Louise Archambault | |
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 Archambault at the Miami International Film Festival | |
| Born | Montreal |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Occupation | Director |
| Years active | 1990-present |
Louise Archambault is a Canadian film and television director and screenwriter. [1] She is best known for her films Familia , which won the Claude Jutra Award in 2005, [2] and Gabrielle , which won the Canadian Screen Award for Best Picture in 2014.
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Archambault has directed numerous short films, including Atomic Saké , Lock, Petite Mort and Kluane . Her film Gabrielle was screened in the Special Presentation section at the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival, [3] and won two Canadian Screen Awards at the 2nd Canadian Screen Awards, for Best Picture and Best Actress for star Gabrielle Marion-Rivard. [4]
Her third feature film And the Birds Rained Down , an adaptation of Jocelyne Saucier's novel Il pleuvait des oiseaux, was released in 2019. [5] Her fourth film, Thanks for Everything (Merci pour tout), followed later the same year. [6] and One Summer (Le temps d'un été) was released in 2023. [7] In 2023 she also released Irena's Vow , her first English-language film. [8] The feature tells a story of a former nurse who shelters a dozen Jews in Nazi-occupied Poland. [9]
Archambault is a graduate of Concordia University in Montreal (BFA 93, MFA 00). [10]
