François Girard
1985
François Girard stunned English Canada in 1994 with his brilliant feature Thirty Two Short Films about Glenn Gould, which won four Genies including best director and best picture. His career as a filmmaker started in Montreal a decade earlier when he founded Zone Productions, where he wrote and directed numerous experimental, architecture and dance films, in addition to music videos and video installations. In 1990, he directed an adaptation of the theatrical spectacle Le dortoir by Gilles Maheu, for which he won an International Emmy, a Gold FIPA and a Prix Gemeau. After that, he focused on his ambitious first feature, Cargo (1990). Using a complex visual structure, the film examines death through the confusion of a man who finds himself inside a freighter after getting lost in a storm at sea. His critically acclaimed second feature Thirty Two Short Films about Glenn Gould is structured in 32 parts and utilizes drama, documentary, animation and performance art to show insight into the life of an enigmatic Canadian genius. Those who had seen Le dortoir, Girard's award-winning collaboration with the dance troupe Carbone 14, were probably not surprised that Girard could score a vi…
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