Roger Frappier (born April 14, 1945) is a
Canadian
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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 the experimental feature documentary ''Le Gand film ordinaire'', until he found his true vocation as a hands-on producer. While at the
National Film Board of Canada
The National Film Board of Canada (NFB; french: Office national du film du Canada (ONF)) is Canada's public film and digital media producer and distributor. An agency of the Government of Canada, the NFB produces and distributes documentary f ...
in the early 1980s, he assembled a group of writer/directors who collaborated on developing edgy, urban dramas. The script for ''Le Déclin de l’empire américain'' emerged from the process that Frappier had set in motion. With that film’s phenomenal success, Frappier rose to the ranks of the top producers of feature films in Quebec. He left the NFB in 1986 and founded Max Films with Pierre Gendron, producing ''Un Zoo la nuit'' in 1987, the winner of 13 Genie Awards, still a record. His many other films include ''Pouvoir intime'', ''Anne Trister'', ''Jésus de Montréal'', ''Ding et Dong, le film'' and ''Cosmos''. Members of the Cosmos collective went on to make two of the most celebrated works in recent Québécois cinema, ''Un 32 août sur terre'' and ''Maelström'', underscoring Frappier’s eye for fresh talent. His 2003 production, the affable ''Seducing Doctor Lewi''s, became one of the highest-grossing films at the domestic box office in Canadian film history.
Filmography
As Producer
*
1971 *
The year 1971 had three partial solar eclipses (Solar eclipse of February 25, 1971, February 25, Solar eclipse of July 22, 1971, July 22 and Solar eclipse of August 20, 1971, August 20) and two total lunar eclipses (February 1971 lunar eclip ...
: ''
Le Grand film ordinaire''
*
1974
Major events in 1974 include the aftermath of the 1973 oil crisis and the resignation of President of the United States, United States President Richard Nixon following the Watergate scandal. In the Middle East, the aftermath of the 1973 Yom K ...
: ''
On a raison de se révolter''
*
1977
Events January
* January 8 – Three bombs explode in Moscow within 37 minutes, killing seven. The bombings are attributed to an Armenian separatist group.
* January 10 – Mount Nyiragongo erupts in eastern Zaire (now the Democrati ...
: ''
Le Manitoba ne répond plus''
*
1978 : ''
Une journée à Forillon''
*
1978 : ''
Soils of Canada''
*
1978 : ''
Kouchibouguac''
*
1978 : ''
The Battle of the Châteauguay''
*
1978 : ''
Santa Gertrudis, la première question sur le bonheur''
*
1979 : ''
La Fiction nucléaire''
*
1979 : ''
La Loi de la ville''
*
1980 : ''
Le Deal mexicain''
*
1980 : ''
De la tourbe et du restant''
*
1980 : ''
Cordélia''
*
1981
Events January
* January 1
** Greece enters the European Economic Community, predecessor of the European Union.
** Palau becomes a self-governing territory.
* January 10 – Salvadoran Civil War: The FMLN launches its first major off ...
: ''
Voyage de nuit''
*
1982
Events January
* January 1 – In Malaysia and Singapore, clocks are adjusted to the same time zone, UTC+8 (GMT+8.00).
* January 13 – Air Florida Flight 90 crashes shortly after takeoff into the 14th Street Bridge in Washington, D.C., Un ...
: ''
Comfort and Indifference (Le Confort et l'indifférence)''
*
1985
The year 1985 was designated as the International Youth Year by the United Nations.
Events January
* January 1
** The Internet's Domain Name System is created.
** Greenland withdraws from the European Economic Community as a result of a ...
: ''
Une guerre dans mon jardin''
*
1985
The year 1985 was designated as the International Youth Year by the United Nations.
Events January
* January 1
** The Internet's Domain Name System is created.
** Greenland withdraws from the European Economic Community as a result of a ...
: ''
Cochez oui, cochez non''
*
1985
The year 1985 was designated as the International Youth Year by the United Nations.
