Roger Fournier

Roger Fournier
Born(1929-10-22)October 22, 1929
Saint-Anaclet, Quebec, Canada
DiedMay 31, 2012(2012-05-31) (aged 82)
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Occupationnovelist, short story writer, screenwriter, television director
LanguageFrench
Years active1960s-1990s
Notable worksLe cercle des arènes, A Day in a Taxi
Notable awardsGovernor General's Award for French-language fiction, Prix France-Québec

Roger Fournier (October 22, 1929 - May 31, 2012) was a Canadian writer and television director.[1] He was most noted for his novel Le cercle des arènes, which won the Governor General's Award for French-language fiction and the Prix France-Québec in 1982,[1] and his screenplay for the film A Day in a Taxi (Une journée en taxi), for which he received a Genie Award nomination for Best Original Screenplay in 1983.[2]

He was a longtime television director for Télévision de Radio-Canada, including on the series Moi et l'autre and Bye Bye,[3] and assisted in creating Gilles Vigneault's first concert tour.[3]

Filmography

  • Inutile et adorable (1963)
  • À nous deux! (1965)
  • Les Filles à Mounne (1966)
  • Journal d'un jeune marié (1967)
  • La voix (1968)
  • L'innocence d'Isabelle (1969)
  • Heads or Tails (Pile ou face) - 1971
  • Gilles Vigneault, mon ami (1972)
  • La marche des grands cocus (1972)
  • Moi, mon corps, mon âme, Montréal, etc. (1974)
  • Les cornes sacrées (1977)
  • Pour l'amour de Sawinne (1984)
  • Les sirènes du Saint-Laurent (1984)
  • Chair Satan (1989)
  • La Danse éternelle (1991)
  • Le retour de Sawinne (1992)
  • Gaïagyne (1994)
  • Les mauvaises pensées (1996)
  • Le pied - contes érotiques et très cruels (1996)
  • Le Stomboat (1999)
  • Les miroirs de mes nuits (2000)

References

  1. ^ a b "L'écrivain Roger Fournier est décédé". Le Téléjournal, June 1, 2012.
  2. ^ "Top Genie prospects for Jack Miner movie". The Globe and Mail, February 10, 1983.
  3. ^ a b "Roger Fournier (1929-2012): un artiste au destin improbable". La Presse, June 11, 2012.