Aimée Danis (September 19, 1929 - May 8, 2012) was a Canadian film director and producer from Quebec. Guy Fournier
"Aimée Danis, une femme si effacée"
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'', May 16, 2012. She produced the films '' Léolo'' and ''

My Friend Max ''My Friend Max'' (french: Mon amie Max) is a 1994 Canadian drama film, written by Guy Fournier and Jefferson Lewis, and directed by Michel Brault. The film premiered in February 1994 at the Rendez-vous du cinéma québécois. Plot The film is s ...

(Mon amie Max)'', both of which were

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nominees for Best Motion Picture. Originally from

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, Quebec, she worked as a script assistant for Télévision de Radio-Canada, and later for Jacques Godbout on his film ''

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'', before becoming the first woman in Quebec's film and television industry to direct television commercials. Her advertising work included spots for

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, Dominion, Desjardins and Peugeot. In the 1970s she directed a number of short documentary films, including '' KW+'' (1970), ''Gaspésie oui, j'écoute'' (1972), ''Joie de vivre au Québec'' (1974) and ''Patrick, Julie, Félix et tous les autres'' (1974), the narrative television film ''Souris, tu m'inquiètes'' (1973), and episodes of the television series ''Vingt ans Express'' (1967), ''La feuille d’érable'' (1969) for

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and ''Jo Gaillard'' (1975). She won a Canadian Film Award for Best Short Documentary at the

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, for ''KW+''. In 1973, she was one of the 14 filmmakers from Quebec who signed the boycott letter protesting poor treatment of films from Quebec. The protest resulted in the cancellation of the

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ceremony, and the postponement of the

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to 1975. She moved into production in the 1980s. ''Léolo'' was a Best Picture nominee at the

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in 1992, and ''My Friend Max'' was a nominee at the

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in 1994. Her other credits as a producer included the films ''Le diable à quatre'' in 1987, ''Les heures précieuses'' in 1989, ''

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(Les noces de papier)'' in 1990, '' Buster's Bedroom'' in 1991 and '' Jack Paradise: Montreal by Night (Jack Paradise: Les nuits de Montréal)'' in 2004. She was married to film director Guy Fournier, with whom she was a partner in Les Productions du Verseau.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Danis, Aimee 1929 births 2012 deaths Canadian film producers Canadian women film producers Canadian women film directors Canadian documentary film directors Film directors from Quebec People from Maniwaki Canadian Screen Award winners Canadian women documentary filmmakers