Pierre Hébert (born January 19, 1944) is a Canadian animator from Montreal, Quebec, most noted for his 1996 feature film The Human Plant (La Plante humaine).Sonia Safarti, "La vie intérieure d'une plante humaine". La Presse, November 23, 1996.
He has also had occasional acting roles, notably in Jean Pierre Lefebvre's films The Revolutionary (Le Revolutionnaire) and My Eye (Mon œil).
Awards His early short film Op Hop - Hop Op was the winner of the award for Best Short Film at the 1967 Montreal International Film Festival."Canadian Film Festival Winners Booed". Montreal Gazette, August 14, 1967.
The Human Plant won the Association québécoise des critiques de cinéma at the Rendez-vous du cinéma québécois in 1997."La Plante Humaine wins best feature-film honors at Rendez-vous du Cinema Quebecois". Montreal Gazette, March 10, 1997.
He is a two-time Genie Award nominee for Best Animated Short, receiving nods at the 18th Genie Awards in 1997 for Under the Weather (À l'ombre), and at the 23rd Genie Awards in 2003 for Pirouette,Gayle MacDonald, "Ararat leads but Egoyan left out". The Globe and Mail, December 11, 2002. and a three-time Jutra Award/Prix Iris nominee for Best Animated Short Film, with nods at the 14th Jutra Awards in 2012 for Rivière au Tonnerre,Charles-Henri Ramond, "Prix Jutra 2012: voilà les nominations". Films du Québec, January 31, 2012. the 15th Jutra Awards in 2013 for Triptych 2 (Triptyque 2),"Jutra : Laurence anyways et Rebelle en tête des nominations". Ici Radio-Canada, January 31, 2013. and the 21st Quebec Cinema Awards in 2019 for But One Bird Sang Not (Mais un oiseau ne chantait pas).
He was the 2004 recipient of the Prix Albert-Tessier for lifetime achievement in Quebec cinema.Odile Tremblay, "Prix Albert-Tessier - Des idées et des images". Le Devoir, November 13, 2004.
In 2024 he was the subject of Scratches of Life: The Art of Pierre Hébert (Graver l'homme: arrêt sur Pierre Hébert), a documentary film about his career by Loïc Darses."ONF – À l’affiche dès le 12 mai 2024 → GRAVER L’HOMME : ARRÊT SUR PIERRE HÉBERT, de Loïc Darses". CTVM, May 9, 2024.
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