Victor Pilon, (born on March 19, 1958) is a director, theatre designer, visual designer and photographer from

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Life and career

After a two-year stay in Europe, Pilon enrolled in visual arts at the

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. In 1983, after receiving his bachelor's degree with a specialization in

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, he moved to

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. He founded the company Lemieux Pilon 4D Art with

Michel Lemieux Michel Lemieux (born February 13, 1959, in Indianapolis, Indiana) is a Canadian multimedia artist from Quebec, whose career has incorporated work in theatrical design, installation art, film, video, dance and music."'Technology is a tool' to ar ...

in 1990. Since then, they have worked together to design

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productions, including ''La Belle et la Bête'' (2011), ''NORMAN'' (2007), ''La Tempête'' (2005) and ''Anima'' (2002), all of which have toured internationally. In 2003, Pilon and Lemieux did the visual design for the television show ''The Planets'', based on the music of

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, presented on the French and English networks of the

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(CBC). They also created many large-scale events such as Harmony 2000, a show created to celebrate the beginning of the new millennium, and Soleil de Minuit, the closing performance of the

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(MIJF) in 2004, commemorating, respectively, the 20th and 25th anniversaries of Cirque du Soleil and the MIJF. They were also behind

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's DELIRIUM, a multimedia production revisiting the music of Cirque du Soleil's past productions, with over 50 artists onstage. In 2008, they directed '' Starmania'' by

Luc Plamondon Luc Plamondon, OC, CQ (b. March 2, 1942 in Saint-Raymond, Quebec), is a French-Canadian lyricist and music executive. He is best known for his work on the musicals ''Starmania'' and ''Notre-Dame de Paris''. He is the brother of Louis Plamondo ...

and

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, the first time the musical had been produced as an opera. As official photographer for the British royal family when in Canada,https://www.gg.ca/en/honours/recipients/146-9736 Pilon has covered more than 30 of their visits. Working for the

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and

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, he has also photographed various other heads of state during their official visits.

Honours, awards and nominations

* 2014 – Knight,

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* 2013 – Officer,

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References

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