René Chénier is a Canadian film producer and an

executive producer Executive producer (EP) is one of the top positions in the production of media. Depending on the medium, the executive producer may be concerned with management accounting or associated with legal issues (like copyrights or royalties). In film ...

for the

National Film Board of Canada The National Film Board of Canada (NFB; ) is a Canadian public film and digital media producer and distributor. An agency of the Government of Canada, the NFB produces and distributes documentary films, animation, web documentaries, and altern ...

. Chénier co-produced

Benoît Pilon Benoît Pilon (born July 27, 1962) is a francophone Canadian director and screenwriter particularly noted for his innovative films and documentaries on the human condition. He is also the co-founder of ''"Les Films de l'autre" productions'', whic ...

's 2008 film ''

The Necessities of Life ''The Necessities of Life'' () is a 2008 Canadian drama film directed by Benoît Pilon and starring Natar Ungalaaq, Éveline Gélinas and Paul-André Brasseur. Told in both French and Inuktitut, the film is about an Inuk man who is sent to Que ...

'', and was nominated for the

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. In 2012, he won a Genie Award for Best Animated Short for

Georges Schwizgebel Georges Schwizgebel (born 28 September 1944) is a Swiss animation film director whose paint-on-glass-animated 2004 film '' The Man with No Shadow (L'Homme sans ombre)'' won various awards. Biography Schwizgebel was born on 28 September 1944 in ...

's ''

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''. From 2006, Chénier was an executive producer for the French animated studio for the National Film Board. In 2014, he was appointed executive producer for special projects. His 2017 credits include the planetarium production ''Kyma'' directed by Philippe Baylaucq and the multi-screen installation ''

Expo 67 The 1967 International and Universal Exposition, commonly known as Expo 67, was a general exhibition from April 28 to October 29, 1967. It was a category one world's fair held in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It is considered to be one of the most s ...

Live'', directed by .

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