Jacques Drouin: In Relief (2009)
This documentary is a portrait of the animator of Le Paysagiste, from his childhood in Eastern Quebec to his career at the NFB. Trained at the École des beaux-arts de Montréal and the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA), Drouin became in some ways the heir to Alexandre Alexeïeff when he began working with the Alexeïeff-Parker pinhole screen in 1974. Recounting his relationship with the filmmaker and inventor, coming back with lucidity and precision on the whole of his own filmography, Jacques Drouin delivers here a precious testimony on creation. Enriched with numerous excerpts and unpublished images from the filmmaker's personal archives, Jacques Drouin en relief is both the adventure of a lifetime and a valuable lesson in cinema.
Director: Guillaume Fortin
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Jacques Drouin as Self |
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Norman McLaren as Archive Footage |
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Claire Parker as Archive Footage |
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Alexandre Alexeieff as Archive Footage |
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Michèle Lemieux as Self |
| Directing | Guillaume Fortin | Director |
| Editing | Guillaume Fortin | Editor |
| Sound | Chris Leon | Sound Editor |
| Editing | Denis Gathelier | Online Editor |
| Production | René Chénier | Producer |
| Production | Julie Roy | Producer |
| Camera | Jonathan Decoste | Director of Photography |