Marie-Hélène Turcotte (1971, Joliette, Quebec, Canada[1]) is a Canadian animation film director and artist.
She studied architecture and produced two short animated films.
[7] For this film, Turcotte (jointly with Felix Dufour-Laperrière, the editor) was shortlisted for a 2017 Canadian Screen Award in the Best Animated Short category.
[8] Turcotte herself said about the film that the red berries symbolize the blood loss of women and refers to offspring; the yew was recognized by Ancient Greeks and Romans as a symbol of life and death.
[9] Turcotte said in an interview that after completing Red of the Yew Tree she started to work on a new short film, MC, on a man living in a city.