Léonard Forest (January 17, 1928 – March 19, 2024) was an American-born Canadian filmmaker, poet and essayist.

Léonard Forest
Forest in 2009
Born(1928-01-17)January 17, 1928
DiedMarch 19, 2024(2024-03-19) (aged 96)
Occupation(s)Author, film director, scriptwriter, film producer
Years active1953–2004

Life and career

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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

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As director

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As script writer

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  • 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

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  • 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

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Bibliography

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Josette Déléas, Léonard Forest ou le ragard pionnier, Centre d'études acadiennes, Moncton, 1998

References

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  1. ^ Brideau, Roland. "Acadia, Culture of: Cinema". The Canadian Encyclopedia. Archived from the original on August 17, 2005. Retrieved 25 September 2010.
  2. ^ Le cinéaste acadien Léonard Forest s’est éteint à l’âge de 96 ans (in French)
  3. ^ "Film Collection:Léonard Forest". National Film Board of Canada. Retrieved 25 September 2010.
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