Nationality Canadian Occupation Film producer | Name Paul Barbeau Role Film producer | |
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Awards Genie Award for Best Live Action Short Drama Movies Romeo Eleven, Before My Heart Falls, Jo pour Jonathan, Winter Passed, Le rouge au sol / Red Similar Sebastien Rose, Maxime Giroux, Alexandre Laferriere, Nicolas Bolduc, Benz Antoine | ||
Winter Passed Q&A with Director Paul Barbeau at Raindance Film Festival
Paul Barbeau is a Canadian film producer who lives in Montreal.
He has produced more than 700 music videos, six feature films and has written and directed a feature film.
Barbeau has produced approximately 700 music videos for various international artists (Celine Dion, Arcade Fire, Martha Wainwright, Daniel Lanois, Tragically Hip, and others) with his production company NúFilms which was founded in 2000. After several MuchMusic Video Awards, Victoires de la Musique and Grammy Award nominations, NuFilms was forced to end production largely due to the financial impacts of illegal downloading of music.
In the winter of 2009, under financial strain, Barbeau shuts down the company. The experience inspired him to write and then later direct his first feature film, Après la neige aka Winter Passed (English title), released in 2012.
Under his new company Reprise Films, Barbeau has produced five films. Demain and Jo pour Jonathan were directed by Maxime Giroux, with the latter having its world premiere at the 2010 Locarno International Film Festival. Roméo Onze was directed by Ivan Grbovic, and premiered at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival in 2010 where it received the Ecumenical Jury Commendation. In 2012, he completed Sébastien Rose's film, Avant que mon coeur bascule, which starred Sophie Lorain, Sébastien Ricard and Alexis Martin and premiered at International Film Festival Rotterdam in 2013. Barbeau has been nominated for several Jutra Awards in Quebec, including a 2013 nomination for Best Picture for the film Roméo Onze. (Romeo Eleven)