Janice_Nadeau

Janice Nadeau

Janice Nadeau

Canadian illustrator, art director and animation director

Janice Nadeau is a Canadian illustrator, art director and animation director.[1]

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Biography

A native of Gatineau, Quebec,[1] Nadeau studied graphic design at Université du Québec à Montréal and illustration at École supérieure des arts décoratifs in Strasbourg.[2] In 2005, she created the illustrations for Corteo, Cirque du Soleil's international touring show.[3]

She has taught illustration at the School of Design of the Université du Québec à Montréal.

Literature

She has written and illustrated a number of books. She is a three-time winner of the French-language children's illustration award, winning at the 2004 Governor General's Awards for Nul poisson où aller,[4] the 2008 Governor General's Awards for Ma meilleure amie,[5] and the 2009 Governor General's Awards for Harvey.[6]

Animation

In 2014, she co-directed No Fish Where to Go, an animated short film adaptation of Nul poisson où aller, for the National Film Board of Canada.[7] The film won the International Film Critics Awards (the FIPRESCI Prize) at the Annecy International Animated Film Festival,[8] and was a Jutra Award nominee for Best Animated Short Film at the 17th Jutra Awards in 2015.[9]

Nadeau's next film was Mamie, written and directed for the French production company Folimage in co-production with the NFB.[10] The film was a Canadian Screen Award nominee for Best Animated Short Film at the 5th Canadian Screen Awards,[11] and a Prix Iris nominee for Best Animated Short Film at the 19th Quebec Cinema Awards.[12]

In 2023 she directed Harvey, an adaptation of the book,[13] which was a Prix Iris nominee for Best Animated Short Film at the 25th Quebec Cinema Awards in 2023.[14]

References

  1. [1]
    "La Gatinoise Janice Nadeau en compétition officielle à Clermont-Ferrand". Ici Radio-Canada Ottawa-Gatineau, January 24, 2023.
  2. [2]
    Janice Nadeau on Illustration Mundo Archived 2014-07-14 at the Wayback Machine
  3. [3]
    "Entre ciel et terre" | Mélanie Rudel-Tessier | Grafika Magazine | 06/06 | page 6
  4. [4]
    "Swashbuckler, Jabberwocky take awards". Timmins Daily Press, November 17, 2004.
  5. [5]
    Pat Donnelly and Kathryn Greenaway, "Quebecers Blais, Jorisch four-time winners". Montreal Gazette, November 19, 2008.
  6. [6]
    "Remise des Prix du gouverneur général". Ici Radio-Canada, November 26, 2009.
  7. [7]
    "Q&A with Nicola Lemay & Janice Nadeau, directors of 'No Fish Where To Go'". Skwigly Animation Magazine. October 27, 2014. Retrieved January 9, 2021.
  8. [8]
    Julie Ledoux, "Nul poisson où aller et Histoires de bus remportent des prix à Annecy". Voir, June 13, 2014.
  9. [9]
    Charles-Henri Ramond, "Jutra 2015 : les nominations". Films du Québec, January 26, 2015.
  10. [10]
    Valérie Lessard, "Renouer avec l'esprit de Nul poisson où aller". Le Droit, June 7, 2014.
  11. [11]
    "Écrans canadiens 2017: vers une domination québécoise?". Le Devoir (in French). March 11, 2017.
  12. [12]
    "Dolan et Nguyen dominent la course aux prix Iris". Le Devoir (in French). April 6, 2017.
  13. [13]
    Ramin Zahed, "Director Janice Nadeau Pictures Loss Through a Child’s Eyes in ‘Harvey’". Animation Magazine, June 16, 2023.
  14. [14]
    "Québec Cinéma dévoile les finalistes aux PRIX IRIS 2023". CTVM, November 14, 2023.
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