André Forcier

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Canadian film director and screenwriter

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::summary Canadian film director and screenwriter ::

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nameAndré Forcier
imageAndré Forcier cr.jpg
captionAndré Forcier (2018)
birth_nameMarc-André Forcier
birth_date
birth_placeMontreal, Quebec, Canada
spouseLinda Pinet
childrenFrançois Pinet-Forcier
Renaud Pinet-Forcier
occupationFilm director, screenwriter
years_active1971–present
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| name = André Forcier | image = André Forcier cr.jpg | caption = André Forcier (2018) | birth_name = Marc-André Forcier | birth_date = | birth_place = Montreal, Quebec, Canada | death_date = | death_place = | othername = | spouse = Linda Pinet | children = François Pinet-Forcier Renaud Pinet-Forcier | occupation = Film director, screenwriter | years_active = 1971–present

André Forcier (born Marc-André Forcier on July 19, 1947) is a Canadian film director and screenwriter. His work has been linked to Latin American magic realism by its use of fantasy but is firmly rooted in Quebec's reality. His unromanticized, even Rabelaisian, portraits of people on the fringe of society, especially in Bar Salon, Au clair de la lune, Une Historie inventée, Le Vent du Wyoming and The Countess of Baton Rouge, blend observations of minutia of everyday life with elements of fantasy and imaginary.

He became interested in film while still at college, won a Radio-Canada contest with his first 8-mm film, and in 1966 financed and produced his first 16-mm film.

His wife, Linda Pinet, has been co-producer and co-writer of many of his films. The two cofounded the independent film studio Les Films du Paria. Pinet was solely a producer, not a co-writer, of his 2024 film Ababooned (Ababouiné), although the couple's sons, François Pinet-Forcier and Renaud Pinet-Forcier, were co-writers.

Filmography

Awards

Forcier won the Prix André-Guérin in 1990. In 2003, he won the prix Albert-Tessier for an outstanding career in Quebec cinema. In 2010, he received Canada's Governor General's Awards in Visual and Media Arts He has received six Genie Award nominations. In the 2018 Prix Iris, he was honoured with the Iris Hommage for 50 years of contributions to the province's film industry. In 2024, he was awarded the Prix Denis-Héroux Award at the 28th Fantasia International Film Festival.

References

References

  1. (1998). "Fables of Desire: André Forcier's La Comtesse de Baton Rouge". Take One: Film in Canada.
  2. (1984). "The Film Companion". Irwin Publishing.
  3. (August 27, 1994). "Reality Doesn't Interest Me At All". The Globe and Mail.
  4. [https://ici.radio-canada.ca/ohdio/premiere/emissions/medium-large/segments/entrevue/73031/histoire-couple-andre-forcier-linda-pinet-partenaires-vie-cinema "André Forcier et Linda Pinet : se donner pour le cinéma"]. [[Ici Radio-Canada]], May 22, 2018.
  5. Frédérique Brousseau, [https://qfq.com/spip.php?article102335 "Linda Pinet reste passionnée par les projets cinématographiques"]. ''Qui Fait Quoi'', August 22, 2024.
  6. Kim Izzo, [https://playbackonline.ca/2024/07/04/andre-forciers-ababouine-to-close-2024-fantasia-film-festival/ "André Forcier’s Ababouiné to close 2024 Fantasia film festival"]. ''[[Playback (magazine). Playback]]'', July 4, 2024.
  7. [https://www.lapresse.ca/cinema/2024-07-03/le-dernier-film-d-andre-forcier-a-fantasia.php "Le dernier film d’André Forcier à Fantasia"]. ''[[La Presse (Canadian newspaper). La Presse]]'', July 3, 2024.
  8. Charles-Henri Ramond, [https://www.filmsquebec.com/fantasia-premiere-ville-jacques-carton/ "Fantasia: Première de Ville Jacques-Carton"]. ''Films du Québec'', June 12, 2025.
  9. "Forcier, André – Prix Albert-Tessier 2003". Prix du Québec.
  10. "Archives". Governor General of Canada.
  11. Levesque, François. (1 March 2018). "Entretien avec le cinéaste André Forcier: trêve de nostalgie". [[Le Devoir]].
  12. Foreman, Alison. "Fantasia Fest 2024 Announces Its Stellar Final Lineup with 'Ababouiné', 'In Our Blood', and More".

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