Martin Fournier (filmmaker)

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Martin Fournier is a Canadian film director from Quebec, most noted as codirector with Pier-Luc Latulippe of the documentary films Manor (Manoir) [1] and Dehors Serge dehors . [2]

Manor won the Prix Iris for Best Documentary Film at the 19th Quebec Cinema Awards in 2017 [3] and was the winner of the 2017 Prix collégial du cinéma québécois, [4] while Dehors Serge dehors was a Prix Iris nominee for Best Documentary Film at the 24th Quebec Cinema Awards in 2022. [5]

Separately from Latulippe, Fournier has also directed the short documentary film Robert Lepage: Tuned to a Different Frequency, Cœur de pirate's music video for "Pour un infidèle", and episodes of the documentary television series La vie nous arrive.

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