Nathalie Saint-Pierre

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Nathalie Saint-Pierre is a Canadian film director and screenwriter from Quebec. [1] She is most noted for her 2012 film Catimini , for which she received Jutra Award nominations for Best Film, Best Screenplay and Best Editing at the 16th Jutra Awards in 2014. [2]

A graduate of the business administration program at the Université du Québec à Montréal, she learned the film business by taking an administrative job with the film studio Les Films de l’autre. [3] She directed two short films, L’Abîme appelle l’abîme (1996) and Quand j’ai eu trente ans ou comment j’ai viré su’ l’top (2001), [3] before releasing her debut film Ma voisine danse le ska in 2003. [4]

Catimini premiered at the 2012 Angoulême Francophone Film Festival, [5] before opening commercially in January 2013. [6]

Her third feature film, On Earth as in Heaven (Sur la terre comme au ciel), premiered at the 2023 Cinemania film festival. [7]

References

  1. Michel Coulombe, "Nathalie Saint-Pierre, scénariste et réalisatrice de Catimini". Ciné-Bulles , Vol. 31 No. 1 (Winter 2013). pp. 8-13.
  2. "Jutra nominations light up screen scene; Top Quebecois films include Louis Cyr and Gabrielle". Montreal Gazette , January 28, 2014.
  3. 1 2 "Nathalie Saint-Pierre". Northern Stars.
  4. Séverine Kandelman, "Ma voisine danse le ska : Le mal de vivre". Voir , November 6, 2003.
  5. "«Catimini» de Nathalie Saint-Pierre sera en competition au Festival d'Angoulême". Canadian Press, August 8, 2012.
  6. "Le film québécois Catimini nous plonge dans l'univers des familles d'accueil". Le Téléjournal , January 22, 2013.
  7. Bill Brownstein, "Brownstein: 29th Cinemania film fest launches with explosive courtroom drama". Montreal Gazette , November 1, 2023.