Jean Beaudin

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Jean Beaudin
Born(1939-02-06)6 February 1939
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Died18 May 2019(2019-05-18) (aged 80)
Occupation(s)Film director
Screenwriter
Years active1966–2019

Jean Beaudin (6 February 1939 – 18 May 2019) was a Canadian film director and screenwriter. [1] He directed 20 films since 1969. His film J.A. Martin Photographer , was entered into the 1977 Cannes Film Festival, where Monique Mercure won the award for Best Actress. [2] The film also won best Film, he won best Director, and Mercure won best Actress awards at the 1977 Canadian Film Awards. He was nominated (but did not win) for the Genie Award for Best Achievement in Direction in 1986, 1992 and 2003 for his films The Alley Cat (Le Matou), Being at Home with Claude and The Collector (Le Collectionneur), respectively. [3]

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Actress Domini Blythe (1947–2010) was his partner of more than 20 years. [4]

Early career

Jean Beaudin received a diploma from Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Montreal and studied at the School of Design in Zurich. He first joined the National Film Board of Canada in 1964, working initially in the animation studios, then subsequently directing educational films. He made a number for a mathematical series, then Veritge, a psychological study, before he directed his first feature, Stop, in 1971. Although Beaudin took a few shots at wild and visionary moviemaking, he was best known for the restrained performances and fastidious visuals of pictures such as his 1977 masterpiece J.A. Martin, photographe, which has been consistently nominated by critics as one of the best Canadian features ever made. Since J.A. Martin, Beaudin's career was focused exclusively in Quebec with Cordélia, Mario, the film version of the stage hit Being at Home with Claude, and the hugely popular television series, Les Filles de Caleb. [5]

Filmography

Features and shorts

Other work

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References

  1. ↑ "Le cinéaste Jean Beaudin est décédé". ledevoir.com. 21 May 2019. Retrieved 22 May 2019.
  2. ↑ "Festival de Cannes: J.A. Martin Photographer". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 10 May 2009.
  3. ↑ Wise, Wyndham (2001). Take One's Essential Guide to Canadian Film. Toronto: University of Toronto Press. p. 18. ISBN   0-8020-3512-4 . Retrieved 30 March 2017.
  4. ↑ Domini Blythe obituary London Independent , 23 February 2011.
  5. ↑ "Jean Beaudin". NFB Profiles. National Film Board of Canada . Retrieved 15 June 2012.[ permanent dead link ]
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