Catherine Martin (born 1958) is a

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screenwriter and film director."Les fines antennes de Catherine Martin"
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'', February 10, 2018. Martin was born in

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. A graduate of the film studies program at

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, she made a number of short films, including the "Shirley Bear" segment of the anthology film ''

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'', before releasing her debut feature film ''

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(Mariages)'' in 2001. The film was named to the

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's annual

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list for 2001, and Martin received a

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nomination for

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at the

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. She followed up with the documentary film ''

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(Océan)'' in 2002, which was again named to that year's Canada's Top Ten list. In 2006 she released both the documentary film ''

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(L'Esprit des lieux)'' and the narrative feature film '' In the Cities (Dans les villes)''. In 2010 she released ''

Mourning for Anna ''Mourning for Anna'' (french: Trois temps après la mort d'Anna, ) is a Canadian drama film, directed by Catherine Martin and released in 2010. The film stars Guylaine Tremblay as Françoise, a woman struggling to recover emotionally after the mu ...

(Trois temps après la mort d'Anna)'', which again made the Canada's Top Ten list for 2010. In 2011 she collaborated with musicians

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, Dan Werb and Jennifer Castle on a short film about the Mingan Archipelago National Park Reserve, as part of the

National Parks Project The National Parks Project is a Canadian music and film project. Released in 2011 to mark the 100th anniversary of the creation of the National Parks of Canada system,"«Certains de mes amis»: Catherine Martin ou la quête lumineuse"
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'', February 3, 2018. She is married to film director

Bernard Émond Bernard Émond (born 1951) is a Canadian director, screenwriter, novelist and essayist working in the French-language. He studied anthropology at university and lived for several years in the Canadian north where he worked for the Inuit Broadcast ...

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Martin, Catherine 1958 births Living people 21st-century Canadian screenwriters Canadian women film directors Canadian documentary film directors Canadian screenwriters in French Film directors from Quebec Writers from Gatineau Concordia University alumni Canadian women documentary filmmakers