# Jacques Drouin

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{{Short description|Canadian animator and director (1943–2021)}}
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| name               = Jacques Drouin
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| birth_date         = 28 May 1943
| birth_place        = [Mont-Joli](/source/Mont-Joli), [Quebec](/source/Quebec), Canada
| death_date         = 28 August 2021 (aged 78)
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| occupation         = [director](/source/Film_director)<br>[animator](/source/animator)
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'''Jacques Drouin''' ({{IPA|fr|ʒak dʁwɛ̃|lang}}; 28 May 1943<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FVShFCjVzvIC&q=Jacques+Drouin+May+28%2C+1943&pg=PA71|title = Who's who in Animated Cartoons: An International Guide to Film & Television's Award-winning and Legendary Animators|isbn = 9781557836717|last1 = Lenburg|first1 = Jeff|year = 2006| publisher=Hal Leonard Corporation }}</ref> – 28 August 2021)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.awn.com/news/legendary-nfb-pinscreen-animator-jacques-drouin-dies-78|title = Legendary NFB Pinscreen Animator Jacques Drouin Dies at 78}}</ref> was a Canadian [animator](/source/animator) and [director](/source/film_director) most known for his [pinscreen animation](/source/pinscreen_animation).

==Biography==
Jacques Drouin was born in [Mont-Joli](/source/Mont-Joli), [Quebec](/source/Quebec). He studied at the [École des Beaux-Arts de Montréal](/source/%C3%89cole_des_Beaux-Arts_de_Montr%C3%A9al) for several years before leaving to study filmmaking at the [UCLA](/source/UCLA) in [California](/source/California).<ref name=nfbcoll>{{cite web|title=Drouin, Jacques|url=http://www.onf-nfb.gc.ca/eng/portraits/jacques_drouin/|work=NFB Profiles|publisher=[National Film Board of Canada](/source/National_Film_Board_of_Canada)|accessdate=19 July 2012}}{{Dead link|date=January 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

He first encountered the [pinscreen](/source/pinscreen_animation) at an animation exhibition in 1967. By the early 1970s, he was an apprentice at the [National Film Board of Canada](/source/National_Film_Board_of_Canada) and experimenting with this unique form of [animation](/source/animation). His first film, ''[Three Exercises on Alexeieff's Pinscreen](/source/Three_Exercises_on_Alexeieff's_Pinscreen)'', was released in 1974.<ref name=nfbcoll/>

Drouin continued making [pinscreen animation](/source/pinscreen_animation) films for the [National Film Board of Canada](/source/National_Film_Board_of_Canada), one of the only animators in the world to still use this difficult but rewarding process.<ref name=nfbcoll/> Some of his short films are available on NFB [DVD](/source/DVD) collections, and a few are available online. His film, ''A Hunting Lesson'', was included in the [Animation Show of Shows](/source/Animation_show_of_shows).

Late in his career he trained animator [Michèle Lemieux](/source/Mich%C3%A8le_Lemieux) in the pinscreen technique and passed his pinscreen on to her, with which she made the 2012 film ''[Here and the Great Elsewhere](/source/Here_and_the_Great_Elsewhere) (Le Grand ailleurs et le petit ici)''.<ref>Odile Tremblay, [https://www.ledevoir.com/culture/cinema/342665/d-ombres-et-d-epingles? "D'ombres et d'épingles"]. ''[Le Devoir](/source/Le_Devoir)'', February 14, 2012.</ref>

==Filmography==
* 1974 - ''[Three Exercises on Alexeieff's Pinscreen](/source/Three_Exercises_on_Alexeieff's_Pinscreen)'' (''Trois exercices sur l'écran d'épingles d'Alexeieff'')
* 1976 - ''[Mindscape](/source/Mindscape_(1976_film)) (Le paysagiste)''
* 1986 - ''[Nightangel](/source/Nightangel)'' (fr: ''L'Heure des anges'', cz: ''Romance z temnot'') - a collaboration with [Bretislav Pojar](/source/Bretislav_Pojar).
* 1988 - ''[A Sun Between Two Clouds](/source/A_Sun_Between_Two_Clouds)'' (''Un soleil entre deux nuages'') - participated as an animator.
* 1990 - ''[Nathaël and the Seal Hunt](/source/Natha%C3%ABl_and_the_Seal_Hunt)'' (''Nathaël et la chasse aux phoques'')
* 1991 - ''[The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse](/source/The_Four_Horsemen_of_the_Apocalypse_(1991_film))'' (''Les Quatre cavaliers de l'apocalypse'')[http://www.nfb.ca/trouverunfilm/fichefilm.php?id=5102&v=h&lg=fr&exp=]{{Dead link|date=September 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} - participated as an animator
* 1993 - ''[MTV](/source/MTV) Push Pins''
* 1994 - ''[Ex-Child](/source/Ex-Child)'' (''Ex-enfant'')
* 1996 - ''[My Life Is a River](/source/My_Life_Is_a_River)'' (''Une vie comme rivière'') - participated as an animator.
* 2001 - ''[A Hunting Lesson](/source/A_Hunting_Lesson)'' (''Une leçon de chasse'') - adaptation of tale by [Jacques Godbout](/source/Jacques_Godbout).
* 2003 - ''[Winter Days](/source/Winter_Days)'' (冬の日) - collaboration with many other famous animators
* 2004 - ''[Imprints](/source/Imprints_(film)) (Empreintes)''

==Awards==
* 1976 - [Ottawa International Animation Festival](/source/Ottawa_International_Animation_Festival) Special Jury Prize for ''[Mindscape](/source/Mindscape_(1976_film))''

==See also==
* [Alexandre Alexeieff and Claire Parker](/source/Alexandre_Alexeieff_and_Claire_Parker)
* [Pinscreen animation](/source/Pinscreen_animation)

==References==
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==External links==
* {{IMDb name|0238360|name=Jacques Drouin}}
* [https://www.nfb.ca/directors/jacques-drouin/ Films by Jacques Drouin] at the [National Film Board of Canada](/source/National_Film_Board_of_Canada)
*{{cite web|title=Hommage au maître Jacques Drouin|url=http://www.cinematheque.qc.ca/fr/cinematheque/communiques/hommage-au-maitre-jacques-drouin|publisher=[Cinémathèque québécoise](/source/Cin%C3%A9math%C3%A8que_qu%C3%A9b%C3%A9coise)|accessdate=17 February 2012|location=Montreal|language=French|format=Press release|date=24 November 2009}}

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