Christian Duguay (born March 30, 1956) is a Canadian film director.

Career

Duguay graduated from the Film Production program of

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, in 1979. That year, his film ''Piece Interrompue Pour Piano Sauvage'', together with Harold Trépanier, took the Best Cinematography award at the 11th Canadian Student Film Festival. He began his professional career as a cameraman and jack-of-all-trades, working in documentaries, commercials and music videos. He became known as an expert with the Steadicam and shot many movies of the week in the United States. He is best known for directing the action films '' Screamers'' (1995) starring

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and Roy Dupuis and ''

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'' (2000) starring

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and

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. He directed the 1994 CBS/CBC drama, '' Million Dollar Babies'', starring

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based on the

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. In May 2003, he directed the

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nominated miniseries '' Hitler: The Rise of Evil'', which aired on the CBC, and in 2009 a television mini-series about Saint

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, 25.12.09 He followed this with a two-part mini-series released 2010 about

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and the occupation of

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by the

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during

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Personal life

Duguay was married to Liliana Komorowska, who appeared in many of his films, including '' Scanners III: The Takeover'', '' Screamers'', and ''

''. They have four children, Orlando, Sebastien, Natalia, and Victoria.

Filmography

* '' Scanners II: The New Order'' (1991) * '' Live Wire'' (1992) * '' Scanners III: The Takeover'' (1992) * '' Snowbound: The Jim and Jennifer Stolpa Story'' (1994) (TV) * '' Million Dollar Babies'' (1994) (TV) * '' Screamers'' (1995) * '' The Assignment'' (1997) * ''

Joan of Arc Joan of Arc (french: link=yes, Jeanne d'Arc, translit= �an daʁk} ; 1412 – 30 May 1431) is a patron saint of France, honored as a defender of the French nation for her role in the siege of Orléans and her insistence on the corona ...

'' (1999) (TV) * ''

'' (2000) * ''

Extreme Ops ''Extreme Ops'' is a 2002 action thriller film directed by Christian Duguay, written by Michael Zaidan, Timothy Scott Bogart, and Mark Mullin, and starring Devon Sawa, Bridgette Wilson-Sampras, Rupert Graves, and Rufus Sewell. The film's plot ce ...

'' (2002) * '' Hitler: The Rise of Evil'' (2003) (TV) * ''

Human Trafficking Human trafficking is the trade of humans for the purpose of forced labour, sexual slavery, or commercial sexual exploitation for the trafficker or others. This may encompass providing a spouse in the context of forced marriage, or the extra ...

'' (2005) (TV) * '' Lies My Mother Told Me'' (2005) (TV) * '' Boot Camp'' (2007) * ''

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'' (2008) (TV) * '' Restless Heart: The Confessions of Saint Augustine'' (2010) (TV) * ''Pope Paul XII'' (2010) * '' Cenerentola'' (2011) (TV) * ''

Anna Karenina ''Anna Karenina'' ( rus, «Анна Каренина», p=ˈanːə kɐˈrʲenʲɪnə) is a novel by the Russian author Leo Tolstoy, first published in book form in 1878. Widely considered to be one of the greatest works of literature ever writ ...

'' (2013) * '' Jappeloup'' (2013) * '' Belle & Sebastian: The Adventure Continues'' (2015) * '' A Bag of Marbles'' (2017)

Awards and nominations

*2006,

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Craft Award (Outstanding Direction - Television Movie/Mini-Series) for ''Human Trafficking'' (2005) (TV) *2006,

Gemini Award The Gemini Awards were awards given by the Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television between 1986–2011 to recognize the achievements of Canada's television industry. The Gemini Awards are analogous to the Emmy Awards given in the United States ...

(Best Dramatic Mini-Series) for ''Human Trafficking'' (2005) (TV) *2006, nominated for a Gemini Award (Best Direction in a Dramatic Program or Mini-Series) for '' Lies My Mother Told Me'' (2005) (TV) *2003, nominated for an Emmy Award (Outstanding Miniseries) for ''Hitler: The Rise of Evil'' (2003) (TV) *1999, nominated for an Emmy Award (Outstanding Directing for a Miniseries or a Movie) for ''Joan of Arc'' (1999) (TV) *1996, Gemini Award (Best Direction in a Dramatic Program or Mini-Series) for ''Million Dollar Babies'' (1994) (TV)

References

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