Alain Chartrand

Alain Chartrand (February 2, 1946 – December 11, 2023) was a Canadian film director and screenwriter. The son of prominent Quebec social activists Michel Chartrand and Simonne Monet-Chartrand, he was most noted for several film and television works about his parents, including the theatrical documentary films A Man of His Word (Un homme de parole) and My Life Is a River (Une vie comme rivière), and the television miniseries Chartrand et Simonne.

He was also active in developing and supporting trade unions for film production crew, taught in the film studies programs at the Institut national de l'image et du son and the Université du Québec à Montréal, and published the memoirs Le métier d'assistant-réalisateur au cinéma (1990) and Chartrand, cinéaste (2007) about his filmmaking career.

Filmography Film Year Title Director Writer 1972 Isis au 8 1976 Back to the Land (La Piastre) 1983 L'Étau-bus 1988 Friends for Life (Des amis pour la vie) 1990 Ding et Dong (Ding et Dong, le film) 1991 A Man of His Word (Un homme de parole) School's Out (Une nuit à l'école) 1992 Anna's Garden (Le Jardin d'Anna) 1996 My Life Is a River (Une vie comme rivière) 2013 Summer Crisis (La Maison du pêcheur)

Television 1992 – Montréal ville ouverte 1996 – Innocente 1997 – Paparazzi 2000–2003 – Chartrand et Simonne

Acting roles 1965 – The Revolutionary (Le Révolutionnaire) 1989 – Cruising Bar : assistant director 1989 – How to Make Love to a Negro Without Getting Tired (Comment faire l'amour avec un nègre sans se fatiguer) : police officer #1 1991 – Four Stiffs and a Trombone (L'Assassin jouait du trombone) : Sergeant

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