René Malo

René Malo
Producer René Malo.
Born (1942-03-07) 7 March 1942 (age 82)
Joliette, Quebec
OccupationFilm producer

René Malo, CQ (born 7 March 1942) is a French Canadian film producer, most noted for establishing the Malofilm production and distribution studio.

Born in Joliette, Quebec, Malo produced youth-oriented shows at Expo 67. He later became a member of the first crew assigned to manage Radio-Québec.[1]

As director Denys Arcand worked on the screenplay that became the 1986 film The Decline of the American Empire for producer Roger Frappier, Frappier saw the story as promising and lobbied Malo to co-produce, for a bigger budget.[2] Frappier and Malo raised $1.8 million, allowing for more settings to be depicted in the film.[3] Malo and Frappier eventually won the Genie Award for Best Motion Picture for the film.[4] Among the other 25 films Malo produced were Sonatine (1984) and The Revolving Doors (1988).[1]

He later led the René Malo Foundation, which in 2006 awarded a $500,000 grant to the Université du Québec à Montréal for the establishment of the Chaire René-Malo. The Chaire René-Malo, led by Professor Paul Tana, was created with a mandate to guide young filmmakers.[5] In 2013, Malo was appointed a Knight of the National Order of Quebec.[6]

References

  1. ^ a b "René Malo honoré". Radio-Canada. 20 January 2010. Retrieved 23 April 2017.
  2. ^ Loiselle, André (2008). Denys Arcand's Le Déclin de L'empire Américain and Les Invasions Barbares. Toronto, Buffalo and London: University of Toronto Press. p. 21. ISBN 978-0802099334.
  3. ^ Loiselle, André (2008). Denys Arcand's Le Déclin de L'empire Américain and Les Invasions Barbares. Toronto, Buffalo and London: University of Toronto Press. p. 22. ISBN 978-0802099334.
  4. ^ "Awards". The Decline of the American Empire. National Film Board of Canada. Archived from the original on 23 February 2012. Retrieved 7 November 2009.
  5. ^ "Création de la Chaire René-Malo en cinéma et en stratégies de production culturelle de l'UQAM". Université du Québec à Montréal. 5 April 2006. Archived from the original on 13 June 2015. Retrieved 23 April 2017.
  6. ^ "René Malo". Government of Quebec. Retrieved 23 April 2017.


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