Micheline Lanctôt (born May 12, 1947) is a Canadian actress, film director, screenwriter, and musician.

Biography

Lanctôt was born in

Frelighsburg, Quebec Frelighsburg is a municipality in the Estrie region of southern Quebec, Canada, on the border with Vermont. It is at the foot of Mount Pinnacle, part of the Appalachian Mountains. Administratively, it is within the Brome-Missisquoi Regional Coun ...

. Her post-secondary education was in music, fine arts, and theatre at ''Collège Jésus-Marie'' in Outremont, and in art history at the

Université de Montréal The Université de Montréal (UdeM; ; translates to University of Montreal) is a French-language public research university in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The university's main campus is located in the Côte-des-Neiges neighborhood of Côte-de ...

and the École des Beaux-Arts de Montréal; she later studied film animation at 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 ...

(NFB) and then at

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's studios, Potterton Productions, where she remained for four years. Lanctôt began her acting career in 1972, winning a Canadian Film Award for Best Actress for her starring role in Gilles Carle's '' The True Nature of Bernadette (La vraie nature de Bernadette)''. Since then, she has appeared in a wide variety of film and television roles, such as Carle's '' The Heavenly Bodies (Les Corps Célestes)'', Ted Kotcheff's award-winning '' The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz'',

Claude Chabrol Claude Henri Jean Chabrol (; 24 June 1930 – 12 September 2010) was a French film director and a member of the French New Wave (''nouvelle vague'') group of filmmakers who first came to prominence at the end of the 1950s. Like his colleagues an ...

's ''Blood Relatives'' and

Guy Fournier Guy Fournier, CM (born 23 July 1931 in Waterloo, Quebec) is a Quebec author, playwright, and screenwriter. From 8 September 2005 to 19 September 2006 he was chairman of the board of directors of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Personal li ...

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TV series ''

Jamais deux sans toi Jamais is French for "never". Jamais may refer to: * "Jamais" (song), a French single recorded by American entertainer Connie Francis. It is a French reworking of Sebastián Yradier's classic tale about a white dove, ''La Paloma'' *Jamais vu, fro ...

''. She has directed for the theatre also, directing ''Oleanna'' by David Mamet for the Théâtre de Quat'Sous in Montreal in 1994, and in 1999, ''Bousille et les justes'' by Gratien Gélinas for the Théâtre du Rideau Vert. She began her live-action film-directing career with '' The Handyman (L'Homme à tout faire)'' (1980), nominated for best direction and for best film at the Genie Awards in 1981. This success was followed by '' Sonatine'' (1984), which launched the career of

Pascale Bussières Pascale Bussières (born June 27, 1968) is a French Canadian actress. Life and work Born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, Pascale Bussières first attracted attention as a suicidal teenager in Micheline Lanctôt’s 1984 film '' Sonatine''; however ...

and won both 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 6th Genie Awards in 1985, and the Silver Lion at the

41st Venice International Film Festival The 41st annual Venice International Film Festival was held from 1 to 11 September 1984 under the direction of Gian Luigi Rondi. No Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement was assigned. The main event of this edition was, out of competition, the pre ...

. Since 1982, Lanctôt has been a part-time instructor in the

Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema The Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema, a division of the Faculty of Fine Arts at Concordia University, is a film school located in Montreal, Quebec. Informally known as MHSoC, the school accepts around 250 students a year for programs in animation, ...

Concordia University Concordia University ( French: ''Université Concordia'') is a public research university located in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Founded in 1974 following the merger of Loyola College and Sir George Williams University, Concordia is one of the t ...

. Lanctôt defended Gaétan Soucy's novel ''

The Little Girl Who Was Too Fond of Matches ''The Little Girl Who Was Too Fond of Matches'' (french: La petite fille qui aimait trop les allumettes) is a novel by Canadian novelist Gaétan Soucy. It was one of the novels chosen for inclusion in the French version of ''Canada Reads'', broadc ...

