Pierre Gendron (born 1952) is a Canadian film producer from
Quebec
Quebec is Canada's List of Canadian provinces and territories by area, largest province by area. Located in Central Canada, the province shares borders with the provinces of Ontario to the west, Newfoundland and Labrador to the northeast, ...
, who was co-founder with
Roger Frappier
Roger Frappier (born April 14, 1945) is a Canadian producer, director, editor, actor, and screenwriter.
Biography
Roger Frappier worked in all areas of the film business, from film critic to television commercial director to director/ producer of ...
of the Max Films studio. He is most noted as a two-time winner of the
Genie Award
The Genie Awards were given out annually by the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television to recognize the best of Canadian cinema from 1980–2012. They succeeded the Canadian Film Awards (1949–1978), known as the "Etrog Awards" for sculptor ...
for
Best Motion Picture as a producer of the films ''
Night Zoo (Un zoo la nuit)'' at the
9th Genie Awards in 1988, and ''
Jesus of Montreal
''Jesus of Montreal'' () is a 1989 Canadian comedy drama film written and directed by Denys Arcand, and starring Lothaire Bluteau, Catherine Wilkening and Johanne-Marie Tremblay. The film tells the story of a group of actors in Montreal who pe ...
(Jésus de Montréal)'' at the
11th Genie Awards in 1990.
[John Griffin, "Jesus de Montreal sweeps Genies". '']Montreal Gazette
''The Gazette'', also known as the ''Montreal Gazette'', is a Canadian English-language broadsheet daily newspaper which is owned by Postmedia Network. It is published in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
It is the only English-language daily newspape ...
'', March 21, 1990.
Filmography
References
External links
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1952 births
Living people
Canadian film production company founders
Film producers from Quebec
Producers of Best Picture Genie and Canadian Screen Award winners
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