Denys Arcand Biography (1941-)

Born June 25, 1941, in Deschambault, Quebec, Canada; brother of Gabriel Arcand (an actor and composer).

Nationality: Canadian
Gender: Male
Occupation: Director, screenwriter, actor, editor
Birth Details: June 25, 1941; Deschambault, Quebec, Canada

Famous Works

CREDITS
Film Director, Except Where Indicated
(With Denis Heroux and Stephane Venne) Seul ou avec d'autres,Association Generale des Etudiants de l'Universite de Montreal, 1962
Champlain (documentary), National Film Board of Canada, 1963
Les Montrealistes (documentary; also known as Ville-Marie),National Film Board of Canada, 1964
La route de l'ouest (documentary), National Film Board of Canada, 1964
Samuel de Champlain: Quebec 1603, 1964
Montreal un jour d'ete (short), OFQ and Les Cineastes Associes, 1965
Creator, Quebec 1603, 1965
(And editor) Volley Ball (short; also known as Volleyball),National Film Board of Canada, 1966
(And editor) Parcs atlantiques (short; also known as Atlantic Parks), National Film Board of Canada, 1967
La maudite galette (also known as Dirty Money and The Damned Loot), Cinak, 1972
(And cinematographer and editor) Quebec: Duplessis et apres (alsoknown as Quebec: Duplessis and After ...), National Film Board of Canada, 1972
(And editor) Rejeanne Padovani, Cinak, 1973
(And [uncredited] editor) Gina (also known as Stone Cold Revenge), Carle-Lamy Productions, 1974
On est au coton (documentary; also known as Cotton Mill, Treadmill), National Film Board of Canada, 1976
Le confort et l'indifference (documentary; also known as Comfort and Indifference and Quebec et apres), Canadian Empire Inc.,1982
(With Gilles Carle) Le crime d'Ovide Plouffe, National Film Board of Canada, 1983, released in United States as The Crime of Ovide Plouffe (also known as Murder in the Family), by International Cinema,1985
Le declin de l'empire americain, Corporation Image M & M Ltee/National Film Board of Canada, 1986, released in United States as TheDecline of the American Empire by Cineplex Odeon, 1986
Jesus of Montreal (also known as Jesus de Montreal), OrionClassics, 1990
"Vue d'ailleurs" (also known as "Seen from Elsewhere"), Montreal vu par ... (also known as Montreal Sextet), 1991
Dialogue advisor, La vie fantome (also known as Phantom Life), 1992
Scenographical advisor, Les amoureueses, 1993
Love and Human Remains (also known as Amour et restes humains), 1993
Joyeux Calvaire (also known as Poverty and Other Delights),Funfilm Distribution, 1996
Stardom (also known as 15 Moments), Lions Gate Films, 2000
Film Appearances
C'est pas la faute a Jacques Cartier, 1967
Mon oeil, 1971

Detective, La maudite galette (also known as Dirty Money and The Damned Loot), Cinak, 1972
(Uncredited) Le garde du corps de Sam Tannebaum, Rejeanne Padovani, Cinak, 1973
Rocket, On n'engraisse pas les cochons a l'eau claire (also known as Pigs Are Seldom Clean), 1973
Jean-Paul, La tete de Normande St-Onge (also known as The Headof Normande St. Onge and Normande), 1975
Man at peep show, Un zoo la nuit (also known as Night Zoo),1987
Himself (film director), The Magical Eye, 1989
The judge, Jesus of Montreal, Orion Classics, 1990
"Desperanto or Let Sleeping Girls Lie," Montreal vu par ... (alsoknown as Montreal Sextet), 1991
Director, Leolo, 1992
Himself, In the Shadow of Hollywood (also known as A l'ombre d'Hollywood), National Film Board of Canada, 2000
Television Director
Miniseries
(With Gilles Carle) Murder in the Family, Antenne-21 Films A2, 1985
Episodic
Empire, Inc. (three episodes), CBC, 1982
Television Appearances
Movies
Nominigue ... depuis qu'il existe, 1968
WRITINGS
Screenplays
(With Denis Heroux and Stephane Venne) Seul ou avec d'autres,Association Generale des Etudiants de l'Universite de Montreal, 1962
Champlain (documentary), National Film Board of Canada, 1963
Les Montrealistes (documentary; also known as Ville-Marie),National Film Board of Canada, 1964
La route de l'ouest (documentary), National Film Board of Canada, 1964
Samuel de Champlain: Quebec 1603, 1964
Paralleles et grand soleil, 1964
Appuis et suspensions, 1964
Entre la mer et l'eau douce (also known as Between Sweet and Salt Water and Drifting Upstream), 1967
La maudite galette (also known as Dirty Money and The Damned Loot), Cinak, 1972
Quebec: Duplessis et apres (also known as Quebec: Duplessis andAfter ...), National Film Board of Canada, 1972
Rejeanne Padovani, Cinak, 1973
Gina (also known as Stone Cold Revenge), Carle-Lamy Productions, 1974
On est au coton (documentary; also known as Cotton Mill, Treadmill), National Film Board of Canada, 1976
Le confort et l'indifference (documentary; also known as Comfort and Indifference and Quebec et apres), Canadian Empire Inc.,1982
(With Roger Lemelin) Le crime d'Ovide Plouffe, National Film Board of Canada, released in United States as The Crime of Ovide Plouffe (also known as Murder in the Family), International Cinema, 1985
Le declin de l'empire americain, Corporation Image M & M Ltee/National Film Board of Canada, released in United States as The Decline of the American Empire, Cineplex Odeon, 1986
Jesus of Montreal (also known as Jesus de Montreal), OrionClassics, 1990
Stardom (also known as 15 Moments), Lions Gate Films, 2000
Television Miniseries
Duplessis, CBC, 1976
Other
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Further Reference

OTHER SOURCES

Periodicals

Cinema Canada, October, 1986, p. 15.
Hollywood Reporter, May 22, 1989, p. 14.
Macleans, September 15, 1986, p. 48; May 1, 2000, p. 69.

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