François Bouvier is a
Canadian
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film and television director from
Quebec
Quebec ( ; )According to the Government of Canada, Canadian government, ''Québec'' (with the acute accent) is the official name in Canadian French and ''Quebec'' (without the accent) is the province's official name in Canadian English is ...
.
["A paradoxical people put on quite the show". '' The Globe and Mail'', June 15, 1985.]
His credits have included the films ''
Jacques and November (Jacques et novembre)'',
[ '' Unfaithful Mornings (Les Matins infidèles)'',]["Arcand's Jesus leads Genie race". '']Toronto Star
The ''Toronto Star'' is a Canadian English-language broadsheet daily newspaper. The newspaper is the country's largest daily newspaper by circulation. It is owned by Toronto Star Newspapers Limited, a subsidiary of Torstar Corporation and pa ...
'', February 14, 1990. '' Les Pots cassés'', '' Winter Stories (Histoires d'hiver)'', '' Maman Last Call'',["A blessed event, after all". '']Montreal Gazette
The ''Montreal Gazette'', formerly titled ''The Gazette'', is the only English-language daily newspaper published in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Three other daily English-language newspapers shuttered at various times during the second half of th ...
'', February 11, 2005. '' Paul à Québec'' and '' La Bolduc'', and episodes of ''Urgence'', ''Quai #1'', ''Tribu.com'', '' Miss Météo'', ''Les Hauts et les bas de Sophie Paquin
''Les Hauts et les bas de Sophie Paquin'' (''The Highs and Lows of Sophie Paquin'') is a Canadian television comedy-drama series, which premiered on Radio-Canada in 2006. The show stars Suzanne Clément as Sophie Paquin, a single mother and busi ...
'', ''30 vies'' and ''Jérémie''.
He was a Genie Award
The Genie Awards were given out annually by the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television to recognize the best of Canadian cinema from 1980–2012. They succeeded the Canadian Film Awards (1949–1978; also known as the "Etrog Awards," for sc ...
nominee for Best Director at the 11th Genie Awards in 1990 for ''Les Matins infidèles'',[ and for Best Adapted Screenplay at the ]20th Genie Awards
The 20th Genie Awards were held on January 30, 2000, by the Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television, to honour films released in 1999. The ceremony aired live on CBC Television, and a post-event highlights show aired on Radio Canada.Maria Topalo ...
in 1999 for ''Histoires d'hiver''.["Genie award nominations". '']Toronto Star
The ''Toronto Star'' is a Canadian English-language broadsheet daily newspaper. The newspaper is the country's largest daily newspaper by circulation. It is owned by Toronto Star Newspapers Limited, a subsidiary of Torstar Corporation and pa ...
'', December 8, 1999.
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Film directors from Quebec
Canadian television directors
Canadian screenwriters in French
Film producers from Quebec
Writers from Quebec
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)
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