Clément Perron

Clément Perron
Born(1929-07-03)July 3, 1929
Quebec City, Quebec, Canada
DiedOctober 12, 1999(1999-10-12) (aged 70)
Pointe-Claire, Quebec, Canada
Occupation(s)Film director
Film producer
Screenwriter
Years active1958 - 1994

Clément Perron (July 3, 1929 – October 12, 1999) was a Canadian film director and screenwriter.[1][2]

Early life and education

Perron was born in Quebec City, Quebec. After graduating from the University of Laval with a Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy Perron went to France to continue his studies with the goal of becoming a teacher. He studied linguistics at the Academie de Portier.[3]

Career

After watching screenings at the Cinémathèque française in Paris, Perron became interested in cinema and on his return to Canada in 1957, he joined the NFB as a writer.[4]

In 1960, he began directing documentary shorts and in 1962, found critical success with his film Day After Day (Jour après jour), which won two Canadian Film Awards.[5] Perron continued to work primarily on documentaries until the NFB decided to make an attempt at a more commercial cinema in the late sixties and early seventies.[6] He directed three fiction feature-length films of moderate success during this time period but his biggest accomplishment was writing the screenplay for Mon oncle Antoine (1971) which was based on his own childhood experiences.[7]

Perron retired from the NFB in 1986 to work in the private sector primarily as a writer.[citation needed] Perron died in 1999 in Pointe-Claire, Quebec.

Selected filmography

Fiction

Documentaries

  • Georges-P. Vanier: soldat, diplomate, gouverneur général (Short, 1960)
  • Crossbreeding for Profit (Short, Co-Directed with Pierre Patry, 1961)
  • Loisirs (Short, Co-Directed with Pierre Patry, 1962)
  • Les bacheliers de la cinquième (Short Co-Directed with Francis Séguillon, 1962)
  • Day After Day (Jour après jour) (Short, 1962)
  • Marie-Victorin (Short, 1963)
  • Salut Toronto! (Short, 1965)
  • Cinéma et réalité (Co-Directed with Georges Dufaux, 1967)
  • Fermont, P.Q. (Co-Directed with Monique Fortier, 1980)

References

  1. ^ "Fernand Dansereau - Northern Stars". Archived from the original on 2011-08-22.
  2. ^ Peter Easingwood; Konrad Gross; Lynette Hunter (1996). Difference and Community: Canadian and European Cultural Perspectives. Rodopi. p. 119. ISBN 90-420-0050-3.
  3. ^ Douglas Bowie; Tom Shoebridge (1 December 1992). Best Canadian screenplays. Quarry Press. p. 432. ISBN 978-1-55082-045-4.
  4. ^ "Clement Perron". The Canadian Encyclopedia.
  5. ^ Scott MacKenzie; Professor Scott MacKenzie (2004). Screening Québec: Québécois Moving Images, National Identity, and the Public Sphere. Manchester University Press. p. 134. ISBN 978-0-7190-6396-1.
  6. ^ Jim Leach (1999). Claude Jutra: Filmmaker. McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP. p. 122. ISBN 978-0-7735-2005-9.
  7. ^ "Canadian Film Encyclopedia - Clement Perron". Archived from the original on 2012-10-07. Retrieved 2011-05-13.