Overview

• The National Film Board of Canada said Hoedeman died on May 26 in Montreal, praising him as a master of stop-motion animation.
• He earned the Academy Award for best animated short in 1977 for The Sand Castle and won a BAFTA in 1972 for Tchou-tchou.
• Hoedeman created Ludovic the teddy bear, which featured in four NFB shorts beginning in 1998 and inspired a 2009 television series.
• His later work, including 2011’s 55 Socks and 2016’s The Cardinal, explored serious subjects from the Dutch Hunger Winter to post-traumatic stress disorder.
• NFB Chair Suzanne Guèvremont lauded his innovative filmmaking, his defense of public cinema and his deep concern for children’s welfare.