Years active 1968–present Name Paul Driessen | Role Film director | |
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Books The Dachshund's Very End and Other Fiddle Fumble Stories Awards Genie Award for Best Animated Short Nominations Academy Award for Best Short Film (Animated), Genie Award for Best Short Film, Golden Calf for Best Short Film Movies The Killing of an Egg, 3 Misses, The Boy Who Saw the Iceberg, The End of the World in Four S, 2D or not 2D Similar People Normand Roger, Janet Perlman, Jacques Drouin, Jean‑Guy Moreau |
Paul driessen oh what a knight la belle et la boite 1982
Paul Augustin Driessen (born 1940) is a Dutch film director, animator and writer. His short films have won more than fifty prizes all over the world, including the Life Achievement Awards at both Ottawa and Zagreb animation festivals, and an 1999 and 1980 Academy Award nomination for 3 Misses and Elbowing.
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After studying graphic design and illustration at the Art Academy in Utrecht, Driessen began animating TV-commercials in the Netherlands in the 1960, although he had no training in that art at all. When George Dunning, in search for talent, found Driessen at the Cine Cartoon Centre in Hilversum, he hired him as an animator for his feature animation film Yellow Submarine (1968). He also helped Driessen to emigrate to Canada where he became a member of the National Film Board of Canada in 1972.

Driessen's unique style can be easily recognised by the delicate quality of his ever-moving and wiggling lines, as well as by the fluid but awkward movements of his characters. His storytelling sometimes splits up the screen into three or even six different parts, with all actions nicely woven into each other.

In the 1980s Driessen taught animation at the University of Kassel, Germany, after Jan Lenica. Two of his students' films--Balance by Christoph and Wolfgang Lauenstein, and Quest by Tyron Montgomery and Thomas Stellmach—won Academy Awards. His films 3 Misses and 2D or Not 2D were included in the Animation Show of Shows.

Films
