Clément Perron
Clément Perron | |
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| Born | July 3, 1929 Quebec City, Quebec, Canada |
| Died | October 12, 1999 (aged 70) Pointe-Claire, Quebec, Canada |
| Occupation(s) | Film director Film producer Screenwriter |
| Years active | 1958 - 1994 |
Clément Perron (July 3, 1929 – October 12, 1999) was a Canadian film director and screenwriter.[1][2]
Early life and education
[edit]Perron was born in Quebec City, Quebec. After graduating from the University of Laval with a Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy Perron went to France to continue his studies with the goal of becoming a teacher. He studied linguistics at the Academie de Portier.[3]
Career
[edit]After watching screenings at the Cinémathèque française in Paris, Perron became interested in cinema and on his return to Canada in 1957, he joined the NFB as a writer.[4]
In 1960, he began directing documentary shorts and in 1962, found critical success with his film Day After Day (Jour après jour), which won two Canadian Film Awards.[5] Perron continued to work primarily on documentaries until the NFB decided to make an attempt at a more commercial cinema in the late sixties and early seventies.[6] He directed three fiction feature-length films of moderate success during this time period but his biggest accomplishment was writing the screenplay for Mon oncle Antoine (1971) which was based on his own childhood experiences.[7]
Perron retired from the NFB in 1986 to work in the private sector primarily as a writer.[citation needed] Perron died in 1999 in Pointe-Claire, Quebec.
Selected filmography
[edit]Fiction
[edit]- Caroline (Short Co-Directed with Georges Dufaux, 1964) (Re-Released as part of the 1964 anthology film Trois Femmes)
- It Isn't Jacques Cartier's Fault (C'est pas la faute à Jacques Cartier) (Co-Directed with Georges Dufaux, 1968)
- Taureau (1973)
- Bound for Glory (Partis pour la gloire) (1975)
Documentaries
[edit]- Georges-P. Vanier: soldat, diplomate, gouverneur général (Short, 1960)
- Crossbreeding for Profit (Short, Co-Directed with Pierre Patry, 1961)
- Loisirs (Short, Co-Directed with Pierre Patry, 1962)
- Les bacheliers de la cinquième (Short Co-Directed with Francis Séguillon, 1962)
- Day After Day (Jour après jour) (Short, 1962)
- Marie-Victorin (Short, 1963)
- Salut Toronto! (Short, 1965)
- Cinéma et réalité (Co-Directed with Georges Dufaux, 1967)
- Fermont, P.Q. (Co-Directed with Monique Fortier, 1980)
References
[edit]- ^ "Fernand Dansereau - Northern Stars". Archived from the original on 2011-08-22.
- ^ Peter Easingwood; Konrad Gross; Lynette Hunter (1996). Difference and Community: Canadian and European Cultural Perspectives. Rodopi. p. 119. ISBN 90-420-0050-3.
- ^ Douglas Bowie; Tom Shoebridge (1 December 1992). Best Canadian screenplays. Quarry Press. p. 432. ISBN 978-1-55082-045-4.
- ^ "Clement Perron". The Canadian Encyclopedia.
- ^ Scott MacKenzie; Professor Scott MacKenzie (2004). Screening Québec: Québécois Moving Images, National Identity, and the Public Sphere. Manchester University Press. p. 134. ISBN 978-0-7190-6396-1.
- ^ Jim Leach (1999). Claude Jutra: Filmmaker. McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP. p. 122. ISBN 978-0-7735-2005-9.
- ^ "Canadian Film Encyclopedia - Clement Perron". Archived from the original on 2012-10-07. Retrieved 2011-05-13.
External links
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- 1929 births
- 1999 deaths
- Canadian documentary film directors
- Film producers from Quebec
- Canadian screenwriters in French
- Film directors from Quebec
- National Film Board of Canada people
- Writers from Quebec City
- 20th-century Canadian screenwriters
- Best Screenplay Genie and Canadian Screen Award winners
- Screenwriters from Quebec