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". '']The Gazette (Montreal)
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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 ''
Night Zoo
''Night Zoo'' (french: Un Zoo la nuit) is a 1987 Canadian film. It is directed and written by Jean-Claude Lauzon. It made its debut at the 1987 Cannes Film Festival. The film was selected as the Canadian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film ...
''.
[ She then became a music video director for artists including Daniel Bélanger and ]Laurence Jalbert
Laurence Jalbert (born Lise Jalbert, 18 August 1959 in Rivière-au-Renard, Quebec) is a pop and rock singer-songwriter from Quebec.
Background
She began her career with the band Volt in 1985."Quebec singer's struggle pays off". '' Edmonton Jou ...
. She won a Prix Félix for Best Video in 1991 for Marjo Marjo may refer to:
* Marjo (singer), Canadian singer-songwriter, given name Marjolène
* Marjo (name), Finnish and Dutch given name
See also
* Marijo
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is a character (arts), ...
's "Je sais, je sais", and was a three-time Juno Award
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nominee for Best Music Video
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for Spirit of the West's "Political
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" at the Juno Awards of 1992, Mae Moore's "Bohemia" at the Juno Awards of 1993
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and for Gogh Van Go
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Luciantonio and Tierney met at the University of Guelp ...
's "Tunnel of Trees" at the Juno Awards of 1995
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. She won the award in 1995.
She subsequently worked in television, directing episodes of '' Bliss'', ''Tabou'', ''Nos étés'' and ''Sophie
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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 ]29th Genie Awards
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...
in 2009, Charlebois and Labrèche were cowinners of the Genie Award
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for Best Adapted Screenplay
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Best Actor/Best Actress
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, and Charlebois was a shortlisted nominee for the Genie Award for Best Director Best Director is the name of an award which is presented by various film, television and theatre organizations, festivals, and people's awards. It may refer to:
Film awards
* AACTA Award for Best Direction
* Academy Award for Best Director
* BA ...
; at the 2009 Prix Jutra, she won the award for Best Director.["Two films share spotlight; The Jutras". '']The Gazette (Montreal)
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'', March 30, 2009.
References
External links
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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