Frédéric Back
Directing
April 8, 1924
Died at age 89
December 24, 2013
Date of Death
Sankt Arnual, Germany
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Biography
Frédéric Back, OC CQ was a Canadian artist and film director of short animated films. During a long career with Radio-Canada, the French-language service of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, he was nominated for four Academy Awards, winning two, for his 1981 film Crac and the 1987 film The Man Who Planted Trees.
