Anne Claire Poirier
Anne Claire Poirier | |
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 Poirier in 2019 | |
| Born | 6 June 1932 Saint-Hyacinthe, Quebec, Canada |
| Died | 28 September 2026 (aged 94) Outremont, Quebec, Canada |
| Occupations | Film producer Film director Screenwriter |
| Years active | 1963–1996 |
Anne Claire Poirier OC (6 June 1932 – 28 September 2026) was a Canadian film producer, director and screenwriter.[1]
Life and career
[edit]Poirier was born in Saint-Hyacinthe, Quebec, on 6 June 1932. She was the only female filmmaker on the National Film Board of Canada in the 1960s and 1970s.[2] 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.[3] Poirier's film Mourir à tue-tête competed in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1979 Cannes Film Festival.[4] Mourir à tue-tête, which deals with the subject of rape, remains Poirier's best known film.[5] Her 1974 film Les Filles du Roi explores a history of masculinity in Quebec.[6] 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.[citation needed]
Poirier died at her home in Outremont on 28 September 2026, at the age of 94.[7]
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.[8] In 2001, Poirier received a Governor General's Performing Arts Award for Lifetime Artistic Achievement in film.[9] She was appointed an Officer of the Order of Canada in 2003.[10]
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]- ↑ Jamie Casemore, "Pioneer filmmaker Anne Claire Poirier dies at 94". Playback, September 29, 2026.
- ↑ Kay Armatage; Kass Banning; Brenda Longfellow; Janine Marchessault (1999). Gendering the Nation: Canadian 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".
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link) - ↑ "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
- ↑ "La cinéaste Anne Claire Poirier est décédée". Radio-Canada (in Canadian French). Radio-Canada.ca. 28 September 2026. Retrieved 28 September 2026.
- ↑ "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.
External links
[edit]- Anne Claire Poirier at IMDb
- Article at thecanadianencyclopedia.ca
- Anne Claire Poirier discography at Discogs
- 1932 births
- 2026 deaths
- Film producers from Quebec
- Canadian women film directors
- French-language Canadian screenwriters
- Film directors from Quebec
- Canadian documentary film directors
- Directors of Genie and Canadian Screen Award winners for Best Documentary Film
- Canadian women film producers
- Canadian women screenwriters
- Officers of the Order of Canada
- Prix Albert-Tessier winners
- Canadian women documentary filmmakers
- Governor General's Award winners