Claude Fournier (filmmaker)
| Claude Fournier | |
|---|---|
| Born |
July 23, 1931 Waterloo, Quebec, Canada |
| Occupation |
Film director Cinematographer Screenwriter |
| Years active | 1958–2005 |
Claude Fournier (born July 23, 1931 in Waterloo, Quebec)[1] is a Canadian film director, screenwriter, editor and cinematographer.[2] He is one of the forerunners of the Cinema of Quebec. He is the twin brother of Guy Fournier.[3]
Claude Fournier worked for Radio-Canada and the National Film Board of Canada before he founded his own film producing company, Rose Films.[4] His 1983 film The Tin Flute was entered into the 13th Moscow International Film Festival.[5] His 1988 TV series Les Tisserands du pouvoir (The Mills of Power) won him a Gémeaux Award for best direction of a television drama and a Genie Award for Best Screenplay.[6]
Deux femmes en or (Two Women in Gold)[7] was a quite popular and high grossing sex comedy.[8][9]
Filmography
Features
- Deux femmes en or (1970)
- Les chats bottés (1971)
- Alien Thunder (1974)
- La pomme, la queue...et les pepins (1974)
- Je suis loin de toi mignonne (1976)
- Hot Dogs (aka Cops and Other Lovers, 1980)
- Bonheur d'occasion (aka The Tin Flute, 1983)
- Page trois: un ordinateur au coeur (1985)
- J'en suis! (1997)
- The Book of Eve (2003)
- Je n'aime que toi (2004)
Documentaries
- Télésphore Légaré, garde-pêche (Short film, 1959)
- Alfred Desrochers, poète (Short film, 1960)
- La France sur un caillou (Short film Co-Directed with Gilles Groulx, 1961)
- La lutte (Short film Co-Directed with Michel Brault, Marcel Carrière and Claude Jutra, 1961)
- Midwestern Floods (Short film, 1962)
- Nehru (Short film, 1962)
- Vingt ans express (Series of 7 shorts, 1963–1964)
- Nomades de l'ouest (Short film, 1963)
- Calgary Stampede (Short film, 1965)
- Deux femmes (Short film, 1965)
- Columbium (Short film, 1966)
- Londres (Short film, 1966)
- On sait où entrer Tony, mais c'est les notes (Short film, 1966)
- Québec an 2000 (Short film Co-Directed with Aimée Danis, 1966)
- Sebring, La cinquième heure (Short film, 1966)
- Ti-Jean (Short film, 1966)
- Tony Roman (Short film, 1966)
- Du général au particulier (Short film, 1967)
- Canada Today (Short film of Expo 67, 1967)
- La greffe cardiaque (Short film, 1969)
- La greffe cardiaque, symposium de Montréal (Short film, 1969)
- Coeurs neufs (Short film aka Hearts, 1969)
- Le dossier Nelligan (1969)
- ...Et Dieu créa l'été (Short film Co-Directed with Marie-José Raymond, 1974)
- Aliments, gentils aliments (Short film Co-Directed with Marie-José Raymond, 1975)
Television
- The Newcomers (TV miniseries aka Les arrivants, 1977)
- The New Avengers (TV series, 1977)
- Tales of the Klondike (TV miniseries aka The Scorn of Women, 1981)
- Les tisserands du pouvoir (TV miniseries, 1987) (Later released theatrically in 2 parts)
- Golden Fiddles (TV miniseries, 1990)
- Juliette Pomerleau (TV miniseries, 1999)
- Félix Leclerc: Les esprits du fleuve (TV miniseries, 2005)
References
- ↑ Essential guide to Canadian film By Wyndham Wise.
- ↑ "The Montreal Gazette – Jul 8, 1978".
- ↑ "Claude Fournier – À force de vivre".
- ↑ "Canadian Film Encyclopedia – Claude Fournier".
- ↑ "13th Moscow International Film Festival (1983)". MIFF. Archived from the original on 2013-11-07. Retrieved 2013-02-05.
- ↑ "NFB Artisans – Claude Fournier".
- ↑ Guide to the cinema(s) of Canada By Peter Rist.
- ↑ Denys Arcand's Le déclin de l'empire américain and Les invasions barbares By André Loiselle.
- ↑ "The Financial Post – Oct 31, 1970".
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