Richard Blaimert is the

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and

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of Richard Tremblay"Richard Blaimert : pourquoi j'écris"
. ''Plus on est de fous, plus on lit!'', February 17, 2015. (born December 30, 1964 in

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),"Richard Blaimert des Éboulements écrit une autre série télé"
CIHO-FM, May 17, 2013. a

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television actor, writer and producer from

. He is best known as the creator and writer of several television series for both English and French networks in Canada, including ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

Nouvelle adresse ''Nouvelle adresse'' is a Canadian television drama series, which premiered in 2014 on Ici Radio-Canada Télé. Created by Richard Blaimert, the series focuses on Nathalie Lapointe (Macha Grenon), a single mother in her early forties whose termina ...

'' and ''

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''.

Career

As an actor, he created his stage name by rearranging the letters of his surname, to distinguish himself from several other Richard Tremblays active in Quebec's creative scene at the time. He had minor roles in the television series ''Peau de banane'', ''Traboulidon'', ''Poivre et sel'' and ''Paul, Marie et les enfants'', and the film '' Intimate Power (Pouvoir intime)'', before landing his most noted role as Edmond Pronovost in the drama series ''

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''. He turned to writing for the teen drama series ''

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'' in the 1990s, and wrote an episode of ''Diva'', before creating his first series, ''Le Monde de Charlotte'', in 2000. Following that show's conclusion in 2004, he created the sequel series ''Un monde à part''. ''Cover Girl'' debuted in 2005, ''Les Hauts et les bas de Sophie Paquin'' in 2006, the English adaptation ''Sophie'' in 2009, and ''Penthouse 5-0'' in 2011. ''Nouvelle adresse'' followed in 2014, and its English adaptation ''This Life'' premiered in 2015. In 2011, he sold remake rights for ''Le Monde de Charlotte'' to

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for a series pilot titled ''Isabel''. The pilot was not picked up to series.

Personal life

Blaimert is out as

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, and includes gay characters in virtually all of his television projects. He resides in both

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and

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."Le deuil de Nouvelle adresse"
'' La Presse'', November 21, 2015.

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Blaimert, Richard Canadian male television actors Canadian television writers Canadian television producers LGBT television producers Canadian gay actors Canadian gay writers Male actors from Quebec Writers from Quebec Living people LGBT screenwriters People from Capitale-Nationale French Quebecers 1964 births Canadian male television writers