Brigitte Sauriol

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Brigitte Sauriol (born 1945 in Montreal, Quebec) is a Canadian film director and screenwriter. [1] She is most noted for her 1983 film Just a Game (Rien qu'un jeu), for which she received a Genie Award nomination for Best Director at the 5th Genie Awards in 1984. [2]

Her other credits included the films Le Loup blanc, The Absence (L'Absence), Bleue brume and Laura Laur , [3] and an episode of the television series Haute tension. She teaches screenwriting at the Université du Québec à Montréal. [4]

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References

  1. "Quebec movie maker enjoys no-compromise reputation". Toronto Star , October 18, 1988.
  2. "11 nominations for Chapdelaine in Genie race". The Globe and Mail , February 10, 1984.
  3. "Jacob novel comes to life". Montreal Gazette , September 30, 1988.
  4. Samuel Flageul, « Enseignement de la scénarisation : sur le chemin de l'école ». Ciné-Bulles, Vol. 23, No. 2 (2005). p. 32-35.