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François Girard

French-Canadian film director, playwright and screenwriter · Canada · On the map · Directors · Born 1963 · age 63

François Girard is a French Canadian director and screenwriter from Montreal. Born in Saint-Félicien, Quebec, Girard's career began on the Montreal art video circuit.

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A life in dates

2023The Metropolitan Opera: LohengrinFilm, Director2022Officer of the Order of CanadaAward2021Ordre des arts et des lettres du QuébecAward2020La RévolutionSeries, Mignons de DonatienThe Metropolitan Opera: The Flying DutchmanFilm, 2020Director2019Knight of the National Order of QuebecAward2018Le cri du rhinocérosFilm2017Hochelaga, Land of SoulsFilm, Director, Writer2015BoychoirFilm, Director2013Cirque du Soleil: Zed in TokyoFilm, Writer2008Club socialSeries2007SilkFilm, Director, Writer2006François Girard en trois actesFilm2004Tout le monde en parleSeries1998Last NightFilm, Wild Guy #11997Bach Cello Suite #2: The Sound of the CarceriFilm, Director1994Peter Gabriel: Secret World LiveFilm, Director1993Thirty Two Short Films About Glenn GouldFilm, Director, Writer1990CargoFilm, Director, Writer1985Le TrainFilm, Director1963Born12 January 1963

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  • The Red Violin 1998
  • Thirty Two Short Films About Glenn Gould 1993
  • Boychoir 2015
  • The Song of Names 2019
  • Last Night 1998

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Filmography 24

40 credits on file

Television 3

Media & music

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Awards

Officer of the Order of Canada2022
Ordre des arts et des lettres du Québec2021
Knight of the National Order of Quebec2019
Canadian Screen Award for Best Screenplay

About this person

In 1990, he produced his first feature film, Cargo; he attained international recognition following his 1993 Thirty Two Short Films About Glenn Gould, a series of vignettes about the life of piano prodigy Glenn Gould. In 1998, he co-wrote and directed The Red Violin, which follows the ownership of a red violin over several centuries. The Red Violin won an Academy Award for Best Original Score, thirteen Genie Awards and nine Jutra Awards.

Country
Canada
Category
Directors
Type
Movie Director
Status
Living
Dates
Born 1963 · age 63

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