Richard Brouillette

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Richard Brouillette is a Canadian film producer, director, editor and programmer.[ citation needed ]

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Biography

Starting as a film critic for the Montreal weekly, Voir (1989), he then worked for Québec’s top independent distribution company, Cinéma Libre (1989–1999), which has since folded. In 1993, he founded the artist-run centre Casa Obscura, a multidisciplinary exhibition space. Here, he still runs a weekly cine-club called Les projections libérantes, for which he is also the projectionist. He has produced and directed three feature length documentary films and has directed two experimental short films. He has also produced several feature-length films, mostly documentaries.[ citation needed ]

Filmography

as director, editor and scriptwriter

as producer

Awards

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