Caroline Leaf
Canadian-American filmmaker and animator · United States · On the map · Directors · Born 1946 · age 80
Caroline Leaf is a Canadian American filmmaker, animator, director, tutor and artist. She has produced numerous short animated films and her work has been recognized worldwide. She is best known as one of the pioneering filmmakers at the National Film Board of Canada (NFB). She worked at the NFB from 1972 to 1991.
Caroline Leaf is read about 17 times a day, in 9 languages.
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Caroline Leaf Out on a Limb, Handcrafted CinemaFilm, Producer2004
SlaveryFilm, Director, Writer1997
Handcrafted CinemaFilm1991
I Met a ManFilm, Director1989
The Magical EyeFilm1986A Dog's Tale: A Mexican ParableFilm, Director, Writer1985The Owl and the PussycatFilm, Director, Writer1982An Equal OpportunityFilm, Director, Writer1981
Kate and Anna McGarrigleFilm, Director1979
InterviewFilm, Director1978
The Metamorphosis of Mr. SamsaFilm, Director, Writer1974
The Owl Who Married a Goose: An Eskimo LegendFilm, Director1970OrfeoFilm, Director1969
Sand or Peter and the WolfFilm, Director1946Born12 August 1946People around Caroline
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During that time, she created the sand animation and paint-on-glass animation techniques. She also tried new hands-on techniques with 70 mm IMAX film. Her work is often representational of Canadian culture and is narrative-based. Leaf now lives in London, England, and is a tutor at The National Film and Television School. She maintains a studio in London working in oils and on paper and does landscape drawing with an iPad.
