André Melançon (February 18, 1942 - August 23, 2016) was a

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actor, screenwriter and film director, best known for directing and writing several installments in the

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series of children's films.

Career

The versatile André Mélançon – director, writer and actor – set out to become a youth guidance counsellor before he veered into film. His background in psychology and education helped orient his filmmaking toward films about, with, and for children. His first film was on

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Charles Gagnon, then at the request of producer Jean Dansereau he directed a trio of short films for children in the early 1970s that confirmed the direction of his career. He turned to acting and won a

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for his performance in '' Bound for Glory (Partis pour la gloire)''. In the 1980s he directed ''The Dog Who Stopped the War'', which won the Golden Reel Award, and ''Bach et bottine'', and wrote, with Jacques Bobet, ''Tadpole and the Whale'' also a Golden Reel Award winner. In 2012 Mélançon received the

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, given to him by the Quebec government for his esteemed career in Quebec cinema. In 2013 he was awarded the

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and in 2015 he received the Lifetime Achievement Jutra-Award.

Filmography

Actor

Director

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Melancon, Andre Canadian male film actors Canadian male television actors Canadian screenwriters in French Film directors from Quebec Male actors from Quebec People from Rouyn-Noranda 1942 births 2016 deaths Canadian television directors Best Actor Genie and Canadian Screen Award winners Prix Albert-Tessier winners