Michèle Cournoyer is one of Canada’s foremost creators of animated film. After working independently for several years, during which she made six films inspired by the Dada movement, she joined the NFB in the early 1990s. The first four films she made for the Board garnered a total of 27 international awards. Her powerful yet sensitive style, based on metamorphosis, was honed over this period. Her films are Dolorosa (1988), La basse cour (1992), Une artist (1994), The Hat (1999), Accordion (2004), Robes of War (2008).