François Avard (born 6 June 1968) is a Canadian writer and

scenarist A screenwriter (also called scriptwriter, scribe, or scenarist) is a person who practices the craft of writing for visual mass media, known as screenwriting. These can include short films, feature-length films, television programs, television ...

best known as the writer of the Québécois television series ''

Les Bougon ''Les Bougon - c'est aussi ça la vie!'' is a Quebec sitcom broadcast by Radio-Canada from 2004 to 2006, written by François Avard and Jean-François Mercier and produced by Fabienne Larouche. The show won three Gémeaux in 2004. The show's ...

''. He attended the He is the creator and co-author (with Jean-Francois Mercier) of the satirical series

. He wrote for multiple French-Canadian series, including Caméra Café, 3X Rien, CA and Bob Gratton. He was a sponsor of the series Ramdam for which he received two

Prix Gémeaux The Prix Gémeaux () or Gémeaux Awards honour achievements in Canadian television and digital media that is broadcast in French. It has been sponsored by the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television since 1987. Introduced as a French-language eq ...

in collaboration with writer Fabienne Cortes. He also worked for two seasons of "Ici Louis-José Houde" and the show Pendant ce temps, devant la télé on

CBC CBC may refer to: Media * Cadena Baja California or Grupo Cadena, a radio and television broadcaster in Mexico * Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, Canada's radio and television public broadcaster ** CBC Television ** CBC Radio One ** CBC Music ** ...

. He has been working with comedian Martin Matte since 1995. He also worked with Louis-José Houde to write two of his one-man shows and co-wrote his texts for the animation of the

Félix Award The Félix Award ( is an award, given by the ''Association du disque, de l'industrie du spectacle québécois'' (ADISQ) on an annual basis to artists working in the music and humor industry in the Canadian province of Quebec. The award The firs ...

. He's also been working with a number of other humorists, including Jean-Francois Mercier, Cathy Gauthier, Patrick Groulx and Pierre Hébert. On February 25, 2010, François Avard has signed, together with 500 artists, the call to support the international campaign for

Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) is a nonviolent Palestinian-led movement promoting boycotts, divestments, and economic sanctions against Israel. Its objective is to pressure Israel to meet what the BDS movement describes as Israel's ...

against Israeli apartheid.

Novels

* ''L’Esprit de Bottine'', Les Intouchables, Montréal, 1991, 262 p. () * ''Les Uniques'', Éditions Guérin, Montréal, 1993, 255 p. () * ''Le Dernier Continent,'' Les Intouchables, Montréal, 1997, 334 p. () * ''Mpambara, y a trop de blanc au Québec'', Les 400 Coups, Montréal, 2003, 55 p. () * ''Pour de vrai'', Libre Expression, Outremont, 2003, 312 p. () * ''Bancs publics'', Lanctôt, Montréal, 2006, 197 p. () * ''Avard Chronique'', Les Intouchables , Montréal, 2008, 332 p. ()

Television

* 2001: Caméra Café (script adaptation) * 2001: Ramdam (writer) * 2002: Real-it (script editor) * 2003: 3X Rien (script editor) * 2004: Les Bougon, c'est aussi ça la vie! (co-creator and writer) * 2005: Ici Louis-José Houde (script editor) * 2006: CA (script advisor) * 2007: Bob Gratton: ma vie, my life (script editor) * 2007: Pendant ce temps, devant la télé (script editor) * 2009: Vrak la vie (script editor) * 2009: Bye-Bye 2009 (script editor and writer)

References

External links

"Le créateur des Bougon préfère son clavier aux feux de la rampe."
{{DEFAULTSORT:Avard, Francois 1968 births Living people Canadian male television writers Canadian television writers Canadian male screenwriters Canadian screenwriters in French Screenwriters from Quebec Séminaire de Saint-Hyacinthe alumni Université du Québec à Montréal alumni de:Avard