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Fernand Dansereau

b. 1928

Canadian film director and film producer

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Born 1928. Fernand Dansereau is a Canadian film director, film producer, screenwriter, cinematographer, producer and director.

Fernand Dansereau (born April 5, 1928) is a Québécois film director and film producer.

Biography After five years working as a reporter for the Montreal daily Le Devoir, Dansereau joined the NFB in 1955. He was a founding member of the NFB's French Unit and until 1960, he wrote and directed several feature films and documentaries for the series Panorama. He worked on the television series Temps présent from 1960 to 1964 and then returned to directing with the fiction feature Le festin des morts which won 2 Canadian Film Awards including Best Feature Film in 1966. He left the NFB in 1970 for the private sector. Among his many achievements, he wrote and directed the feature documentary Faut aller parmi l'monde pour le savoir (1971) which was selected for the Directors' Fortnight at the Cannes Film Festival in 1972. His 1977 feature Thetford au milieu de notre vie (co-directed with Iolande Cadrin-Rossignol) about life in a Québécois mining town became another career highlight. His dramatic feature Doux aveux (1982) garnered 4 Genie Award nominations in 1983. Most recently, Dansereau made the dramatic feature La brunante (2007) which was nominated for best film and best director at the 2008 Jutra Awards.

In 2005, he was awarded the Prix Albert-Tessier. In 2003, he received the Prix Lumière for his outstanding contribution to the profession and in 2009 received the Jutra Lifetime Achievement Award. In 2019, Dansereau was appointed as a Member of the Order of Canada and, in 2020, and Officer in the National Order of Quebec.

Selected filmography Fiction Le maître du Pérou - Short, 1958 Pays neuf - Short, 1958 La Canne à pêche - Short, 1959 Mission of Fear (Astataïon ou Le festin des morts) - 1965 This Is No Time for Romance (Ça n'est pas le temps des romans) - Short, 1966 Contrat d’amour - Short, 1973 Simple histoire d’amours (1974) Thetford au milieu de notre vie - Co-Directed with Iolande Cadrin-Rossignol, 1978 Sweet Lies and Loving Oaths (Doux aveux) - 1982 Twilight (La Brunante) - 2007

Documentaries La communauté juive de Montréal - 1956, short Pierre Beaulieu, agriculteur - 1959, short John Lyman, peintre - 1959, short Les Administrateurs - 1960, co-directed with Jacques Godbout Congrès - 1961, short co-directed with Jean Dansereau and Georges Dufaux Éducation populaire - 1968, series of 30 shorts Saint-Jerome - 1968 Jonquière - 1969, short Québec ski - 1970, short Tout le temps, tout le temps, tout le temps...? - 1970 Comité d’expression populaire - 1971 It Is Necessary to Be Among the Peoples of the World to Know Them (Faut aller parmi l'monde pour le savoir) - 1971 Vivre entre les mots - 1972 Quotidien series - 1975-77, series of 28 shorts co-directed with Iolande Cadrin-Rossignol L’autre côté de la lune - 1994 Quelques raisons d’espérer - 2001 Hope Builders (Les porteurs d'espoir) - 2010

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Education
Collège Saint-Charles-Garnier
Employers
National Film Board of Canada, La Tribune
Awards
Prix Albert-Tessier; Companion of the Ordre des arts et des lettres du Québec; Member of the Order of Canada; Officer of the National Order of Quebec

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Who is Fernand Dansereau?

Canadian film director and film producer

When was Fernand Dansereau born?

Fernand Dansereau was born on 5 April 1928 in Montreal.

What is Fernand Dansereau's occupation?

Fernand Dansereau is a film director, film producer, screenwriter, cinematographer, producer and director.

What nationality is Fernand Dansereau?

Fernand Dansereau is Canadian.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Fernand Dansereau

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