Lyne Charlebois is a Canadian film and television director, most noted as the director and cowriter of the 2008 film '' Borderline''."Borderline director aims for provocative, not perverse; Charlebois's debut is dark portrait of troubled soul". ''

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'', February 4, 2008. Charlebois began her career as a photographer, who had one of her first jobs in the film industry shooting promotional stills for Jean-Claude Lauzon's 1987 film ''

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''. She then became a music video director for artists including Daniel Bélanger and

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. She won a Prix Félix for Best Video in 1991 for

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's "Je sais, je sais", and was a three-time

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nominee for

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for Spirit of the West's "

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" at the Juno Awards of 1992, Mae Moore's "Bohemia" at the

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and for

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's "Tunnel of Trees" at the

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. She won the award in 1995. She subsequently worked in television, directing episodes of '' Bliss'', ''Tabou'', ''Nos étés'' and ''

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'', and made the short films ''Quel jour était-ce?'' in 2001 and ''Nous sommes tous les jours'' in 2006. She collaborated with

Marie-Sissi Labrèche Marie-Sissi Labrèche (born 1969 in Montreal, Quebec) is a Canadian writer, most noted as the cowriter of the 2008 film '' Borderline''."Borderline director aims for provocative, not perverse; Charlebois's debut is dark portrait of troubled soul". ...

on the screenplay for ''Borderline'', and directed the film. At the

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in 2009, Charlebois and Labrèche were cowinners of the

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for

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, and Charlebois was a shortlisted nominee for the Genie Award for

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; at the 2009 Prix Jutra, she won the award for Best Director."Two films share spotlight; The Jutras". ''

'', March 30, 2009.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Charlebois, Lyne Living people Canadian women film directors Canadian television directors Canadian music video directors Canadian women screenwriters Canadian women artists Canadian photographers Canadian women photographers Film directors from Quebec Best Screenplay Genie and Canadian Screen Award winners Juno Award for Video of the Year winners Writers from Quebec Artists from Quebec Canadian women television directors Year of birth missing (living people) Best Director Jutra and Iris Award winners