Nicole Van Goethem
Directing
Biography
Nicole Van Goethem (31 May 1941 – 3 March 2000) was a Belgian animator and illustrator. She wrote and directed A Greek Tragedy, winner of the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film in 1987. Description above from the Wikipedia article Nicole Van Goethem, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
A whirlwind tour of first-class animated shorts, The World's Greatest Animation assembles, for the first time, an eye-popping assortment of Academy Award winners and nominees from the years 1978-90. From the Orwellian vision of zoo life Creature Comforts, to Crac!, a rocking chair's impressionistic view of the industrialization of Montréal, The World's Greatest Animation features some of the finest achievements in this unique art form.
The World's Greatest Animation
Three scantily-clad female figures struggle to hold up the crumbling remains of an ancient Greek temple.
A Greek Tragedy
Tomasz , a young Polish refugee wanders through Antwerp, looking for the woman who helped him to get his mother through the Iron Curtain. During his search he meets alcoholics, vagrants and other outcasts of the society.
Verloren maandag
Having dutifully served their lord for decades, two nuns find out that ecstasy does not only come from above.
Full of Grace
Film by Nicole Van Goethem