Céline Baril (born 1953) is a Canadian artist and film director.
Early life
Baril was born in
Gentilly, Quebec
Gentilly , formerly known as "Saint-Édouard-de-Gentilly" is a village now part of Bécancour, Quebec, Bécancour, Quebec, Canada. It is one of the major population centres within Bécancour's extensive territory with 1673 inhabitants being counte ...
.
In 1982, she earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts in degree from the
Université du Québec à Montréal
The Université du Québec à Montréal (English: University of Quebec in Montreal), also known as UQAM, is a French-language public university based in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It is the largest constituent element of the Université du Québe ...
.
Career
Her film ''24 Davids'' was selected as the opening film of the 20th
Rencontres internationales du documentaire de Montréal
The Montreal International Documentary Festival (french: Rencontres internationales du documentaire de Montreal) is a Canadian documentary film festival, staged annually in Montreal, Quebec.
In English, the festival now goes by the name Montreal I ...
.
Her work is included in the collections of the
Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec
The Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec ( en, National Museum of Fine Arts of Quebec), abbreviated as MNBAQ, is an art museum in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. The museum is situated in Battlefield Park and is a complex consisting of four bui ...
,
the
Cinematheque quebecoise
A cinematheque is an archive of films and film-related objects with an exhibition venue. Similarly to a book library (bibliothèque in French), a cinematheque is responsible for preserving and making available to the public film heritage. Typica ...
and the
National Film Board of Canada
The National Film Board of Canada (NFB; french: Office national du film du Canada (ONF)) is Canada's public film and digital media producer and distributor. An agency of the Government of Canada, the NFB produces and distributes documentary f ...
Filmography
*''Barcelone'' - 1989
*''Le Fourmi et le volcan (The Ant and the Volcano)'' - 1992
*''Le port des parfums'' - 1992
*''L'Absent (The Absent One)'' - 1997
*''
Games of the Heart (Du pic au cœur)'' - 2000
*''Giselle'' - 2003
*''538x La Vie (Life Times 538)'' - 2005
*''The Theory of Everything (La théorie du tout)'' - 2009
*''Room Tone'' - 2015
*''24 Davids'' - 2017
See also
*
List of female film and television directors
This is a list of female film and television directors. Their works may include live action and/or animated features, shorts, documentaries, telemovies, TV programs, or videos.
A
* Jennifer Abbott (Canada)
* Sarah Abbott (Canada
* Jenni ...
References
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1953 births
20th-century Canadian women artists
21st-century Canadian women artists
Film directors from Quebec
Living people
Canadian women film directors
Canadian documentary film directors
Canadian video artists
Women video artists
Canadian women documentary filmmakers