Clément Perron

Clément Perron
Born (1929-07-03)July 3, 1929
Quebec City, Canada
Died October 12, 1999(1999-10-12) (aged 70)
Pointe-Claire, Canada
Occupation Film director
Film producer
Screenwriter
Years active 1958 - 1994

Clément Perron (July 3, 1929 in Quebec City, Quebec – October 12, 1999 in Pointe-Claire, Quebec) was a Canadian film director and screenwriter.[1]

Biography

After graduating from the University of Laval with a Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy Perron went to France to continue his studies with the goal of becoming a teacher. Screenings at the Cinémathèque française in Paris was what attracted him to cinema and on his return to Canada in 1957, he joined the NFB as a writer.[2] In 1960 he began directing documentary shorts and in 1962 found critical success with his film Jour après jour which won two Genie Awards. Perron continued to work primarily on documentaries until the NFB decided to make an attempt at a more commercial cinema in the late sixties and early seventies. He directed 3 fiction feature-length films of moderate success during this time period but his biggest accomplishment was writing the screenplay for Mon oncle Antoine (1971) which was based on his own childhood experiences.[3] Perron retired from the NFB in 1986 to work in the private sector primarily as a writer.

Selected filmography

Fiction

Documentaries

References

External links

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