Torill Kove, BA 85, Oscar-winning director and animator | Credit: National Film Board of Canada
Her two earlier films were nominated for Academy Awards: My Grandmother Ironed the King’s Shirts (1999) and The Danish Poet (2006), which won in the animated short category and also picked up a Genie Award.
Kove received a BA in urban studies from Concordia in 1985. After graduate studies at McGill University, she returned to Concordia to study animation at the Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema. She has also taught at the school part-time.
As a student, she won Kodak Awards for her films All You Can Eat, Fallen Angel and Squash and Stretch. She has also contributed to various animated productions for the National Film Board of Canada and illustrated seven children’s books.
The Academy Awards ceremony will take place February 22.