René Delacroix (August 27, 1900 - June 11, 1976) was a
French
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film director and screenwriter. He was most noted for a mid-career period from 1949 to 1954 when he was based in
Montreal, during which he directed or co-directed several of the most important early feature films in the
Cinema of Quebec
The history of cinema in Quebec started on June 27, 1896 when the Frenchman Louis Minier inaugurated the first movie projection in North America in a Montreal theatre room. However, it would have to wait until the 1960s before a genuine Quebec ...
.
[Michel Houle et Alain Julien, ''Dictionnaire du cinéma québécois'', Fides, 1978.] The film ''
Tit-Coq'', codirected with
Gratien Gélinas, won the
Canadian Film Award for
Film of the Year at the
5th Canadian Film Awards in 1953.
["On the Screen". '']The Globe and Mail
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'', May 1, 1953.
Filmography
*''La relève'' - 1932
*''Meute et kangourous...'' - 1935
*''Promesses'' - 1939
*''
Notre-Dame de la Mouise'' - 1941, writer only
*''
The Murderer Is Not Guilty
''The Murderer is Not Guilty'' (French: ''L'assassin n'est pas coupable'') is a 1946 French crime film directed by René Delacroix and starring Albert Préjean
Albert Préjean (27 October 1894 in Paris – 1 November 1979 in Paris) w ...
(L'assassin n'est pas coupable)'' - 1946
*''Gonzague'' - 1947
*''
The Grand Bill
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(Le Gros Bill)'' - 1949, with
Jean-Yves Bigras
*''
The Story of Dr. Louise
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(On ne triche pas la vie)'' - 1949, with
Paul Vandenberghe
*''Ils ont vingt ans'' - 1950
*''
The Nightingale and the Bells (Le Rossignol et les cloches)'' - 1952
*''
Tit-Coq'' - 1953, with
Gratien Gélinas
*''
A Mother's Heart'' - 1953
*''
The Heartthrob
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(Le Tombeur)'' - 1958
References
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1900 births
1976 deaths
20th-century French screenwriters
French male screenwriters
French film directors
Film directors from Montreal
Film directors from Paris
Writers from Montreal
Writers from Paris
French emigrants to Canada
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