André Brassard (28 August 1946 – 11 October 2022) was a Canadian stage director, filmmaker and actor, best known for staging the vast majority of

Michel Tremblay Michel Tremblay (born 25 June 1942) is a French-Canadian novelist and playwright. Tremblay was born in Montreal, Quebec, where he grew up in the French-speaking neighbourhood of Plateau Mont-Royal; at the time of his birth, a neighbourhood wit ...

's plays. He was the director of the French section of the National Arts Center from 1982 to 1989 and the

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from 1992 to 2000. Brassard's 1974 film '' Once Upon a Time in the East'' was entered into the

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. His 1977 film '' Le soleil se lève en retard'' was entered into the

10th Moscow International Film Festival The 10th Moscow International Film Festival was held 7-21 July 1977. The Golden Prizes were awarded to the Hungarian film ''The Fifth Seal'' directed by Zoltán Fábri, the Spanish film '' El puente'' directed by Juan Antonio Bardem and the Sovi ...

. Brassard received a Governor General's Performing Arts Award for his lifetime contributions to Canadian theatre in 2002. Brassard was openly gay. He died on 11 October 2022, at the age of 76.Quebec theatre director André Brassard dies
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Filmography

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Françoise Durocher, Waitress ''Françoise Durocher, Waitress'' is a Canadian dramatic television film, directed by André Brassard and released in 1972. The film presents a portrait of Françoise Durocher, a waitress at a diner in Quebec, as portrayed by 24 different actresse ...

'' - short film, 1972 *'' Once Upon a Time in the East (Il était une fois dans l'est)'' - 1974 *''

The Late Blossom ''The Late Blossom'' (french: Le soleil se lève en retard) is a 1977 Canadian drama film directed by André Brassard and written by his long-time collaborator, playwright Michel Tremblay. It was entered into the 10th Moscow International Film F ...

(Le soleil se lève en retard)'' - 1977 *''Frédéric'' - TV series, 1980 *'' Cap Tourmente'' - 1993 *''

2 Seconds ''2 Seconds'' (french: 2 secondes) is a 1998 Canadian drama film. This film premiered in 1999 at the Sundance Film Festival.Briand, M. (2016). 2 Seconds. Retrieved December 01, 2016, from https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/2_seconds/ Written and dir ...

(2 secondes)'' - 1998

References

External links

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Article at thecanadianencyclopedia.ca
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Fonds André Brassard (R11897)
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