, NFB Keeps Meeting Gender-Parity Goals
On the eve of International Women’s Day (Sunday, March 8), the National Film Board of Canada (NFB) has announced that it continues to meet...
Filmmakers Protest Reappointment of NFB Commissioner Joli-Coeur
NFB/ONF Creation, a representative community of more than 250 freelance Canadian filmmakers who have worked with the national producer-distributor, is raising concerns over the...
All-Indigenous Animation Hothouse & More Progress for NFB Action Plan
Timed to National Indigenous Peoples Day (June 21), the National Film Board of Canada (NFB) is marking the second anniversary of the launch of...
NFB Achieves Gender Parity for Third Consecutive Year
Marking International Women’s Day, the National Film Board of Canada (NFB) announced that it has achieved its gender-parity goals for the number of productions...
WIA & SPARK Reveal Diversity Awards Winners
Women in Animation has announced the honorees of the second annual WIA Diversity Awards, in partnership with Spark Computer Graphics Society. The awards will...
Oscar-Winning Canadian Animator Grant Munro Dies Age 94
Grant Munro, an animator and actor who starred in Norman McLaren's 1953 Best Short Film Oscar-winning pixilation Cold War parable Neighbors (Voisins) and co-directed...
Michèle Cournoyer Is 1st Female Animator to Win Prix Albert-Tessier
The National Film Board of Canada congratulations animation filmmaker and frequent NFB collaborator Michèle Cournoyer on winning the 2017 Prix Albert-Tessier, making her the...
NFB Shoots for Gender Parity of Key Creatives by 2020
Following the National Film Board of Canada’s announcement last year that it had set a goal to have 50% of its productions directed by...
Rene Bourdages Named NFB Director General
Claude Joli-Coeur, Government Film Commissioner and Chairperson of the National Film Board of Canada, announced the appointment of René Bourdages as the NFB's Director...
NFB Head Announces Gender Parity Goals
The National Film Board of Canada will be ensuring that in future at least half of its productions will be directed by women and...
NFB Film Pioneer Colin Low Dies Age 89
Colin Low, a pioneering filmmaker whose groundbreaking career with the National Film Board of Canada spanned over six decades, died in Montreal on February...
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