Lyse Lafontaine

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Lyse Lafontaine
Born1942 (age 81–82)
Nationality French Canadian
Alma mater Université de Montréal
OccupationFilm producer
Awards Prix Iris Hommage

Lyse Lafontaine (born 1942 [1] ) is a Canadian film producer known for working with directors Jean-Claude Lauzon and Xavier Dolan. [2] [3] [4] She works at Lyla Films in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. [2]

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Early life

Born to La Presse reporter Gaston Lafontaine, [3] Lyse studied literature at the Université de Montréal and earned her degree. [5] She married Stéphane Venne and managed the rock band Offenbach in 1972. She became a stage manager on the 1974 film The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz , and married her second husband, moving to The Bahamas for two years before returning to Canada. [3]

Career

In 1976, Lafontaine served as location manager for the film The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane , starring Jodie Foster. [6] Lafontaine met Lauzon when he was pitching his screenplay for Léolo (1992), which other producers had rejected. [2] It became the first film she produced, [4] with Aimée Danis, for which they were nominated for the Genie Award for Best Motion Picture. While in Italy during filming, Lauzon gave Lafontaine a letter thanking her for her ineptitude in business, which he considered necessary to make a film with feeling. She kept it as a cherished keepsake. [3]

Working with Dolan, she produced Laurence Anyways (2012) and served as an associate producer for Mommy (2014). [2] Dolan's Laurence Anyways was inspired by Lafontaine's ex-girlfriend Luce Baillairgé, the mother of her son Mikaël, who had a small part in Léolo. [3] With Dolan, she personally traveled to London in 2017 to work on his The Death and Life of John F. Donovan . [4]

In 2015, Lafontaine produced La Passion d’Augustine with François Tremblay, [7] winning the Québec Cinéma Award for Best Film. [8] On 1 June 2017 at the 19th Quebec Cinema Awards, she was awarded the Iris Hommage for 30 years of contributions to Quebec cinema. [9]

Filmography

Her films include: [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Lyse Lafontaine". British Film Institute . Archived from the original on May 24, 2017. Retrieved 24 May 2017.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Dillon, Mark (9 March 2015). "Playback Canadian Film & TV Hall of Fame: Lyse Lafontaine". Playback . Retrieved 25 August 2016.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 Petrowski, Nathalie (1 June 2017). "Lyse Lafontaine: la missionnaire aventurière du cinéma". La Presse . Retrieved 5 June 2017.
  4. 1 2 3 Demers, Maxime (20 May 2017). "Un prix hommage pour Lyse Lafontaine". Le Journal de Montréal . Retrieved 5 June 2017.
  5. ↑ "Le prix Iris Hommage décerné à la productrice Lyse Lafontaine". Le Devoir . 11 May 2017. Retrieved 5 June 2017.
  6. ↑ "The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane". American Film Institute . Retrieved 5 June 2017.
  7. ↑ Simpson, Peter (20 August 2015). "Two very Canadian movie nights at Rideau Hall". The Ottawa Citizen . Retrieved 27 August 2016.
  8. ↑ Staff (21 March 2016). "La passion d'augustine wins big at Le gala du cinema Quebecois". Playback . Retrieved 3 February 2017.
  9. ↑ The Canadian Press (1 June 2017). "Gala des artisans Québec Cinéma: Juste La Fin du monde obtient trois prix Iris". La Presse . Retrieved 2 June 2017.
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