Frédéric Back

Canadian artist and film director of short, animated films, OC (Order of Canada), CQ (Ordre national du Québec) born April 8, 1924, in Saarbrücken, Territory of the Saar Basin, and raised in Strasbourg and died December 24, 2013. During a long career with Radio-Canada, he was nominated for four Academy Awards, winning two, for his 1981 film "Crac" and the 1987 film "L'Homme qui plantait des arbres".