(La petite fille qui aimait trop les allumettes)'' in the 2004 edition of ''

Le Combat des livres ''Le Combat des livres'' is an annual "battle of the books" competition organized and broadcast by Ici Radio-Canada Première in Canada. A French edition of the ''Canada Reads'' competition, the program was launched in 2004. It aired annually from ...

'', broadcast on Première Chaîne. In 2016 she was the patron and curator of the Festival Vues dans la tête de... film festival in Rivière-du-Loup.François Lévesque
"Amener le cinéma au monde"
'' Le Devoir'', February 3, 2016.

Awards and recognition

*Winner of an

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(now known as Genie), best performance by a lead actress (1972) *Winner of the Genie, best achievement in direction, for '' Sonatine'' (1984) *Winner of the Silver Lion,

Venice Film Festival The Venice Film Festival or Venice International Film Festival ( it, Mostra Internazionale d'Arte Cinematografica della Biennale di Venezia, "International Exhibition of Cinematographic Art of the Venice Biennale") is an annual film festival he ...

for best first work, ''Sonatine'' (1984) *Recipient of the Governor General's Performing Arts Award for Lifetime Artistic Achievement (2003)

Filmography

As an actor

Cinema

* '' The True Nature of Bernadette (La Vraie nature de Bernadette)'' - 1972 * '' The Heavenly Bodies (Les Corps célestes)'' - 1973 * ''Noël et Juliette'' - 1973 * ''Souris, tu m'inquiètes'' - 1973 * ''Voyage to Grand Tartarie (Voyage en Grande Tartarie)'' - 1974 * '' The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz'' - 1974 * '' Child Under a Leaf'' - 1974 * ''

Little Tougas ''Little Tougas'' (french: Ti-Cul Tougas) is a Canadian comedy-drama film, directed by Jean-Guy Noël and released in 1976.Gerald Pratley, ''A Century of Canadian Cinema''. Lynx Images, 2003. . p. 128. The film stars Claude Maher as Rémi Tougas, ...

(Ti-Cul Tougas)'' - 1976 * ''Blood Relatives (Les Liens du sang)'' - 1978 * '' Blood and Guts'' - 1978 * ''

A Scream from Silence ''A Scream from Silence'' (french: Mourir à tue-tête) is a 1979 Canadian drama film directed by Anne Claire Poirier and starring Julie Vincent. It competed in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1979 Cannes Film Festival. The film was selecte ...

(Mourir à tue-tête)'' - 1979 * ''

The Coffin Affair ''The Coffin Affair'' (french: L'Affaire Coffin) is a Canadian drama film from Quebec, released in 1980. Directed by Jean-Claude Labrecque, the film is a dramatization of the Coffin affair of 1953. The film stars August Schellenberg as Wilbert Cof ...

(L'Affaire Coffin)'' - 1980 * ''L'Oreille d'un sourd'' - 1996 * ''

Heads or Tails Coin flipping, coin tossing, or heads or tails is the practice of throwing a coin in the air and checking obverse and reverse, which side is showing when it lands, in order to choose between two alternatives, heads or tails, sometimes used to res ...

(J'en suis!)'' - 1997 * '' The Revenge of the Woman in Black (La Vengeance de la femme en noir)'' - 1997 * '' Streetheart (Le Coeur au poing)'' - 1998 * '' Now or Never (Aujourd'hui ou jamais)'' - 1998 * '' The Long Winter (Quand je serai parti... vous vivrez encore)'' - 1999 * ''Le Petit ciel'' - 1999 * ''Women Without Wings'' - 2002 * ''

How My Mother Gave Birth to Me During Menopause ''How My Mother Gave Birth to Me During Menopause'' (french: Comment ma mère accoucha de moi durant sa ménopause) is a film by directed by Sébastien Rose, released in 2003. The film won that year's Claude Jutra Award for the best Canadian featu ...

