Born in Hull, Quebec on December 30, 1920, Jodoin died in Montreal on January 22, 2015, at the age of 94.
[1] Jodoin was invited by animation pioneer Norman McLaren to join the NFB in 1943.
He produced two Academy Award-nominated animated shorts during his tenure: Hunger, by Peter Foldes and Monsieur Pointu, by André Leduc and Bernard Longpré, as well as Balablok by Břetislav Pojar, winner of the Grand Prix du Festival for Short Film at the Cannes Film Festival, and The Bronswik Affair by Leduc and Robert Awad.
Jodoin resigned as head of the French Animation Studio in 1977 and left the NFB in 1985.
In 2001, he was awarded the Prix Albert-Tessier, given to individuals for an outstanding career in Québec cinema.