Anne Claire Poirier O.C. (born 6 June 1932) is a Canadian film producer, director and screenwriter.
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| Born | 6 June 1932 Saint-Hyacinthe, Quebec, Canada |
| Occupation(s) | Film producer Film director Screenwriter |
| Years active | 1963-1996 |
Biography edit
Poirier was born in Saint-Hyacinthe, Quebec. She was the only female filmmaker on the National Film Board of Canada in the 1960s and 1970s.[1] Her first film, the black and white surrealist fictional documentary De mère en fille (1968), critiques social codes of motherhood and investigates the psychological experience of pregnancy. The film had a significant influence on the nascent feminist movement in Canada. De mère en fille is the first feature film ever directed by a French-Canadian woman.[2] Poirier's film Mourir à tue-tête competed in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1979 Cannes Film Festival.[3] Mourir à tue-tête, which aboards the subject of rape, remains Poirier's best known film.[4] Her 1974 film Les Filles du Roi explores a history of masculinity in Quebec.[5] In 1996, she directed the feature-length documentary Tu as crié: Let me go to understand the events that led to the murder of her daughter.
Awards and honours edit
In 1988, she was awarded the Prix Albert-Tessier. Tu as crié: Let me go received numerous awards including the Genie Award for Best Feature Length Documentary.[6] In 2001, Poirier received a Governor General's Performing Arts Award for Lifetime Artistic Achievement in film.[7] She was appointed an Officer of the Order of Canada in 2003.[8]
Filmography edit
Fiction edit
- La fin des étés - 1964, short
- Le savoir-faire s'impose - 1971, short
- Before the Time Comes (Le temps de l'avant) - 1975
- A Scream from Silence (Mourir à tue-tête) - 1979
- Beyond Forty (La Quarantaine) - 1982
- Salut Victor - 1988
Documentaries edit
- Stampede (Short, 1962)
- Nomade de l'Ouest (Short, 1962)
- 30 Minutes, Mr. Plummer (Short, 1963)
- Les ludions (Short, 1965)
- De mère en fille (1968)
- Les filles du Roy (1974)
- Il y a longtemps que je t'aime (1989)
- Tu as crié: Let me go (1996)
See also edit
References edit
- ^ Kay Armatage; Kass Banning; Brenda Longfellow; Janine Marchessault (1999). Gendering the Nation: Canadia Women's Cinema. University of Toronto Press. p. 8.
- ^ "Canadian Film Encyclopedia - Anne Claire Poirier". Archived from the original on 26 July 2011.
- ^ "Festival de Cannes: A Scream from Silence". Archived from the original on 30 July 2012.
- ^ "Canadian Film Encyclopedia - Anne Claire Poirier". Archived from the original on 26 July 2011.
- ^ Canada, National Film Board of, They Called Us 'Les Filles du Roy', retrieved 1 August 2018
- ^ "IMDb - Genie Awards (1997)". IMDb.
- ^ "Anne Claire Poirier biography- GGPAA".
- ^ "Order of Canada: Anne Claire Poirier". The Governor General of Canada. Retrieved 13 March 2017.