Anne Claire Poirier
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Anne Claire Poirier O.C. (born 6 June 1932) is a Canadian film producer, director and screenwriter.
Biography
Poirier was born in Saint-Hyacinthe, Quebec. She was the only female filmmaker on the National Film Board of Canada in the 1960s and 1970s.[1] Her first film, the black and white surrealist fictional documentary De mère en fille (1968), critiques social codes of motherhood and investigates the psychological experience of pregnancy. The film had a significant influence on the nascent feminist movement in Canada. De mère en fille is the first feature film ever directed by a French-Canadian woman.[2] Poirier's film Mourir à tue-tête competed in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1979 Cannes Film Festival.[3] Mourir à tue-tête, which aboards the subject of rape, remains Poirier's best known film.[4] Her 1974 film Les Filles du Roi explores a history of masculinity in Quebec.[5] In 1996, she directed the feature-length documentary Tu as crié: Let me go to understand the events that led to the murder of her daughter.
Awards and honours
In 1988, she was awarded the Prix Albert-Tessier. Tu as crié: Let me go received numerous awards including the Genie Award for Best Feature Length Documentary.[6] In 2001, Poirier received a Governor General's Performing Arts Award for Lifetime Artistic Achievement in film.[7] She was appointed an Officer of the Order of Canada in 2003.[8]
Filmography
Fiction
- La fin des étés - 1964, short
- Le savoir-faire s'impose - 1971, short
- Before the Time Comes (Le temps de l'avant) - 1975
- A Scream from Silence (Mourir à tue-tête) - 1979
- Beyond Forty (La Quarantaine) - 1982
- Salut Victor - 1988
Documentaries
- Stampede (Short, 1962)
- Nomade de l'Ouest (Short, 1962)
- 30 Minutes, Mr. Plummer (Short, 1963)
- Les ludions (Short, 1965)
- De mère en fille (1968)
- Les filles du Roy (1974)
- Il y a longtemps que je t'aime (1989)
- Tu as crié: Let me go (1996)
See also
References
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External links
- Anne Claire Poirier at IMDbTemplate:EditAtWikidataScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
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- 1932 births
- Living people
- Film producers from Quebec
- Canadian women film directors
- Canadian screenwriters in French
- Film directors from Quebec
- Canadian documentary film directors
- Directors of Genie and Canadian Screen Award winners for Best Documentary Film
- Canadian women film producers
- Canadian women screenwriters
- Officers of the Order of Canada
- Prix Albert-Tessier winners
- Canadian women documentary filmmakers
- Governor General's Award winners