René Jodoin

Directing

René Jodoin

Born December 30, 1920 · Hull, Québec, Canada

Died January 22, 2015 · aged 94

René Jodoin (1920–2015) was an animation director and producer who founded the French-language animation studio of the National Film Board of Canada, in 1966.

Known For

Notes on a TriangleNotes on a Triangle · 1966
Notes on a Triangle
★ 6.81966
MovieAnimationMusic
In this short animation film the triangle achieves the distinction of principal dancer in a geometric ballet. The triangle is shown splitting into some three hundred transformations, dividing and sub-dividing with grace and symmetry to the music of a waltz. The film's artist and animator is René Jodoin, whose credits include Dance Squared and several collaborations with Norman McLaren.
OddballOddball · 1969
Oddball
★ 6.81969
MovieAnimation
A child founds a strange ball.
Series 4Series 4 · 1972
Series 4
★ 7.01972
MovieAnimation
This experimental short documents the clash, sometimes obsessive, sometimes glorifying, between humans and their mechanized environment. Using photographs, the animator creates varying perspectives through optical manipulation and changing colour, achieving bold and provocative effects.
Cerveau geléCerveau gelé · 1969
Cerveau gelé
★ 8.01969
MovieAnimation
Musician and composer 'Claude Dubois' presents his view of the effects of the growth of urban areas, specifically industrialization and overuse of non-human elements resulting in a need to overly control how we as people live within this environment. Human images are interspersed with more controlled mechanized ones. Those human images are first free flowing, then floundering under that mechanization, then ultimately trapped into chaos or into death.
Horsing AroundHorsing Around · 1973
Horsing Around
★ 8.01973
MovieAnimation
Humorous, full of unimaginable finds, this animated short invites the viewer to follow the antics of a horse trying to acquire a force equivalent to that of a horsepower.
BandwidthBandwidth · 1960
Bandwidth
★ 8.51960
MovieAnimation
This film combines colour, animation and sound to clarify principles of radio wave transmission. It illustrates how antennas propagate radio waves and how they may be adapted to increase the bandwidth of transmissions. (The film was released for general use as a public service by the Royal Canadian Air Force.)
The Bronswik AffairThe Bronswik Affair · 1978
The Bronswik Affair
★ 9.01978
MovieAnimationComedy
This funny yet serious short film demonstrates the effectiveness of advertising and the marketing machine. Its comic appeal lies in the characters and the absurd situations they find themselves in, but it also shines a harsh light on our tendency towards needless consumerism prompted by a steady flow of commercials.
BalablokBalablok · 1973
Balablok
★ 6.41973
MovieAnimation
Blocks and balls fight simply because they are different, until their battle reduces everyone to the same shape.

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