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Claude Cloutier

Claude Cloutier

Claude Cloutier first made his name as a comic book artist with the series La légende des Jean-Guy and Gilles la Jungle contre Méchant-Man. He then made the leap to a career in animation with several films: The Persistent Peddler (1988, in competition at the Cannes Film Festival), Overdose (1994), From the Big Bang to Tuesday Morning (2000), Sleeping Betty (2007, winner of some 20 awards, including the Genie and Jutra awards for best animated short), The Trenches (2010), Interférence (2014), Carface (2015, Guy-L.-Coté and Iris awards for best animated short), and his latest, Bad Seeds (2020).

  • Sleeping Betty
    Sleeping Betty
    Claude Cloutier 2007 9 min
    In this animated short, Sleeping Betty is stuck in bed, victim to a strange bout of narcolepsy. The King calls on his subjects to rescue her and they all respond to the call: Uncle Henry VIII, Aunt Victoria, an oddly emotional alien, a funky witch and a handsome prince. But will a kiss really be enough to wake the sleeping princess? The film, drawn in ink, is a classic example of the anachronistic and playful world of Claude Cloutier.
  • The Persistent Peddler
    The Persistent Peddler
    Claude Cloutier 1988 7 min
    Featuring a salesman and a consumer, this animated short is a humorous study of the patterns that define buyer-seller relationships. The Persistent Peddler is based on Claude Cloutier's hit comic strip La Légende des Jean-Guy, first introduced in Quebec humour magazine Croc.
  • The Trenches
    The Trenches
    Claude Cloutier 2010 5 min
    This animated short by Claude Cloutier is a pictorial account of an attack on Canadian soldiers during WWI. On the edge of the battlefield, recruits are dreading the order to attack. At the signal, a young soldier leaps into a hell of fire and blood where the earth engulfs both the living and the dead. Blending archival images and Cloutier’s hypnotizing brushstroke, the film is a dazzling illustration of the futility of war.
  • Overdose
    Overdose
    Claude Cloutier 1994 5 min
    In this short animation, we meet a young boy leads such a regimented life that he has no more time just to be a kid. Between school, tennis lessons, swimming lessons, art classes, homework and piano practice, he can barely get any rest. Inspired by Article 31 of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, this short animated film by Claude Cloutier pleads for children’s right to rest and leisure.
  • Carface
    Carface
    Claude Cloutier 2015 4 min
    In this animated short, a Chevrolet Bel Air 1957 offers an ironic take on the iconic American ballad “Que Sera, Sera (Whatever Will Be, Will Be)”. The Chevy’s bumper transforms into a pair of seductive lips, from which emerge the song’s reassuring lyrics, while a choir of cars performs a breathtaking dance number in the background.

    A biting satire of our Big Oil-based civilization, Carface is a musical comedy of spectacular proportions, in which acclaimed animator and illustrator Claude Cloutier (The Trenches, Sleeping Betty) pokes at our contemporary insouciance about the environmental perils that threaten the planet.
  • From the Big Bang to Tuesday Morning
    From the Big Bang to Tuesday Morning
    Claude Cloutier 2000 5 min
    Propelled by Claude Cloutier’s signature drawing style and absurdist humour, this animated short offers an overview of the evolution of life on Earth from rock to human, with some surprising twists in between.
  • Bad Seeds
    Bad Seeds
    Claude Cloutier 2020 6 min
    Bad Seeds takes us to a bizarre world populated by carnivorous plants that can change shapes the way a chameleon changes colours. The veteran director of deftly connects growth with rivalry and evolution with competition, crafting an increasingly shocking duel that’s peppered with allusions to the western, the Cold War, board games, and much more.
  • Wheel Meets Friction
    Wheel Meets Friction
    Claude Cloutier 1998 1 min
    A clip in the Science Please! collection, Wheel Meets Friction uses archival footage, animated illustrations and amusing narration to explain how the invention of the ball bearing reinvented the wheel.
  • The Wonderful World of Colour
    The Wonderful World of Colour
    Claude Cloutier 1999 1 min
    A clip in the Science Please! collection, The Wonderful World of Colour uses archival footage, animated illustrations and amusing narration to explain how the cones of the retina enable us to perceive the spectrum of colours.
  • Slippery Ice!
    Slippery Ice!
    Claude Cloutier 1999 1 min
    A clip in the Science Please! collection, Slippery Ice! uses archival footage, animated illustrations and amusing narration to explain why we slip on ice.
  • The Internal Combustion Engine
    The Internal Combustion Engine
    Claude Cloutier 2000 1 min
    Four strokes of genius.
  • The Force of Water
    The Force of Water
    Claude Cloutier 1998 1 min
    A clip in the Science Please! collection, The Force of Water uses archival footage, animated illustration and amusing narration to explain the Archimedes principle, of why some things float and others sink.

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