(Comment ma mère accoucha de moi durant sa ménopause)'' - 2003 * ''

The Barbarian Invasions ''The Barbarian Invasions'' (french: Les Invasions barbares) is a 2003 Canadian-French sex comedy-drama film written and directed by Denys Arcand and starring Rémy Girard, Stéphane Rousseau and Marie-Josée Croze. The film is a sequel to Arca ...

(Les Invasions barbares)'' - 2003 * ''Children of the Setting Suns'' - 2003 * '' A Year in the Death of Jack Richards'' - 2004 * '' Familia'' - 2004 * '' Good Neighbours'' - 2010 * ''

Sarah Prefers to Run ''Sarah Prefers to Run'' (french: Sarah préfère la course) is a 2013 Canadian drama film written and directed by Chloé Robichaud. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival. It won the Women in Film & Te ...

(Sarah préfère la course)'' - 2013 * ''

Laughter Laughter is a pleasant physical reaction and emotion consisting usually of rhythmical, often audible contractions of the diaphragm and other parts of the respiratory system. It is a response to certain external or internal stimuli. Laughter ...

(Le Rire)'' - 2020 * '' Family Game (Arsenault et fils)'' - 2022

Television

* ' - 1977, 1996 * '' - 1996 * ' - 1998 * ''Le Pollock'' - 1999 * ''Tag'' (2000) * ' - 2002 * ' - 2004 * ' - 2004 * ''Tripping the Wire: A Stephen Tree Mystery'' - 2005 * ' - 2012-2015 * ''

The Disappearance Disappearance may refer to: * Forced disappearance, when an organization forces a person to vanish from public view Books * ''Disappearance'' (Trifonov novel), published posthumously 1987 *''Disappearance'', novel by Guyanese writer David Daby ...

'' - 2017

As a director

Cinema

* ''A Token Gesture'' - 1975 * '' The Handyman (L'Homme à tout faire)'' - 1980 * '' Sonatine'' - 1984 * '' The Pursuit of Happiness (La Poursuite du bonheur)'' - 1987 * ''Onzième spéciale'' - 1988 * '' Two Can Play (Deux actrices)'' - 1993 * '' A Hero's Life (La Vie d'un héros)'' - 1994 * '' Juniper Tree (Le Piège d'Issoudun)'' - 2003 * ''

Suzie Suzie or Susie is a feminine given name, and is a short form (hypocorism) of Suzanne, Susannah or Susan. Notable people with this given name include: People * Suzannah Suzie Bates (born 1987), New Zealand cricketer * Suzie Brasher (born 1960 or ...

'' - 2009 * ''

For the Love of God ''For the Love of God'' is a sculpture by artist Damien Hirst produced in 2007. It consists of a platinum cast of an 18th-century human skull encrusted with 8,601 flawless diamonds, including a pear-shaped pink diamond located in the forehead tha ...

(Pour l'amour de Dieu)'' - 2011 * '' The Handout (Autrui)'' - 2015 * '' 9 (9, le film)'' - 2016 * '' A Way of Life (Une manière de vivre)'' - 2019

Television

* ''Eve'' (2003) * ''The Stones'' (2004) * ''Les Guerriers'' (2004)

As a writer

Cinema

* ''The Handyman (L'Homme à tout faire)'' - 1980 * '' Sonatine'' 1984 * '' The Heat Line (La ligne de chaleur)'' - 1988 * ''Two Can Play (Deux actrices)'' - 1993 * ''A Hero's Life (La Vie d'un héros)'' - 1994 * ''Juniper Tree (Le Piège d'Issoudun)'' - 2003

Television

* ''Les Guerriers'' (2004)

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Lanctot, Micheline 1947 births Actresses from Quebec Canadian television actresses Canadian television directors Canadian film actresses Canadian women film directors Canadian women television directors Best Director Genie and Canadian Screen Award winners Film directors from Quebec Living people People from Montérégie Governor General's Performing Arts Award winners Best Actress Genie and Canadian Screen Award winners Prix Albert-Tessier winners