''From NFB to Box-Office'' (french: De l'office au box-office) is a 2009
documentary by
Quebec film director and producer
Denys Desjardins. The film documents the development of
Quebec cinema
The history of cinema in Quebec started on June 27, 1896 when the Frenchman Louis Minier inaugurated the first movie projection in North America in a Montreal theatre room. However, it would have to wait until the 1960s before a genuine Quebec ...
, from the founding of the
National Film Board of Canada in 1939 to the creation of the
Canadian Film Development Corporation in 1968, recounting the stories of Quebec filmmakers who never gave up on their dream to produce
feature-length fiction films, and creating a Quebec
film industry.
Filmmakers featured
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Denys Arcand
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Paule Baillargeon
Paule Baillargeon (born July 19, 1945 in Rouyn-Noranda, Quebec) is a Canadian actress and film director. She won the Genie Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role in the film ''I've Heard the Mermaids Singing'', and was a nominee for Bes ...
* Roger Blais
*
Michel Brault
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Marcel Carrière
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Fernand Dansereau
Fernand Dansereau (born April 5, 1928) is a Canadian film director and film producer
A film producer is a person who oversees film production. Either employed by a production company or working independently, producers plan and coordinate v ...
*
André Forcier
André Forcier (born Marc-André Forcier on July 19, 1947) is a Canadian film director and screenwriter. His work has been linked to Latin American magic realism by its use of fantasy but is firmly rooted in Quebec's reality. His unromanticized, e ...
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Claude Fournier
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Jacques Godbout
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Guy Godin
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Denis Héroux
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Pierre Juneau
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Jean Pierre Lefebvre
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André Lamy
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André Link
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Jean-Claude Labrecque
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Jean-Claude Lord
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Pierre Patry
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Anne Claire Poirier
Anne Claire Poirier O.C. (born 6 June 1932) is a Canadian film producer, director and screenwriter.
Biography
Poirier was born in Saint-Hyacinthe, Quebec. She was the only female filmmaker on the National Film Board of Canada in the 1960s an ...
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Roger Racine
* Jean Roy
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Stéphane Venne
Stéphane Venne (born July 2, 1941 in Verdun, Quebec) is a French-Canadian songwriter and composer. He also worked as head of production for the Canadian arm of Barclay Records and as a radio station executive. He composed music for several film ...
*
René Verzier
See also
*''The Private Life of Cinema''
References
information about this filman article about the film
2009 films
Canadian documentary films
Documentary films about the cinema of Canada
Films directed by Denys Desjardins
National Film Board of Canada documentaries
2009 documentary films
Film box office
French-language Canadian films
2000s Canadian films
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