Caroline Leaf
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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Caroline Leaf Out on a Limb, Handcrafted Cinema
actor
2010
Suite for Freedom
director
2004
Slavery
writer
2004
Slavery
director
2004
Brain Battle
director
1995
I Met a Man
director
1991
Two Sisters
director
1991
Two Sisters
writer
1991
A Dog's Tale: A Mexican Parable
director
1986
A Dog's Tale: A Mexican Parable
writer
1986
The Owl and the Pussycat
director
1985
The Owl and the Pussycat
writer
1985
An Equal Opportunity
director
1982
An Equal Opportunity
writer
1982
Kate and Anna McGarrigle
director
1981
Kate and Anna McGarrigle
actor
1981
Interview
director
1979
Interview
actor
1979
The Metamorphosis of Mr. Samsa
writer
1978
The Metamorphosis of Mr. Samsa
director
1978
The Street
director
1977
The Owl Who Married a Goose: An Eskimo Legend
director
1974
Orfeo
director
1970
Sand or Peter and the Wolf
director
1969