Céline Baril (born 1953) is a Canadian artist and film director.
Early life
Baril was born in
Gentilly, Quebec.
In 1982, she earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts in degree from 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 ...
.
Career
Her film ''24 Davids'' was selected as the opening film of the 20th
Rencontres internationales du documentaire de Montréal.
Her work is included in the collections of the
Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec
The Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec (), abbreviated as MNBAQ, is an art museum in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. The museum is located in National Battlefields Park and is a complex of four buildings. Three of them were purpose-built for ...
,
the
Cinematheque quebecoise
A cinematheque is an archive of films and film-related objects with an exhibition venue. Similarly to a book library (bibliothèque in French), a cinematheque is responsible for preserving and making available to the public film heritage. Typically ...
, and the
National Film Board of Canada
The National Film Board of Canada (NFB; ) is a Canadian public film and digital media producer and distributor. An agency of the Government of Canada, the NFB produces and distributes documentary films, animation, web documentaries, and altern ...
.
Filmography
*''Barcelone'' - 1989
*''Le Fourmi et le volcan (The Ant and the Volcano)'' - 1992
*''Le port des parfums'' - 1992
*''L'Absent (The Absent One)'' - 1997
*''
Games of the Heart (Du pic au cœur)'' - 2000
*''Giselle'' - 2003
*''538x La Vie (Life Times 538)'' - 2005
*''The Theory of Everything (La théorie du tout)'' - 2009
*''Room Tone'' - 2015
*''24 Davids'' - 2017
See also
*
List of female film and television directors
This is a list of female film and television directors. Their works may include live action and/or animated features, shorts, documentaries, telemovies, TV programs, or videos.
A
* Jennifer Abbott (Canada)
* Sarah Abbott (Canada)
* Je ...
References
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1953 births
20th-century Canadian women artists
21st-century Canadian women artists
Film directors from Quebec
Living people
Canadian women film directors
Canadian documentary film directors
Canadian video artists
Canadian women video artists
Canadian women documentary filmmakers