Director

Raoul Barre

Directing

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Directed movies: 3Directed series: 0All crew credits: 4

TMDB ID: 1124830

IMDb ID: nm0056799

Known for: Directing

Born: January 29, 1874

Died: May 21, 1932

Age: 58

Place of birth: Montréal, Québec, Canada

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1915 - 1916

Years active: 2

Wikidata: Q2062004

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Director (3)Animation (1)

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Biography

Raoul Barré is a cartoon pioneer who has lived in Montréal, Paris and New York. Barré studied at the Académie Julian in Paris and worked as an illustrator and cartoonist. He founded the Barré-Nolan Studio and contributed to the industrialization of animation. He invented the “slash system” and the “peg bar”, major innovations in animation. Barré trained many famous animators, including those who created Felix the Cat. He returned to Montréal in 1929, where he continued to paint and exhibit.

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