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Ellen Besen
Filmography
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2009 |
STROKE |
A 4 minute animated film inspired by the life and work of Tom Hodgson, commissioned by the Toronto Animated Image Society as part of Eleven in Motion: Abstract Expressions in Animation program Function: conception, direction and animation |
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2002 |
OIAF SIGNAL FILM |
Scratch on Film Performance with live Scratch on Film sound Function: Artist, Performer |
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1998 |
The Sandwich |
An 8-minute animated film commissioned by the Ontario Regional Production Office, nfb Function: storyboard artist and writer |
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1989 |
Illuminated Lives: A Brief History of Women’s Work in the Middle Ages |
A 5-minute animated film produced by Studio D, nfb, Montreal Function: Conception, direction, animation |
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1988 |
Comic Book Confidential |
A feature film with animated inserts, produced by Sphinx Productions, directed by Ron Mann Function: Animation Coordinator/Animator |
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1988 |
The Crow and the Canary |
A 6½-minute animated film produced and directed by Arnie Lipsey Function: Associate Producer |
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1986 |
Slow Dance World |
A 5-minute experimental animated film funded by oac and the Canada Council Function: Co-Producer, Co-Director Awards: Finalist, American Film Festival, 1987 |
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1983 |
Lights |
A half-hour animated tv special, produced at Ein Gedi Studios, Ein Gedi, Israel Function: Animator |
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1979 |
Sea Dream |
A 5-minute animated film for children, produced by Studio D, nfb, Montreal Function: Direction, animation Awards: 1st Prize, American Film Festival, 1980; 2nd Prize for children’s films, Ottawa Animation Festival, 1980 |
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1976 |
Metric-Métrique |
A 10-minute animated film on the metric system, produced by rred Studio Ltd. for the Department of Consumer and Corporate Affairs Function: Script, Director, Producer Awards: 3rd Prize, Berlin Educational Film Festival, 1976 |
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1973 |
To Spring |
A 40-second animated film produced at Sheridan College Function: Conception, direction, animation Awards: Award of Merit, New York Animation Festival, 1974 |
Biography
A former faculty member of Sheridan College’s School of Animation and an infamous workaholic, Ellen Besen has been working in the field for over 35 years. Highlights of her career include directing award-winning films for the National Film Board of Canada, broadcast work on the topic of animation for CBC Radio, and film curation for such organizations as the Art Gallery of Ontario. Her films have been shown in multiple international festivals and at such institutions as MOMA, and her film analysis workshops are featured regularly at the Ottawa International Animation Festival. She is currently creative director of The Kalamazoo Animation Festival International. Her latest project is Animation Unleashed, a book of applied theory that encapsulates over 20 years of dissecting how animation communicates.
Films screened at Animafest