Years active 1966–present Name Jean Beaudin | Role Film director | |
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Nominations Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television Award for Best Screenplay Movies New France, The Collector, The Alley Cat, JA Martin Photographer, Being at Home with Claude Similar People Noemie Godin‑Vigneau, David La Haye, Juliette Gosselin, Monique Mercure, Marcel Sabourin | ||
Jean Beaudin : Entrevue héritage | Jean Beaudin: Legacy Interview
Jean Beaudin (born 6 February 1939) is a Canadian film director and screenwriter. He has directed 20 films since 1969. His film J.A. Martin Photographer, was entered into the 1977 Cannes Film Festival, where Monique Mercure won the award for Best Actress. The film also won best Film, he won best Director, and Mercure won best Actress awards at the 1977 Canadian Film Awards. He was nominated (but did not win) for the Genie Award for Best Achievement in Direction in 1986, 1992 and 2003 for his films The Alley Cat (Le Matou), Being at Home with Claude and Le Collectionneur, respectively.
Contents
- Jean Beaudin Entrevue hritage Jean Beaudin Legacy Interview
- Vertige jean beaudin 1969
- Early career
- Features and shorts
- Other work
- References
Actress Domini Blythe (1947–2010) was his partner of more than 20 years.
Vertige jean beaudin 1969
Early career
Jean Beaudin received a diploma from Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Montreal and studied at the School of Design in Zurich. He first joined the National Film Board of Canada in 1964, working initially in the animation studios, then subsequently directing educational films. He made a number for a mathematical series, then Veritge, a psychological study, before he directed his first feature, Stop, in 1971. Although Beaudin has taken a few shots at wild and visionary moviemaking, he is best known for the restrained performances and fastidious visuals of pictures such as his 1977 masterpiece J.A. Martin, photographe, which has been consistently nominated by critics as one of the best Canadian features ever made. Since J.A. Martin, Beaudin’s career has been focused exclusively in Quebec with Cordélia, Mario, the film version of the stage hit Being at Home with Claude, and the hugely popular television series, Les Filles de Caleb.