Louise Archambault is a

Canadian Canadians (french: Canadiens) are people identified with the country of Canada. This connection may be residential, legal, historical or cultural. For most Canadians, many (or all) of these connections exist and are collectively the source of ...

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 A screenplay writer (also called screenwriter, scriptwriter, scribe or scenarist) is a writer who practices the craft of screenwriting, writing screenplays on which mass media, such as films, television programs and video games, are based. ...

.Adam Nayman
"Louise Archambault"
''

The Canadian Encyclopedia ''The Canadian Encyclopedia'' (TCE; french: L'Encyclopédie canadienne) is the national encyclopedia of Canada, published online by the Toronto-based historical organization Historica Canada, with the support of Canadian Heritage. Available f ...

'', August 20, 2014. She is best known for her films '' Familia'', which won the

Claude Jutra Award The John Dunning Best First Feature Award is a special Canadian film award, presented by the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television to the year's best feature film by a first-time film director. Under the earlier names Claude Jutra Award and Ca ...

in 2005, and '' Gabrielle'', which won the

Canadian Screen Award The Canadian Screen Awards (french: link=no, Les prix Écrans canadiens) are awards given for artistic and technical merit in the film industry recognizing excellence in Canadian film, English-language television, and digital media (web series) ...

for

Best Picture This is a list of categories of awards commonly awarded through organizations that bestow film awards, including those presented by various film, festivals, and people's awards. Best Actor/Best Actress *See Best Actor#Film awards, Best Actress#F ...

in 2014. She has directed numerous short films, including ''

Atomic Saké ''Atomic Saké'' is a Canadian short drama film, directed by Louise Archambault and released in 1999.Adam Nayman"Louise Archambault" '' The Canadian Encyclopedia'', August 20, 2014. The film centres on Ariane (Audrey Benoit), Véronique ( Suzanne ...

'', ''Lock'', ''Petite Mort'' and ''

Kluane Kluane is an electoral district which returns a member (known as an MLA) to the Legislative Assembly of the Canadian territory of Yukon. It is named after Kluane National Park, which is within the riding. It is one of the Yukon's eight rural di ...

''. Her film ''Gabrielle'' was screened in the Special Presentation section at the

2013 Toronto International Film Festival The 38th annual Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) took place in Toronto, Ontario, Canada between September 5 and 15, 2013. '' The Fifth Estate'' was selected as the opening film and '' Life of Crime'' was the closing film. 75 films w ...

, and won two Canadian Screen Awards at the

2nd Canadian Screen Awards The 2nd Canadian Screen Awards were held on March 9, 2014, to honour achievements in Canadian film, television, and digital media production in 2013.Best Actress Best Actress is the name of an award which is presented by various film, television and theatre organisations, festivals, and people's awards to leading actresses in a film, television series, television film or play. The first Best Actress awar ...

for star

Gabrielle Marion-Rivard Gabrielle Marion-Rivard is a Canadian actress and singer, who won the Canadian Screen Award for Best Actress in 2014 for her performance in '' Gabrielle''. Marion-Rivard, who has Williams syndrome, plays a young woman with Williams syndrome who ...

. Her third feature film '' And the Birds Rained Down'', an adaptation of Jocelyne Saucier's novel ''Il pleuvait des oiseaux'', was released in 2019. Her fourth film, ''

Thanks for Everything Thanks for Everything may refer to: * ''Thanks for Everything'' (1938 film), a 1938 film by William A. Seiter, * ''Thanks for Everything'' (2019 film), a 2019 film by Louise Archambault, * ''Thanks for Everything'' (EP), a 2018 EP by Third Eye ...

(Merci pour tout)'', followed later the same year. She is a graduate of

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 ...

Montreal Montreal ( ; officially Montréal, ) is the second-most populous city in Canada and most populous city in the Canadian province of Quebec. Founded in 1642 as '' Ville-Marie'', or "City of Mary", it is named after Mount Royal, the triple- ...

(BFA 93, MFA 00).

References

External links

* Film directors from Montreal Writers from Montreal Living people Canadian screenwriters in French Canadian women film directors Best First Feature Genie and Canadian Screen Award winners Concordia University alumni Canadian women screenwriters Year of birth missing (living people) 20th-century Canadian screenwriters 20th-century Canadian women writers 21st-century Canadian screenwriters 21st-century Canadian women writers Best Director Jutra and Iris Award winners {{Canada-film-director-stub