Patrick Demers

Patrick Demers is a film director from Montreal, born in 1969 in Saint-Eustache, Quebec.

Biography

Following his graduation from film school at the age of 22, Demers traveled around the world alone over six months with a handheld camera for La Course destination monde (Radio-Canada Television) and started shooting.

After a few years working as a director in the television and advertising industries, his first short fiction film, Discharge (Décharge), won the award for Best Canadian Short Film at the Toronto International Film Festival.[1] In 2003 he wrote and directed "Dans un spoutnik", an animated music video for Daniel Bélanger which won several awards in the ADISQ Gala[2] and at the MuchMusic Video Awards[3] that year. His next documentary, Regular or Super: Views on Mies van der Rohe, that he co-directed and edited, won Best Canadian Work at the Festival International du Film sur l'Art en 2004.[4]

Suspicions (Jaloux), his first feature film, was released in 2010.[5] The independent movie was produced by Productions Kinesis and was selected by the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival[6] and by the Toronto International Film Festival[7] while also opening the Canadian Front[8] at the Museum of Modern Art in 2011. Origami (2017) premiered at the Fantasia International Film Festival[9] where it won the Barry Convex Special Jury Prize for its deft direction, sophisticated visual aesthetic, strong performances, and the successful blending of genres in a complex story told in a refreshingly unconventional manner.[10]

Filmography

Shorts

  • 1987 - Ma dernière cigarette
  • 1988 - Le refus
  • 1989 — Brand New Flambant Neuf
  • 1990 - monsieurmadamechose
  • 1991 - Lamenta
  • 1999 - Discharge (Décharge)
  • 2004 - Le Collet

Animation

  • 2003 - "Dans un spoutnik" (music video for Daniel Bélanger)
  • 2005 - "Heureux d'un printemps"

Documentary

  • 2004 Regular or Super: Views on Mies van der Rohe

Feature films

References

  1. ^ TIFF Canadian Film Encyclopedia Archived 2012-05-15 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ ADISQ Gala 2003 Archived 2014-01-13 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ MMVA 2003 Winners
  4. ^ FIFA
  5. ^ "Suspicions (Jaloux)". ScreenDaily, July 16, 2010.
  6. ^ KVIFF Archive Archived 2011-09-30 at the Wayback Machine
  7. ^ TIFF 2010 Schedule Archived 2011-08-23 at the Wayback Machine
  8. ^ Canadian Front Archived 2011-07-14 at the Wayback Machine
  9. ^ "Fantasia". Archived from the original on 2017-10-03. Retrieved 2017-10-02.
  10. ^ screenanarchy.com