Roger Cardinal (1940 - 2017) was a Canadian film director from

Quebec Quebec ( ; )According to the Government of Canada, Canadian government, ''Québec'' (with the acute accent) is the official name in Canadian French and ''Quebec'' (without the accent) is the province's official name in Canadian English is ...

. He was most noted for the 1988 film ''

Malarek ''Malarek'' is a Canadian drama film, directed by Roger Cardinal and released in 1988. Gerald Pratley, ''A Century of Canadian Cinema''. Lynx Images, 2003. . p. 135. Based on the memoirs of Canadian investigative journalist Victor Malarek, the f ...

'', for which he was a

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; also known as the "Etrog Awards," for sc ...

nominee for Best Director at the

10th Genie Awards The 10th Genie Awards were held on March 22, 1989."Dead Ringers tops at Genies". ''Montreal Gazette'', March 23, 1989. This was in the middle of a strike at the CBC, causing the ceremony to be scaled down and several nominees to boycott the awards ...

in 1989. His other credits included the films ''The Storm'', ''Sex in the Snow (Après-ski)'', ''L'Apparition'',Charles-Henri Ramond
"Apparition, L’ – Film de Roger Cardinal"
''Films du Québec'', January 2, 1989. ''

Captive Captive or Captives may refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media Films * ''Captive'' (1980 film), a sci-fi film, starring Cameron Mitchell and David Ladd * ''Captive'' (1986 film), a British-French film starring Oliver Reed * ''Captive'' (1991 ...

'', ''Dead Silent'', ''Risque'' and ''

Brilliant Brilliant may refer to: Music * ''Brilliant'' (album), a 2012 album by Ultravox * Brilliant (band), a British pop/rock group active in the 1980s * "Brilliant" (song), a song by D'espairsRay *Brilliant Classics, Dutch classical music record label ...

'', and episodes of the television series ''

Urban Angel ''Urban Angel'' is a Canadian television drama series, which aired on CBC Television from 1991 to 1993.

'', ''Au nom du père et du fils'' and ''

René Lévesque René Lévesque (; August 24, 1922 – November 1, 1987) was a Québécois people, Québécois politician and journalist who served as the 23rd premier of Quebec from 1976 to 1985. He was the first Québécois political leader since Canad ...

''.

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* 1940 births 2017 deaths 20th-century Canadian screenwriters 20th-century Canadian male writers Film directors from Quebec Canadian screenwriters in French Canadian male screenwriters Writers from Quebec {{Canada-film-director-stub