Anne Claire Poirier
| Anne Claire Poirier | |
|---|---|
| Born |
6 June 1932 St-Hyacinthe, Canada |
| Occupation | Film producer, film director, screenwriter |
| Years active | 1963 - 1996 |
Anne Claire Poirier (born 6 June 1932) is a Canadian film producer, director and screenwriter. She is one of the most important female filmmakers in Canadian history; her documentary film De mère en fille (1968) is the first feature film ever directed by a French-Canadian woman.[1] Her film Mourir à tue-tête competed in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1979 Cannes Film Festival.[2] Mourir à tue-tête remains Poirier's best known film.[3]
Poirier was born in Saint-Hyacinthe, Quebec. In 1988 she was awarded the Prix Albert-Tessier. 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. Tu as crié: Let me go received numerous awards including the Genie Award for Best Feature Length Documentary.[4]
In 2001 she received a Governor General's Performing Arts Award for Lifetime Artistic Achievement in film.[5]
Filmography
Fiction
- La fin des étés (Short film, 1964)
- Le savoir-faire s'impose (Short film, 1971)
- Le temps de l'avant (1975)
- Mourir à tue-tête (1979)
- La quarantaine (1982)
- Salut Victor (1988)
Documentaries
- 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)