Claude Fournier (filmmaker)

Claude Fournier (filmmaker)
Claude Fournier
Born July 23, 1931 (1931-07-23) (age 80)
Waterloo, 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 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.[5]

Deux femmes en or (Two Women in Gold)[6] was a quite popular and high grossing sex comedy.[7][8]

Contents

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

  1. ^ Essential guide to Canadian film By Wyndham Wise. http://books.google.com/books?id=m4Y_OgckDmIC&pg=PA81&dq=%22Deux+femmes+en+or%22#v=onepage&q=%22Deux%20femmes%20en%20or%22&f=false. 
  2. ^ "The Montreal Gazette - Jul 8, 1978". http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=nIY1AAAAIBAJ&sjid=7aEFAAAAIBAJ&pg=1718,1661557&dq=claude-fournier&hl=en. 
  3. ^ "Claude Fournier - À force de vivre". http://www.lestudio1.com/ClaudeFournier2009.html. 
  4. ^ "Canadian Film Encyclopedia - Claude Fournier". http://www.tiff.net/CANADIANFILMENCYCLOPEDIA/content/bios/claude-fournier. 
  5. ^ "NFB Artisans - Claude Fournier". http://www.onf-nfb.gc.ca/eng/portraits/claude_fournier/. 
  6. ^ Guide to the cinema(s) of Canada By Peter Rist. http://books.google.com/books?id=7uKs4fKOotUC&pg=PA56&dq=%22Deux+femmes+en+or%22#v=onepage&q=%22Deux%20femmes%20en%20or%22&f=false. 
  7. ^ Denys Arcand's Le déclin de l'empire américain and Les invasions barbares By André Loiselle. http://books.google.com/books?id=A8ZgmLwB4N0C&pg=PA26&dq=%22Deux+femmes+en+or%22#v=onepage&q=%22Deux%20femmes%20en%20or%22&f=false. 
  8. ^ "The Financial Post - Oct 31, 1970". http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=FGw_AAAAIBAJ&sjid=P1QMAAAAIBAJ&pg=1168,1155997&dq=deux-femmes-en-or&hl=en. 

External links


Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Поможем сделать НИР

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Claude Fournier — This article is about the French revolutionary. See also Claude Fournier (Quebec filmmaker). Claude Fournier L Héritier (21 December 1745 – 1825) was a French personality of the Revolution, nicknamed l Americain ( the American ). Contents 1 Life… …   Wikipedia

  • Fournier (surname) — Fournier is the surname of a number of notable people:*Alain Fournier, a computer graphics researcher *Alain Fournier, French writer *Alphonse Fournier (1893–1961), a Canadian politician *Amédée Fournier, French bicycle racer *Christophe Fournier …   Wikipedia

  • Claude Jutra — dirigeant des acteurs lors du tournage de Kamouraska Données clés Nom de naissance Claude Jutra …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Claude Jutra — Born March 11, 1930(1930 03 11) Montreal, Canada Died November 5, 1986(1986 11 05) …   Wikipedia

  • Claude Jutras — Claude Jutra Claude Jutra Claude Jutra dirigeant des acteurs lors du tournage de Kamouraska Nom de naissance Claude Jutras Naissance …   Wikipédia en Français

  • 2007 Toronto International Film Festival — Infobox Film Festival name = Toronto International Film Festival caption = Official poster opening = Fugitive Pieces closing = Emotional Arithmetic host = Toronto International Film Festival Group date = September 6, 2007 – September 15, 2007… …   Wikipedia

  • July 23 — Events*1632 Three hundred colonists bound for New France depart from Dieppe, France. *1793 The Prussians conquer Mayence. *1829 In the United States, William Austin Burt patents the Typographer, a precursor to the typewriter. *1833 Cornerstones… …   Wikipedia

  • performing arts — arts or skills that require public performance, as acting, singing, or dancing. [1945 50] * * * ▪ 2009 Introduction Music Classical.       The last vestiges of the Cold War seemed to thaw for a moment on Feb. 26, 2008, when the unfamiliar strains …   Universalium

  • literature — /lit euhr euh cheuhr, choor , li treuh /, n. 1. writings in which expression and form, in connection with ideas of permanent and universal interest, are characteristic or essential features, as poetry, novels, history, biography, and essays. 2.… …   Universalium

  • graphic design — the art or profession of visual communication that combines images, words, and ideas to convey information to an audience, esp. to produce a specific effect. * * * The art and profession of selecting and arranging visual elements such as… …   Universalium

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
… Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”