Pierre Hébert Movies

  • 2024
    Scratches of Life: the Art of Pierre Hébert

    Scratches of Life: the Art of Pierre Hébert

    Scratches of Life: the Art of Pierre Hébert

    02024HD

    A moving portrait of filmmaker Pierre Hébert, which retraces his extraordinary career and shares all about his passion for burning onto film.

    Scratches of Life: the Art of Pierre Hébert
  • 1966
    Knowing to Learn

    Knowing to Learn

    Knowing to Learn

    01966HD

    This feature documentary about education explores the mid-century state of learning in the classrooms of North America. New approaches to learning...

    Knowing to Learn
  • 2005
    The Statue of Giordano Bruno

    The Statue of Giordano Bruno

    The Statue of Giordano Bruno

    02005HD

    This film was made out of the capture of a live animation performance presented in Rome in January 2005 by Pierre Hébert and the musician Bob...

    The Statue of Giordano Bruno
  • 2005
    Trying to Describe Oneself

    Trying to Describe Oneself

    Trying to Describe Oneself

    7.42005HD

    Trying to describe oneself is a movie about representation. How it is possible, through film, to describe oneself and describe others. With the...

    Trying to Describe Oneself
  • 2004
    Between Science and Garbage

    Between Science and Garbage

    Between Science and Garbage

    5.22004HD

    A whirlwind of improvisation combines the images of animator Pierre Hébert with the avant-garde sound of techno whiz Bob Ostertag in this...

    Between Science and Garbage
  • 1966
    Op Hop/Hop Op

    Op Hop/Hop Op

    Op Hop/Hop Op

    6.21966HD

    A hand-made, scratched-on film experiment in intermittent animation. The images are a group of twenty-four visuals, all non-representational, which...

    Op Hop/Hop Op
  • 1996
    La Plante Humaine

    La Plante Humaine

    La Plante Humaine

    71996HD

    La Plante Humaine
  • 1997
    Under the Weather

    Under the Weather

    Under the Weather

    01997HD

    Canadian animated short

    Under the Weather
  • 1983
    Memories of War

    Memories of War

    Memories of War

    6.21983HD

    This haunting animation film, rich with symbolism, is the filmmaker's plea for a peaceful world in which to raise his newborn son. Using the menacing...

    Memories of War
  • 2017
    Bazin's Film

    Bazin's Film

    Bazin's Film

    72017HD

    A meditation on the passing of time, on a film that was never completed, upon Bazin’s death, on restoration and the future of ruins and on...

    Bazin's Film
  • 1968
    Around Perception

    Around Perception

    Around Perception

    71968HD

    An early experiment in employing computers to animate film. The result is a dazzling vibration of geometric forms in vivid color, an effect achieved...

    Around Perception
  • 1971
    Fundamental Principles in Genetics

    Fundamental Principles in Genetics

    Fundamental Principles in Genetics

    01971HD

    Fundamental Principles in Genetics
  • 1968
    The Fox and the Crow

    The Fox and the Crow

    The Fox and the Crow

    71968HD

    A satirical, updated take on the classic Jean de La Fontaine fable.

    The Fox and the Crow
  • 1964
    Opus 1

    Opus 1

    Opus 1

    71964HD

    Abstract film by Pierre Hébert, originally made in 1964 and remastered in 2007.

    Opus 1
  • 2011
    The Reach of Resonance

    The Reach of Resonance

    The Reach of Resonance

    02011HD

    Miya Masaoka uses music to interact with plants and insects; Jon Rose turns fences into musical instruments with a violin bow in conflict zones...

    The Reach of Resonance
  • 1974
    A Piece of Cake

    A Piece of Cake

    A Piece of Cake

    01974HD

    A Piece of Cake
  • 2014
    You Look Like Me

    You Look Like Me

    You Look Like Me

    02014HD

    First, about ten years ago, there was a text by Paule Marier. Then, René Lussier made a song from that text for his 2014 album (Toucher une...

    You Look Like Me
  • 2005
    Variations on Two Photographs of Tina Modotti

    Variations on Two Photographs of Tina Modotti

    Variations on Two Photographs of Tina Modotti

    02005HD

    Originally, the images of Variations on two photographs by Tina Modotti were engraved directly on 16mm film to be projected as a backdrop for Louis...

    Variations on Two Photographs of Tina Modotti
  • 2021
    Mount Fuji Seen from a Moving Train

    Mount Fuji Seen from a Moving Train

    Mount Fuji Seen from a Moving Train

    02021HD

    This is a poetic and animated meditation inspired by two trips the director made to Japan. Images and sounds from daily life as well as recordings of...

    Mount Fuji Seen from a Moving Train
  • 2002
    La Pirouette

    La Pirouette

    La Pirouette

    02002HD

    Short animation from Tali

    La Pirouette