Evelyn Lambart |
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Born | (1914-07-23)July 23, 1914
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Died | April 3, 1999(1999-04-03) (aged 84)
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Education | Ontario College of Art |
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Occupation(s) | Animator, director |
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Years active | 1940-1980 |
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Early years
NFB career
In 1942, due to an ever-growing demand for animation, NFB commissioner John Grierson asked McLaren to form an animation unit and, in January 1943, 'Studio A' formally came into existence. Lambart was one of McLaren's first recruits and the first female animator hired by the board. She would also train other animators; both Colin Low and Robert Verrall credited her with teaching them their animation skills.
Lambart and McLaren were an immediate and permanent fit; she was methodical and pragmatic, he was a creative 'dreamer'. In 1949, they co-directed Begone Dull Care, which was designated as a "masterwork" by the Audio-Visual Preservation Trust of Canada. She did animation for McLaren and Claude Jutra's pixilation film A Chairy Tale, and for several other ground-breaking films, many of which she co-directed or directed, including Rythmetic (1956), Lines: Vertical (1960), Lines: Horizontal" (1962), and Mosaic (1965).
In its 1999 obituary for Lambart, Animation World Network stated that:
In the early 1960s, McLaren became interested in ballet films, which held no interest for Lambart, so she started thinking about doing her own films. She perfected the technique of paper cutouts transferred to lithograph plate which she would then paint and animate. She used this technique in seven award-winning films: Fine Feathers (1968), The Hoarder (1969), Paradise Lost (1970), The Story of Christmas (1973), Mr. Frog Went A-Courting (1974), The Lion and the Mouse/Le Lion et la Souris (1976) and The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse/Le Rat de maison et le Rat des champs (1980).
These animated morality tales for children included several adaptations of Aesop's fables, and were all rendered with the same style of paper cut-outs transferred to lithograph plates, painted and animated.
In 1978, she was the subject of the biographical documentary Eve Lambart directed by Margaret Wescott.
Her last known film, The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse (1980), was completed at her home studio in Quebec's Eastern Townships after her retirement in 1977. She died in Ottawa in 1999.
Honours
Filmography
- Story of a Violin - documentary short, Jacques Bobet 1947 - co-animator with Norman McLaren
- The Impossible Map - documentary short, 1947 - animator, director
- Begone Dull Care - experimental short, 1949 - editor, co-animator and co-director with Norman McLaren
- Family Tree - animated short, 1950 - co-director and co-animator with George Dunning
- Challenge: Science Against Cancer - documentary short, Morten Parker 1950 - co-animator with Colin Low
- The Fight: Science Against Cancer - documentary short, Morten Parker 1950 - co-animator with Colin Low
- The Outlaw Within - documentary short, Morten Parker 1951 - co-animator with Colin Low
- Now is the Time - experimental, Norman McLaren 1951 - co-producer
- Around Is Around - experimental short, Norman McLaren 1951 - co-animator with Norman McLaren
- Sing a Little - animated short, Tom Daly 1951 - co-animator with Jean-Paul Ladouceur
- O Canada - experimental short, 1952 - animator, director
- The Maple Leaf - documentary short, J.V. Durden 1955 - co-animator with Robert Verrall
- The Colour of Life - documentary short, J.V. Durden 1955 - co-animator with Robert Verrall
- Rythmetic - animated short, 1956 - photography, co-director and co-animator with Norman McLaren
- Putting It Straight - documentary short, William Greaves 1957 - co-animator with Sidney Goldsmith
- A Chairy Tale - experimental short, Norman McLaren and Claude Jutra 1957 - animator
- Le Merle - animated short, Norman McLaren 1958 - co-animator with Norman McLaren
- Short and Suite - experimental short, 1959 - co-animator with Norman McLaren
- Lines: Vertical - experimental short, 1960 - co-animator and co-director with Norman McLaren
- Les femmes parmi nous - La dignité - documentary short, Jacques Bobet 1961 - co-animator with Arthur Lipsett
- Les femmes parmi nous - Le bonheur - documentary short, Jacques Bobet 1961 - co-animator with Arthur Lipsett
- Lines: Horizontal - experimental short, 1962 - co-animator and co-director with Norman McLaren
- Mosaic - experimental short, 1965 - co-animator and co-director with Norman McLaren
- The Hoarder - animated short, 1969 - animator, director
- The Embryonic Development of Fish - documentary short, J.V. Durden 1961 - animator
- Fine Feathers - animated short, 1968 - animator, director
- Paradise Lost - animated short, 1970 - animator, director
- The Story of Christmas - animated short, 1974 - animator, director
- Mr. Frog Went A-Courting - animated short, 1974 - animator, director
- The Lion and the Mouse - animated short, 1976 - animator, director
- The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse - animated short, 1980 - animator, director
Awards
Begone Dull Care (1949)
- Venice Film Festival, Venice: First Prize, Art Films, 1950
- 2nd Canadian Film Awards, Ottawa: Special Award, Experimentation, 1950
- Salerno Film Festival, Salerno, Italy: Honourable Mention, Miscellaneous Film, 1950
- Berlin International Film Festival, Berlin: Silver Medal, Documentary Short Film, 1951
- American Federation of Arts and Film Advisory Center Film Festival, Woodstock, New York: Best Experimental Film, 1952
- Durban International Film Festival, Durban: First Place, Silver Medal, Experimental, 1954
Family Tree (1950)
Now is the Time (1951)
Around Is Around (1951)
Rythmetic (1956)
- 6th Berlin International Film Festival, Berlin: Silver Bear, Short Films, 1956
- Edinburgh International Film Festival, Edinburgh: Diploma of Merit, 1956
- Rapallo International Film Festival, Rapallo, Italy: First Prize, Abstract Films, 1957
- International Review of Specialized Cinematography, Rome: Diploma of Honour, 1957
- Chicago Festival of Contemporary Arts, University of Illinois Chicago: First Prize 1957
- Golden Reel International Film Festival, Film Council of America, New York: Silver Reel Award, Avant-Garde and Experimental, 1957
- Durban International Film Festival, Durban: Certificate of Merit, 1957
- Johannesburg International Film Festival, Johannesburg: Certificate of Merit, 1957
Lines: Vertical (1960)
- Venice Film Festival, Venice: First Prize, Experimental, 1960
- BFI London Film Festival, London: Outstanding Film of the Year for Presentation, 1960
- Edinburgh International Film Festival, Edinburgh: Diploma of Merit, 1960
- CIDALC Festival of Music and Dance in Film, Valencia: First Prize, 1961
- 13th Canadian Film Awards, Toronto: Best Film, Arts and Experimental, 1961
Mosaic (1965)
- Vancouver International Film Festival, Vancouver: Certificate of Merit, 1965
- FIBA International Festival of Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires: First Prize, 1966
- Melbourne Film Festival, Melbourne: First Prize, 1966
- American Film and Video Festival, New York: Blue Ribbon, 1966
- Calvin Workshop Awards, Kansas City, Missouri: Notable Film Award, 1966
The Hoarder (1969)
- International Festival of Films for Children and Young Adults, Tehran: Plaque and Diploma, 1970
- FIBA International Festival of Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires: Honorable Mention, Animation, 1970
- Tisquesusa Dorado International Festival of Short Films, Bogotá: Best Animated Film, 1971
- American Film and Video Festival, New York: Blue Ribbon, 1971
Paradise Lost (1970)
- National Educational Media Network Competition, Oakland, California: Don Fabun Award for Film as Art, 1972
References
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