Events January
* January 1
** The Internet's Domain Name System is created.
** Greenland withdraws from the European Economic Community as a result of a ...
: ''
Cinéma, cinéma''
*
1986 : ''
Sonia
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:* Sonia (actress), Indian film actress in Malayalam and Tamil films
:* So ...
''
*
1986 : ''
Anne Trister''
*
1986 : ''
Intimate Power (Pouvoir intime)''
*
1986 : ''
The Decline of the American Empire (Le Déclin de l'empire américain)''
*
1987
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: ''
Night Zoo (Un zoo la nuit)''
*
1989
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: ''
Jesus of Montreal (Jésus de Montréal)''
*
1990 : ''
Un autre homme
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''
*
1990 : ''
Moody Beach''
*
1990 : ''
Ding et Dong : le film''
*
1992
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: ''
Phantom Life (La Vie fantôme)''
*
1992
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: ''
Lapse of Memory''
*
1992
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: ''
El Lado oscuro del corazón'' (''The Dark Side of the Heart'' or ''Le Côté obscur du cœur'')
*
1993
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: ''
Love and Human Remains''
*
1995
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: ''
Water Child
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(L'Enfant d'eau)''
*
1996
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: ''
Cosmos
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''
*
1996
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: ''
Not Me! (Sous-sol)''
*
1998
1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''.
Events January
* January 6 – The ''Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for frozen water, in soil in permanently s ...
: ''
The Countess of Baton Rouge (La Comtesse de Bâton Rouge)''
*
1998
1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''.
Events January
* January 6 – The ''Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for frozen water, in soil in permanently s ...
: ''
2 Seconds
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(2 secondes)''
*
1998
1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''.
Events January
* January 6 – The ''Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for frozen water, in soil in permanently s ...
: ''
August 32nd on Earth (Un 32 août sur terre)''
*
1999
File:1999 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The funeral procession of King Hussein of Jordan in Amman; the 1999 İzmit earthquake kills over 17,000 people in Turkey; the Columbine High School massacre, one of the first major school s ...
: ''
Matroni and Me
''Matroni and Me'' (french: Matroni et moi) is a Canadian comedy film, directed by Jean-Philippe Duval and released in 1999.[2000
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: ''
Mack Sennett, roi du comique''
*
2000
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: ''
Life After Love (La Vie après l'amour)''
*
2000
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: ''
Maelström''
*
2001
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: ''
Tar Angel (L'Ange de goudron)''
*
2002
File:2002 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The 2002 Winter Olympics are held in Salt Lake City; Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother and her daughter Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon die; East Timor gains independence from Indonesia and ...
: ''
Chaos and Desire (La Turbulence des fluides)''
*
2002
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: ''
Le Plateau'' (série TV)
*
2003
File:2003 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: The crew of STS-107 perished when the Space Shuttle Columbia Space Shuttle Columbia disaster, disintegrated during reentry into Atmosphere of Earth, Earth's atmosphere; SARS became an 2002– ...
: ''
How My Mother Gave Birth to Me During Menopause
''How My Mother Gave Birth to Me During Menopause'' (french: Comment ma mère accoucha de moi durant sa ménopause) is a film by directed by Sébastien Rose, released in 2003. The film won that year's Claude Jutra Award for the best Canadian featu ...
(Comment ma mère accoucha de moi durant sa ménopause)''
*
2003
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: ''
Père et fils
''Father and Sons'' (french: Père et Fils) is a 2003 French-Canadian comedy film directed by Michel Boujenah
Michel Boujenah (born 3 November 1952) is a French-Tunisian Jewish actor, comedian, film director, and screenwriter.
Life and ...
''
*
2003
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: ''
Seducing Doctor Lewis (La Grande Séduction)''
*
2005
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: ''
Tango, un giro extraño''
*
2005
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: ''
Life with My Father
''Life with My Father'' (french: La Vie avec mon père) is a Canadian drama film, directed by Sébastien Rose and released in 2005. The film stars Raymond Bouchard as François Agira, a successful novelist returning home to Quebec after spending se ...
