Patrice Sauvé is a Canadian film and television director from Quebec,[1] most noted as director of the fantasy thriller television series Grande Ourse and its film adaptation The Master Key (Grande Ourse, la clé des possibles).[2]

He worked in television, winning a Gemini Award for Best Direction in a Comedy Program or Series at the 20th Gemini Awards in 2005 for an episode of Ciao Bella,[3] before releasing his debut feature film Cheech in 2006.[4] The Master Key followed in 2009;[5] he then returned to television, winning a Gémeaux Award for Best Direction in a Drama Series in 2012 for Vertige,[6] and did not release another feature film until Ça sent la coupe in 2017.[7]

His fourth feature film, The Little Girl and the Old Man (La petite et le vieux), premiered at the 77th Locarno Film Festival in 2024.[8]

Filmography

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Films

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Television

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  • Génération W - 1997
  • Arnaques - 1998
  • La Vie, la vie - 2001
  • Grande Ourse - 2003
  • Ciao Bella - 2004
  • L'Héritière de Grande Ourse - 2005
  • The Parent Family (Les Parent) - 2010
  • Vertige - 2012
  • Karl & Max - 2016
  • Victor Lessard - 2017
  • Le Monstre - 2019
  • La Faille - 2019–21
  • Larry - 2022

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