René Malo, CQ (born 7 March 1942) is a French Canadian film producer, most noted for establishing the Malofilm production and distribution studio. Born in

Joliette, Quebec Joliette () is a city in southwest Quebec, Canada. It is approximately northeast of Montreal, on the L'Assomption River and is the seat of the Regional County Municipality of Joliette. It is considered to be a part of the North Shore of G ...

, Malo produced youth-oriented shows at

Expo 67 The 1967 International and Universal Exposition, commonly known as Expo 67, was a general exhibition from April 28 to October 29, 1967. It was a category one world's fair held in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It is considered to be one of the most s ...

. He later became a member of the first crew assigned to manage Radio-Québec. As director Denys Arcand worked on the screenplay that became the 1986 film '' The Decline of the American Empire'' for producer Roger Frappier, Frappier saw the story as promising and lobbied Malo to co-produce, for a bigger budget. Frappier and Malo raised $1.8 million, allowing for more settings to be depicted in the film. Malo and Frappier eventually won the

Genie Award for Best Motion Picture The Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television presents an annual award for Best Motion Picture to the best Canadian film of the year.Maria Topalovich, ''And the Genie Goes To...: Celebrating 50 Years of the Canadian Film Awards''. Stoddart Publis ...

for the film. Among the other 25 films Malo produced were '' Sonatine'' (1984) and '' The Revolving Doors'' (1988). He later led the René Malo Foundation, which in 2006 awarded a $500,000 grant to the

Université du Québec à Montréal The (UQAM; ), is a French language, French-language public university, public research university based in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It is the largest constituent element of the system. UQAM was founded on April 9, 1969, by the government o ...

for the establishment of the Chaire René-Malo. The Chaire René-Malo, led by Professor Paul Tana, was created with a mandate to guide young filmmakers. In 2013, Malo was appointed a Knight of the

National Order of Quebec The National Order of Quebec ( French: ), also known as the Order of Quebec, is a civilian honour for merit in the Canadian province of Quebec. Instituted in 1984 when Lieutenant Governor Jean-Pierre Côté granted royal assent to the (Natio ...

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* 1942 births Film producers from Quebec Knights of the National Order of Quebec Living people People from Joliette Expo 67 Producers of Best Picture Genie and Canadian Screen Award winners {{Canada-film-producer-stub