Diane Cailhier (1947 – 5 February 2020) was a Canadian filmmaker and director. She was married to fellow film director Alain Chartrand.

Biography

Cailhier was born in 1947 in

Salaberry-de-Valleyfield Salaberry-de-Valleyfield () is a city in southwestern Quebec, Canada, in the Regional County Municipality of Beauharnois-Salaberry. The population as of 2021 was 42,410. The historic downtown is a major touristic centre for the area. Due to th ...

. Her father, Antonin Cailhier, was a professor at the Séminaire de Valleyfield. Her mother, Marguerite Cailhier, was the first female graduate in literary science at Pensionnat de Valleyfield. Cailhier attended primary and secondary school at Pensionnat de Valleyfield, and did her collegiate studies at Collège Jesus-Marie d’Outremont. She obtained a Laureat in piano from

École de musique Vincent-d'Indy The école de musique Vincent-d'Indy is a subsidized private music college situated in Montreal, Quebec, Canada in the Outremont, Quebec, Outremont district, that specializes in music education. The school was named after the French composer, Vin ...

in 1964 and studied at École des Beaux-Arts de Montréal from 1967 to 1969. Cailhier then earned a master's degree in literary art at

Université de Montréal The Université de Montréal (; UdeM; ) is a French-language public research university in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The university's main campus is located in the Côte-des-Neiges neighborhood of Côte-des-Neiges–Notre-Dame-de-Grâce on M ...

in 1975. Her first dramatic texts were ''L'Atelier'' and ''Studio d'études'' in 1970 and 1971, which were aired on

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and directed by Robert Blondin. She also researched and adapted novels for the program ''Lectures de chevet''. From 1972 to 1975, Cailhier was a researcher and conducted interviews for the radio program ''Gens de mon pays'', produced by Blondin and Jean Boisvert. Cailhier's first feature film, ''La piastre'', was written in 1974 and released in 1976 with her husband Alain Chartrand, shortly after the birth of their daughter, Marie. A film professor at

Collège Jean-de-Brébeuf Collège Jean-de-Brébeuf () is a subsidized private, previously Jesuit French-language educational institution offering secondary school and college-level instruction in Quebec. It was originally a boys' school, became partially mixed in 1968 a ...

from 1976 to 1977, Cailhier later taught at

Cégep de Sherbrooke The Cégep de Sherbrooke, formerly known as the Collège de Sherbrooke (1968-2005), is a public college located in the city of Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada. It was founded in 1968 during the aftermath of the Parent Commission, originally encompassin ...

until 1986. During this time, she continued producing films, and took residence at

Sainte-Catherine-de-Hatley Sainte-Catherine-de-Hatley is a municipality in the Memphrémagog Regional County Municipality in the Eastern Townships region of Quebec, Canada. Located along Quebec Route 108 on Little Lake Magog, it is the home of the "Marais" birdwatching s ...

. She gave documentary writing lessons at the ''Institut de l’image et du son'' and the ''Association québécoise des auteurs dramatiques''. Her career in film took off in the 1980s with the writing of documentaries, TV shows, short films, and feature films. Cailhier died on 5 February 2020 at the age of 73.

Filmography

*''Back to the Land (La Piastre)'' - 1976 *''Les Douces'' - 1980 *''Images de L'Estrie'' - 1980 *''L'Estrie en musique'' - 1981 *''Terre et mémoire'' - 1983 *''Friends for Life (Des amis pour la vie)'' - 1988 *''A Man of His Word (Un homme de parole)'' - 1991 *''School's Out (Une nuit à l'école)'' - 1991 *''Les intrépides'' - 1991 *'' Anna's Garden (Le jardin d'Anna)'' - 1992 *''Les Grands Procès'' - 1995 *'' My Life Is a River (Une vie comme rivière)'' - 1996 *''Deux frères'' - 1999 *''

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 ...

'' - 1999 *'' The Outlander (Le Survenant)'' - 2005 *''Lac Mystère'' - 2013

References

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