Alain DesRochers is a Canadian
film director
A film director controls a film's artistic and dramatic aspects and visualizes the screenplay (or script) while guiding the film crew and actors in the fulfilment of that vision. The director has a key role in choosing the cast members, ...
and
screenwriter
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. DesRochers studied first at St-Jean-Sur-Richelieu College in the early 1980s and then at
Concordia University
Concordia University (French: ''Université Concordia'') is a public research university located in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Founded in 1974 following the merger of Loyola College and Sir George Williams University, Concordia is one of the th ...
earning himself a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree at the end of the decade. He began his career by directing music videos and television commercials. He got his big break directing several episodes of the TV series ''
The Hunger''. His first feature film ''La Bouteille'' (2000) earned him a nomination for the
Genie Award for Best Achievement in Direction. His second feature, the action film ''
Nitro'', was very successful at the Quebec box office and beat out several American blockbusters in its opening weekend.
Selected filmography
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The Bottle (La Bouteille)'' - 2000
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Nitro'' - 2007
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The Comeback (Cabotins)'' - 2010
*''Wushu Warrior'' - 2010
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Gerry
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Surname
* Elbridge Gerry (1744–1814), fifth US vice pre ...
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Darwin
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Common meanings
* Charles Darwin (1809–1882), English naturalist and writer, best known as the originator of the theory of biological evolution by natural selection
* Darwin, Northern Territory, a territorial capital city i ...
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Nitro Rush'' - 2016
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Bon Cop, Bad Cop 2'' - 2017
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Bad Blood'' - 2017
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Transplant
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Sciences
*Transplanting a plant from one location to another
*Organ transplantation, moving an organ from one body to another
*Transplant thought experiment, an experiment similar to Trolley problem
*Tra ...
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Saleh"/"
Eid
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Islamic holidays
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* ''Eid Milad un Nabi'', alternate name for Mawlid (, "Birth of the Prophet"), the date of observance of the birthday of the Islamic prophet Muhammad
* Eid al ...
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References
External links
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Living people
Canadian screenwriters in French
French Quebecers
Film directors from Quebec
Concordia University alumni
Year of birth missing (living people)
Place of birth missing (living people)
Canadian television directors
Canadian music video directors