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Arcand Catherine
Born in Quebec City in 1966, Catherine Arcand obtained a degree in 1990 from UQAM's department of plastic arts. She has subsequently devoted herself to animation. At the NFB she learned about the craft and perfected her skills in computer graphics, working on various productions: Les couleurs de mon père - Un portrait de Sam Boreinstein, Une famille pour Maria by Lina Gagnon, Entre le rouge et le bleu by Suzie Synnott and Pourquoi la convention? by Bretislav Pojar.
In 1994 she participated in the launch of Toon Boom Technologies as trainer and demonstrator in animation studios, throughout the world. She got back into production in 1997, creating animated broadcast design for television.
Since 2001, she has been teaching computer-assisted animation in the animation department of the Cégep du Vieux-Montréal. Nightmare at School is her first professional film.
