Alain Chartrand (February 2, 1946 – December 11, 2023) was a Canadian film director and screenwriter. Diane Cailhier
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'', September 23, 2008. The son of prominent Quebec social activists

Michel Chartrand Michel Chartrand (20 December 1916 – 12 April 2010) was a Canadian trade union leader from Quebec. Born in Outremont and trained as a typography and print worker, Chartrand became involved in union activism in the 1940s. During the '' Grand ...

and Simonne Monet-Chartrand, he was most noted for several film and television works about his parents, including the theatrical documentary films '' A Man of His Word (Un homme de parole)'' and '' My Life Is a River (Une vie comme rivière)'',Bill Brownstein, "Film-maker Chartrand knows his subject". ''

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'', March 11, 1996. and the television miniseries ''

Chartrand et Simonne ''Chartrand et Simonne'' is a French-Canadian biographical drama television mini-series about social activists Michel Chartrand and Simonne Monet. The series lasted for a total of twelve episodes, with the first six airing in 2000 on Radio-C ...

''. He was also active in developing and supporting

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s for film production crew, taught in the film studies programs at the Institut national de l'image et du son and the

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, and published the memoirs ''Le métier d'assistant-réalisateur au cinéma'' (1990) and ''Chartrand, cinéaste'' (2007) about his filmmaking career. He died on December 11, 2023, at the age of 77.

Filmography

Film Television * 1992 – ''Montréal ville ouverte'' * 1996 – ''Innocente'' * 1997 – ''Paparazzi'' * 2000–2003 – ''

'' Acting roles * 1965 – '' The Revolutionary (Le Révolutionnaire)'' * 1989 – '' Cruising Bar'' : assistant director * 1989 – ''

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(Comment faire l'amour avec un nègre sans se fatiguer)'' : police officer #1 * 1991 – '' Four Stiffs and a Trombone (L'Assassin jouait du trombone)'' : Sergeant

Awards

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Article at thecanadianencyclopedia.ca
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Chartrand, Alain 1946 births 2023 deaths Film directors from Quebec Film producers from Quebec Canadian film editors 20th-century Canadian screenwriters 20th-century Canadian male writers Canadian male screenwriters Screenwriters from Quebec Canadian screenwriters in French People from Longueuil