Pierre Hébert

Born in Montreal in 1944, Pierre Hébert studied anthropology at the Université de Montréal in the early 1960s. He had already developed an interest in art and cinema. After hearing about the cameraless animated films of Norman McLaren, he undertook his own experiments by scratching images on the emulsion of 8mm film, an act that has continued to inform his practice today. He was part of the exciting growth of Quebec cinema in the early 1960s and was active in organizations such as Cinémathèque québécoise. Hébert went to work for the NFB’s animation unit in 1965. He was co-animator with Francine Desbiens, Suzanne Gervais on the 1973 short Du coq à l’âne. We list his credits as an animator and/or animation director.

Also see: Pierre Hébert: Animation without Borders

Features & TV Movies:
VR indicates Direct-to-Video Release

Le révolutionnaire (1965)
Opus 3 (1966, short)
Op Hop – Hop Op (1966, short)
Comment savoir (aka Knowing to Learn, 1966, documentary)
Opus 3 (1967, short)
Explosion démographique (1968, short)
Autour de la perception (1968, short)
Le corbeau et le renard (1969, short)

Notions élémentaires de génétique (1971, short)
Du coq à l’âne (Co-animator, 1973, short)
Je Chante à Cheval avec Willie Lamothe (1971, documentary)
Père Noël, père Noël (1974, short)
Entre chiens et loup (1978, short, documentary)

Souvenirs de guerre (1982, short)
L’émotion dissonante (1984)
Étienne et Sara (1984, short)
O Picasso (1985)
Love Addict (Offenbach) (1985, short)
Chants et danses du monde inanimé – Le métro (1985, short)
Adieu bipède (1987, short)

Ottawa 90 Signal Films (Co-animator, 1990, short)
Le fils du bijoutier (1991, short)
La plante humaine (1997)

Rivière au tonnerre (2011, short)
Tu ressembles à moi (Short)