
Caroline Leaf
- Directing
- Seattle, Washington, USA
Biography
Caroline Leaf (born August 12, 1946) is a legendary Canadian-American independent filmmaker, animator, and fine artist. She is globally renowned for pioneering fluid, handcrafted, "under-the-camera" animation techniques, primarily working with the National Film Board of Canada (NFB). Her work is celebrated for its emotional depth, psychological realism, and seamless visual transitions.
Known for
Filmography
- Caroline Leaf Out on a Limb, Handcrafted Cinema · Voice, Producer
- Suite for Freedom · Director
- Slavery · Director, Animation
- Glove Story · Thanks
- Death and the Mother · Creative Consultant
- Handcrafted Cinema
- Brain Battle · Director
- I Met a Man · Animation, Director
- Two Sisters · Director, Animation
- The Magical Eye · Self
- A Dog's Tale: A Mexican Parable · Director, Writer
- The Fox and the Tiger: A Chinese Parable · Director
- The Owl and the Pussycat · Director, Producer
- Pies · Animation, Writer
- An Equal Opportunity · Director, Writer
- Kate and Anna McGarrigle · Self, Director
- Interview · Director
- The Metamorphosis of Mr. Samsa · Director, Writer
- The Street · Director, Animation
- The Owl Who Married a Goose: An Eskimo Legend · Director, Animation
- Orfeo · Director, Animation
- Sand or Peter and the Wolf · Director