(La Vie avec mon père)''
*
2005
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: ''
Saint Martyrs of the Damned (Saints-Martyrs-des-Damnés)''
*
2006 : ''
The Secret Life of Happy People (La Vie secrète des gens heureux)''
* 2008: ''
Through the Mist
''Through the Mist'' (french: Dédé, à travers les brumes) is a Canadian drama film, directed by Jean-Philippe Duval and released in 2009. A biopic of rock musician Dédé Fortin of Les Colocs, the film stars Sébastien Ricard as Fortin.
The fi ...
(Dédé, à travers les brumes)''
* 2010: ''
Crying Out (À l'origine d'un cri)''
* 2012: ''
Liverpool
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''
* 2013: ''
The Grand Seduction''
* 2013: ''
Another House
''Another House'' (french: L'autre maison) is a Canadian drama film, directed by Mathieu Roy and released in 2013. The film stars Roy Dupuis and Émile Proulx-Cloutier as Gabriel and Éric Bernard, estranged brothers struggling to cope with their ...
(L'autre maison)''
* 2020: ''
Chaakapesh''
* 2021: ''
The Power of the Dog''
As Director
*
1971 *
The year 1971 had three partial solar eclipses (Solar eclipse of February 25, 1971, February 25, Solar eclipse of July 22, 1971, July 22 and Solar eclipse of August 20, 1971, August 20) and two total lunar eclipses (February 1971 lunar eclip ...
: ''
Le Grand film ordinaire''
*
1974
Major events in 1974 include the aftermath of the 1973 oil crisis and the resignation of President of the United States, United States President Richard Nixon following the Watergate scandal. In the Middle East, the aftermath of the 1973 Yom K ...
: ''
L'Infonie inachevée''
*
1977
Events January
* January 8 – Three bombs explode in Moscow within 37 minutes, killing seven. The bombings are attributed to an Armenian separatist group.
* January 10 – Mount Nyiragongo erupts in eastern Zaire (now the Democrati ...
: ''
Samedi - Le Ventre de la nuit''
*
1977
Events January
* January 8 – Three bombs explode in Moscow within 37 minutes, killing seven. The bombings are attributed to an Armenian separatist group.
* January 10 – Mount Nyiragongo erupts in eastern Zaire (now the Democrati ...
: ''
Lundi - Une chaumière, un cœur''
*
1978 : ''
Le Ventre de la nuit''
*
1984
Events
January
* January 1 – The Bornean Sultanate of Brunei gains full independence from the United Kingdom, having become a British protectorate in 1888.
* January 7 – Brunei becomes the sixth member of the Association of Southeast As ...
: ''
Le Dernier glacier''
*
2000
File:2000 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Protests against Bush v. Gore after the 2000 United States presidential election; Heads of state meet for the Millennium Summit; The International Space Station in its infant form as seen from ...
: ''
Die Fremde''
* 2020: ''Chaakapesh''
As editor
*
1970
Events
January
* January 1 – Unix time epoch reached at 00:00:00 UTC.
* January 5 – The 7.1 Tonghai earthquake shakes Tonghai County, Yunnan province, China, with a maximum Mercalli intensity of X (''Extreme''). Between 10,000 and 1 ...
: ''
El Assifa''
*
1971 *
The year 1971 had three partial solar eclipses (Solar eclipse of February 25, 1971, February 25, Solar eclipse of July 22, 1971, July 22 and Solar eclipse of August 20, 1971, August 20) and two total lunar eclipses (February 1971 lunar eclip ...
: ''
Pizzagone''
*
1971 *
The year 1971 had three partial solar eclipses (Solar eclipse of February 25, 1971, February 25, Solar eclipse of July 22, 1971, July 22 and Solar eclipse of August 20, 1971, August 20) and two total lunar eclipses (February 1971 lunar eclip ...
