Christine Doyon

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Christine Doyon is a Canadian screenwriter from Quebec. [1] She is most noted as co-writer of the film Humanist Vampire Seeking Consenting Suicidal Person (Vampire humaniste cherche suicidaire consentant), for which she and Ariane Louis-Seize won the Canadian Screen Award for Best Original Screenplay at the 12th Canadian Screen Awards in 2024. [2]

A graduate of the Université du Québec à Montréal and the Institut national de l'image et du son, [3] she first became widely known for the 2013 web series Michaëlle en sacrament, about a woman who becomes her grandmother's caretaker after her grandmother is diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease. [4] She also subsequently wrote the short films Chaloupe, [1] Tortellini [1] and Night Crosser (Sang papier), and the web series Germain s'éteint. [5]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Justine Baillargeon, "La plume intarissable de Christine Doyon". Lien Multimédia, April 5, 2017.
  2. Connie Thiessen, "Canadian Screen Awards winners: Cinematic Arts". Broadcast Dialogue, May 30, 2024.
  3. Sophie Bernard, "Christine Doyon voulait humaniser la maladie d’Alzheimer". Lien Multimédia, November 4, 2014.
  4. Michèle Dorion, "La scénariste Christine Doyon traite de l’Alzheimer". Qui Fait Quoi, November 27, 2013.
  5. "«Germain s’éteint»: renaître de l’obsolescence programmée". Le Journal de Montréal , February 2, 2022.