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{{Short description|Canadian producer, director, editor, actor and screenwriter}}
'''Roger Frappier''' (born April 14, 1945) is a Canadian producer, director, editor, actor, and screenwriter.

==Biography==
Roger Frappier worked in all areas of the film business, from film critic to television commercial director to director/ producer of the experimental feature documentary ''Le Gand film ordinaire'', until he found his true vocation as a hands-on producer. While at the [[National Film Board of Canada]] in the early 1980s, he assembled a group of writer/directors who collaborated on developing edgy, urban dramas. The script for ''Le Déclin de l’empire américain'' emerged from the process that Frappier had set in motion. With that film’s phenomenal success, Frappier rose to the ranks of the top producers of feature films in Quebec. He left the NFB in 1986 and founded Max Films with [[Pierre Gendron (producer)|Pierre Gendron]], producing ''Un Zoo la nuit'' in 1987, the winner of 13 Genie Awards, still a record. His many other films include ''Pouvoir intime'', ''Anne Trister'', ''Jésus de Montréal'', ''Ding et Dong, le film'' and ''Cosmos''. Members of the Cosmos collective went on to make two of the most celebrated works in recent Québécois cinema, ''Un 32 août sur terre'' and ''Maelström'', underscoring Frappier’s eye for fresh talent. His 2003 production, the affable ''Seducing Doctor Lewi''s, became one of the highest-grossing films at the domestic box office in Canadian film history.<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Alioff|first1=Maurie|title=Cosmos: The World According to Roger Frappier|journal=Take One: Film in Canada|date=1997|volume=6|issue=17|pages=24–26, 32–33}}</ref>

== Filmography ==

===As producer===
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* 1971: ''[[The Great Ordinary Movie]] (Le Grand film ordinaire)''
* 1974: ''We're Right to Rebel (On a raison de se révolter)''
* 1977: ''Le Manitoba ne répond plus''
* 1978: ''A Day in Forillon (Une journée à Forillon)''
* 1978: ''Soils of Canada''
* 1978: ''Kouchibouguac''
* 1978: ''The Battle of the Châteauguay (La Bataille de la Châteauguay)''
* 1978: ''Santa Gertrudis, la première question sur le bonheur''
* 1978: ''A Day in Point Pelee''
* 1979: ''La Fiction nucléaire''
* 1979: ''La Loi de la ville''
* 1980: ''Le Deal mexicain''
* 1980: ''De la tourbe et du restant''
* 1980: ''[[Cordélia (film)|Cordélia]]''
* 1981: ''[[Voyage de nuit]]''
* 1982: ''[[Comfort and Indifference]] (Le Confort et l'indifférence)''
* 1985: ''Une guerre dans mon jardin''
* 1985: ''Cochez oui, cochez non''
* 1985: ''Cinéma, cinéma''
* 1985: ''Haiti, Québec''
* 1986: ''[[Sonia (1986 film)|Sonia]]''
* 1986: ''[[Anne Trister]]''
* 1986: ''[[Intimate Power (1986 film)|Intimate Power]] (Pouvoir intime)''
* 1986: ''[[The Decline of the American Empire]] (Le Déclin de l'empire américain)''
* 1987: ''[[Night Zoo]] (Un zoo la nuit)''
* 1989: ''[[Jesus of Montreal]] (Jésus de Montréal)''
* 1990: ''Un autre homme''
* 1990: ''[[Moody Beach (film)|Moody Beach]]''
* 1990: ''[[Ding et Dong|Ding et Dong : le film]]''
* 1992: ''[[Phantom Life]] (La Vie fantôme)''
* 1992: ''Lapse of Memory''
* 1992: ''[[The Dark Side of the Heart]] (Le Côté obscur du cœur)''
* 1993: ''[[Love and Human Remains]]''
* 1995: ''[[Water Child]] (L'Enfant d'eau)''
* 1996: ''[[Cosmos (1996 film)|Cosmos]]''
* 1996: ''[[Not Me!]] (Sous-sol)''
* 1998: ''[[The Countess of Baton Rouge]] (La Comtesse de Bâton Rouge)''
* 1998: ''[[2 Seconds]] (2 secondes)''
* 1998: ''[[August 32nd on Earth]] (Un 32 août sur terre)''
* 1999: ''[[Matroni and Me]] (Matroni et moi)''
* 2000: ''Mack Sennett: King of Comedy (Mack Sennett, roi du comique)''
* 2000: ''[[Life After Love (film)|Life After Love]] (La Vie après l'amour)''
* 2000: ''[[Maelström (film)|Maelström]]''
* 2001: ''[[Tar Angel]] (L'Ange de goudron)''
* 2002: ''[[Chaos and Desire]] (La Turbulence des fluides)''
* 2002: ''Le Plateau'' (TV series)
* 2003: ''[[How My Mother Gave Birth to Me During Menopause]] (Comment ma mère accoucha de moi durant sa ménopause)''
* 2003: ''[[Père et fils]]''
* 2003: ''[[Seducing Doctor Lewis]] (La Grande Séduction)''
* 2005: ''Tango, un giro extraño''
* 2005: ''[[Life with My Father]] (La Vie avec mon père)''
* 2005: ''[[Saint Martyrs of the Damned]] (Saints-Martyrs-des-Damnés)''
* 2006: ''[[The Secret Life of Happy People]] (La Vie secrète des gens heureux)''
* 2008: ''[[Through the Mist]] (Dédé, à travers les brumes)''
* 2010: ''[[Crying Out (film)|Crying Out]] (À l'origine d'un cri)''
* 2012: ''[[Liverpool (2012 film)|Liverpool]]''
* 2013: ''[[The Grand Seduction]]''
* 2013: ''[[Another House]] (L'autre maison)''
* 2020: ''[[Chaakapesh]]''
* 2021: ''[[The Power of the Dog (film)|The Power of the Dog]]''
* 2023: ''[[Tell Me Why These Things Are So Beautiful]] (Dis-moi pourquoi ces choses sont si belles)''
* 2024: ''[[Ababooned]] (Ababouiné)''
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===As director===
* 1971: ''[[The Great Ordinary Movie]] (Le Grand film ordinaire)''
* 1973: ''[[Unfinished Infonie]] (L'Infonie inachevée...)''
* 1977: ''Saturday: The Womb of Night (Samedi - Le Ventre de la nuit)''
* 1977: ''Monday: Happiness Is (Lundi - Une chaumière, un cœur)''
* 1981: ''[[Voyage de nuit]]''
* 1984: ''[[The Last Glacier]] (Le Dernier glacier)''
* 2000: ''Die Fremde''
* 2020: ''[[Chaakapesh]]''