: ''
Faut aller parmi l'monde pour le savoir''
*
1974
Major events in 1974 include the aftermath of the 1973 oil crisis and the resignation of President of the United States, United States President Richard Nixon following the Watergate scandal. In the Middle East, the aftermath of the 1973 Yom K ...
: ''
L'Infonie inachevée''
As Actor
*
1973
Events January
* January 1 - The United Kingdom, the Republic of Ireland and Denmark 1973 enlargement of the European Communities, enter the European Economic Community, which later becomes the European Union.
* January 15 – Vietnam War: ...
: ''
Réjeanne Padovani'' : ''Un militant''
*
2003
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: ''
Père et fils
''Father and Sons'' (french: Père et Fils) is a 2003 French-Canadian comedy film directed by Michel Boujenah
Michel Boujenah (born 3 November 1952) is a French-Tunisian Jewish actor, comedian, film director, and screenwriter.
Life and ...
'' : ''Pharmacien''
As scriptwriter
*
1984
Events
January
* January 1 – The Bornean Sultanate of Brunei gains full independence from the United Kingdom, having become a British protectorate in 1888.
* January 7 – Brunei becomes the sixth member of the Association of Southeast As ...
: ''
Le Dernier glacier''
Awards and nominations
Awards
* 1987 :
Genie Award
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for Best Motion Picture and Golden Reel Award with
René Malo, ''The Decline of the American Empire''
* 1988 :
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 ...
for Best Motion Picture with Pierre Gendron, ''Un Zoo la nuit''
* 1990 :
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 ...
for Best Motion Picture and Golden Reel Award with Pierre Gendron, ''Jésus de Montréal''
* 1991 :
Genie Award
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Golden Reel Award, ''Ding et Dong : le film''
* 2001 :
Genie Award
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for Best Motion Picture with Luc Vandal, ''Maelström''
* 2022 :
Golden Globe Award
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for Best Motion Picture - Drama, ''The Power of the Dog''
Nominations
* 1982 :
Genie Award
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for Best Theatrical Short with Carole Mondello, ''Voyage de nuit''
* 1987 :
Academy Award
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for Best Foreign-Language Film with René Malo, ''The Decline of the American Empire''
* 1990 :
Academy Award
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for Best Foreign-Language Film with Pierre Gendron, ''Jésus de Montréal''
* 1991 :
BAFTA for Best Film Not in English with Pierre Gendron, ''Jésus de Montréal''
* 1999 :
Jutra Award
The Prix Iris is a Canadian film award, presented annually by Québec Cinéma, which recognizes talent and achievement in the mainly francophone feature film industry in Quebec.[Jutra Award
The Prix Iris is a Canadian film award, presented annually by Québec Cinéma, which recognizes talent and achievement in the mainly francophone feature film industry in Quebec.][Jutra Award
The Prix Iris is a Canadian film award, presented annually by Québec Cinéma, which recognizes talent and achievement in the mainly francophone feature film industry in Quebec.][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 ...]
for Best Motion Picture with Pierre Grendon, ''Seducing Doctor Lewis''
* 2007 :
Jutra Award
The Prix Iris is a Canadian film award, presented annually by Québec Cinéma, which recognizes talent and achievement in the mainly francophone feature film industry in Quebec.[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 ...]
for Best Motion Picture, ''La vie secrète des gens heureux''
* 2009 :
Jutra Award
The Prix Iris is a Canadian film award, presented annually by Québec Cinéma, which recognizes talent and achievement in the mainly francophone feature film industry in Quebec.[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 ...]
for Best Film with Barbara Doran, ''The Grand Seduction''
* 2022 :
Academy Award
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for Best Picture with
Jane Campion,
Tanya Seghatchian,
Emile Sherman, and
Iain Canning, ''The Power of the Dog''
References
External links
*
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Canadian male film actors
1945 births
Film directors from Quebec
Canadian film producers
Canadian screenwriters in French
Living people
Place of birth missing (living people)
Prix Albert-Tessier winners
Golden Globe Award-winning producers