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Caroline Leaf

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Canadian-American filmmaker and animator (born 1946)

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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.

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Filmography 20

The Street1977
Two Sisters1991
The Metamorphosis of Mr. Samsa1978
The Owl Who Married a Goose: An Eskimo Legend1974
Kate and Anna McGarrigle1981
Interview1979
I Met a Man1991
The Magical Eye1989
Pies1983
The Fox and the Tiger: A Chinese Parable1986
Handcrafted Cinema1997
Sand or Peter and the Wolf1969
Caroline Leaf Out on a Limb, Handcrafted Cinema2010
An Equal Opportunity1982
Brain Battle1995
Suite for Freedom2004
Slavery2004
The Owl and the Pussycat1985
Orfeo1970
A Dog's Tale: A Mexican Parable1986

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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. 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.

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United States
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Movie Director
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Born 1946 · age 80
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