Chantal Cadieux (born June 15, 1967) is a Canadian writer living in
Quebec
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She was born in ]Richmond
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* Richmond, British Columbia, a city in Canada
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and received a diploma in play writing from the National Theatre School of Canada
The National Theatre School of Canada (NTS, french: École nationale de théâtre du Canada) is a private institution of professional theatre studies in Montreal, Quebec. Established in 1960, the NTS receives its principal funding from grants aw ...
in 1990. She was one of a group of young authors who contributed to the show "38", based on works by Shakespeare
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, at the Théâtre d'Aujourd'hui
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.[ She has written scripts for various television series including ', ', ', '']Un gars, une fille
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'', ' and '. Her scripts for the television series ''Providence
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'' have been nominated several times for the Prix Gémeaux
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.
Selected works
Theatre
* ''Amies à vie''
* ''On court toujours après l'amour''
* ''Urgent besoin d'intimité''
Novels
* ''Samedi trouble''
* ''Éclipses et jeans''
* ''Longueur d'ondes''
Film
* ''Le collectionneur'', with Ghyslaine Côté
Ghyslaine Côté (born September 6, 1955) is a Canadian director, screenwriter and actor. She is best known for directing ''The Five of Us'' (), which won the Prize for most popular Canadian film and the prize for best artistic contribution at t ...
, English version ''The Collector
''The Collector'' is a 1963 thriller novel by English author John Fowles, in his literary debut. Its plot follows a lonely, psychotic young man who kidnaps a female art student in London and holds her captive in the cellar of his rural farmhous ...
''
* ''Elles étaient cinq'', English version ''The Five of Us
''The Five of Us'' (french: Elles étaient cinq) is a Québécois drama film, distributed by Remstar Distribution and Remstar Films. The film was directed and co-written by Ghyslaine Côté, and stars Jacinthe Laguë, Julie Deslauriers, Ingrid ...
''
References
External links
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1967 births
Living people
Canadian dramatists and playwrights in French
Canadian women screenwriters
Canadian screenwriters in French
Canadian novelists in French
Canadian women novelists