Léonard Forest (January 17, 1928 – March 19, 2024) was an American-born Canadian filmmaker, poet and essayist.
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| Born | January 17, 1928 Chelsea, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Died | March 19, 2024 (aged 96) |
| Occupation(s) | Author, film director, scriptwriter, film producer |
| Years active | 1953–2004 |
Life and career edit
Léonard Forest was born in Massachusetts, United States, and grew up in Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada.
Forest worked at the National Film Board from 1953 to 1980 and was involved in about 130 films, either as director, producer or script-writer.[1]
Forest died on March 19, 2024, at the age of 96.[2]
Filmography edit
As director edit
- The Charwoman (La femme de ménage) – 1954
- The Dikes (Les aboiteaux) – 1955, co-directed with Roger Blais
- Fishermen of Pubnico (Pêcheurs de Pomcoup) – 1956
- Le monde des femmes – 1956
- Haiti (Amitiés haïtiennes) – 1957
- The Whole World Over – 1957
- Bonjou' soleil – 1957
- In Search of Innocence (À la recherche de l'innocence) – 1964
- Walls of Memory (Mémoire en fête) – 1964
- Les Acadiens de la dispersion – 1968
- Acadie libre – 1969
- Out of Silence – 1970
- La noce est pas finie – 1971
- A Sun Like Nowhere Else (Un soleil pas comme ailleurs) – 1972
- Far from Away: The Arts in St. John's (Saint-Jean-sur-ailleurs) – 1980
- Portrait: Gerald Squires of Newfoundland – 1980[3]
As script writer edit
- Les aboiteaux (1955)
- Les midinettes (1955)
- Pêcheurs de Pomcoup (1956)
- La vie est courte (1956)
- Amitiés haïtiennes (1957)
- Bonjou' soleil (1957)
- L'héritage (1960)
- À la recherche de l'innocence (1964)
- Mémoire en fête (1964)
- Les Acadiens de la dispersion (1968)
- Un soleil pas comme ailleurs (1972)
- Saint-Jean-sur-ailleurs (1980)
- Portrait: Gerald Squires of Newfoundland (1980)
As producer edit
- Panoramique six films made for television (1957–1958)
including:
- Le monde du travail five films (1957–1958)
- L'Urbanisme (1957–1958)
- La drave(1957–1958)
- Series «Profils et Paysages» (1958–1959)
including:
- Germaine Guèvremont, romancière
- John Lyman, peintre
- Félix Leclerc, troubadour
- Charles Forest, curé-fondateur
- Fred Barry, comédien
- Henri Gagnon, organiste
- Marius Barbeau, anthropologue
- Pierre Beaulieu, agriculteur
- Lionel Groulx, historien I
- Lionel Groulx, historien II
- Les Petites Sœurs, religieuses cloîtrées
- Georges Vanier, soldat, diplomate et gouverneur-général
- Édouard Simard, industriel I
- Édouard Simard, industriel II
- St-Denys Garneau, poète
- Wilfred Pelletier, musicien
- Alfred Desrochers, poète
- Cyrias Ouellet, homme de science
- La canne à pêche (1959)
- Normétal (1959)
- L'immigré (1959)
- La canne à pêche (1959)
- Au bout de ma rue (1960)
- L'héritage (1960)
- La misère des autres (1960)
Published works edit
- Saisons antérieures poetry (1973) at Éditions d'Acadie
- Comme en Florence poetry (1980) was awarded the prix France-Acadie
- La jointure du temps essays (1998) at Éditions Perce-Neige, was awarded the Prix Champlain 1999
- Le pommier d'août poetry (2001) at Éditions Perce-Neige
- Les trois pianos children's book (2003) at Éditions Bouton d'or Acadie
- Ni queue ni tête children's book (2004) at Éditions Bouton d'or Acadie
Bibliography edit
Josette Déléas, Léonard Forest ou le ragard pionnier, Centre d'études acadiennes, Moncton, 1998
References edit
- ^ Brideau, Roland. "Acadia, Culture of: Cinema". The Canadian Encyclopedia. Archived from the original on August 17, 2005. Retrieved 25 September 2010.
- ^ Le cinéaste acadien Léonard Forest s’est éteint à l’âge de 96 ans (in French)
- ^ "Film Collection:Léonard Forest". National Film Board of Canada. Retrieved 25 September 2010.
External Links edit
- Léonard Forest at IMDb
- Léonard Forest discography at Discogs
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