===As editor===
* 1970: ''The Storm (El Assifa)''
* 1971: ''Pizzagone''
* 1971: ''It Is Necessary to Be Among the Peoples of the World to Know Them (Faut aller parmi l'monde pour le savoir)''
* 1974: ''[[Unfinished Infonie]] (L'Infonie inachevée...)''

===As actor===
* 1973: ''[[Réjeanne Padovani]]'' : ''Un militant''
* 2003: ''[[Father and Sons]] (Père et fils)'' : ''Pharmacien''

===As scriptwriter===
* 1984: ''[[The Last Glacier]] (Le Dernier glacier)''

==Awards and nominations==

=== Awards ===
* 1987 : [[Genie Award]] for Best Motion Picture and Golden Reel Award with [[René Malo]], ''The Decline of the American Empire''
* 1988 : [[Genie Award]] for Best Motion Picture with Pierre Gendron, ''Un Zoo la nuit''
* 1990 : [[Genie Award]] for Best Motion Picture and Golden Reel Award with Pierre Gendron, ''Jésus de Montréal''
* 1991 : [[Genie Award]] Golden Reel Award, ''Ding et Dong : le film''
* 2001 : [[Genie Award]] for Best Motion Picture with Luc Vandal, ''Maelström''
* 2022 : [[Golden Globe Award]] for Best Motion Picture - Drama, ''The Power of the Dog''

===Nominations===
* 1982 : [[Genie Award]] for Best Theatrical Short with Carole Mondello, ''Voyage de nuit''
* 1987 : [[Academy Award]] for Best Foreign-Language Film with René Malo, ''The Decline of the American Empire''
* 1990 : [[Academy Award]] for Best Foreign-Language Film with Pierre Gendron, ''Jésus de Montréal''
* 1991 : [[BAFTA]] for Best Film Not in English with Pierre Gendron, ''Jésus de Montréal''
* 1999 : [[Jutra Award]] for Best Film, ''2 secondes''
* 1999 : [[Jutra Award]] for Best Film, ''Un 32 août sur terre''
* 2002 : [[Jutra Award]] for Best Film with Luc Vandal, ''L'Ange de goudron''
* 2004 : [[Genie Award]] for Best Motion Picture with Pierre Grendon, ''Seducing Doctor Lewis''
* 2007 : [[Jutra Award]] for Best Film with Luc Vandal
* 2007 : [[Genie Award]] for Best Motion Picture, ''La vie secrète des gens heureux''
* 2009 : [[Jutra Award]] for Best Film with Luc Vandal, ''Borderline''
* 2014 : [[Genie Award]] for Best Film with Barbara Doran, ''The Grand Seduction''
* 2022 : [[Academy Award]] for Best Picture with [[Jane Campion]], [[Tanya Seghatchian]], [[Emile Sherman]], and [[Iain Canning]], ''The Power of the Dog''

==References==
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