Lorraine Dufour
Lorraine Dufour | |
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| Born | 1950 Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
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| Years active | 1977–present |
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Lorraine Dufour (born 1950) is a Canadian film editor and producer. She has received Canadian Screen Award and Prix Iris nominations and wins for films like Post Mortem, The Negro, and Bad Seeds, and she and her longtime collaborator Robert Morin are the co-founders of Coop Vidéo de Montréal.
Biography
[edit]Lorraine Dufour was born in 1950 in Montreal.[1] She, Robert Morin, and Jean-Pierre St-Louis were part of the trio behind the documenteur, a subgenre "mixing the false fiction and mockumentary".[2] She and Morin co-founded Coop Vidéo de Montréal in 1977,[3] and the two also founded Morin-Dufour Vidéo Inc.[1] In 1980, the two directed Gus est encore dans l’armée, a short film about a Canadian Armed Forces soldier and his newfound attraction to another male soldier.[3] In 1991, the two won the 1st Canada Council Bell Canada Award.[4] she was also known to be the "guiding spirit of Coop Vidéo".[2] Georges Privet called Dufour the Coop Vidéo de Montréal's "driving force" and said that "it is impossible to talk about [her longtime collaborator] Robert Morin without mentioning Lorraine Dufour".[5]
She was nominated for the Genie Award for Best Motion Picture at the 13th Genie Awards for Requiem for a Handsome Bastard.[6] She won the Jutra Award for Best Film and Jutra Award for Best Editing at the 2nd Jutra Awards and received a nomination for the Genie Award for Best Motion Picture at the 20th Genie Awards for Post Mortem.[7][8] She won the Jutra Award for Best Editing at the 5th Jutra Awards and was nominated for the Genie Award for Best Achievement in Editing at the 23rd Genie Awards for The Negro,[9][10] She was nominated for the Jutra Award for Best Editing at the 6th Jutra Awards for Gaz Bar Blues.[11] She was nominated for the Genie Award for Best Motion Picture and the Prix Iris Public Prize for Bad Seeds.[12][13]
Filmography
[edit]- Même mort il faut s’organiser (1977, co-director)[14]
- Le voleur vit en enfer (1984, co-director)[15]
- Requiem for a Handsome Bastard (1993, editor)[16]
- Windigo (1994, editor)[17]
- Whoever Dies, Dies in Pain (1998, editor)[18]
- Post Mortem (1999, producer and editor)[19]
- Marriages (2001, editor)[20]
- The Negro (2002, editor)[21]
- Gaz Bar Blues (2003, producer and editor)[22]
- May God Bless America (2006, editor)[23]
- Deliver Me (2006, executive producer)[24]
- Dans les villes (2006, producer)[25]
- The Timekeeper (2009, co-screenplay)[26]
- The Valley of Tears (2012, editor)[27]
- Bad Seeds (2016, co-producer)[28]
Awards and nominations
[edit]| Year | Title | Award | Result | Ref. |
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| 1992 | Requiem for a Handsome Bastard | Genie Award for Best Motion Picture (with Nicole Robert) | Nominated | [6] |
| 2000 | Post Mortem | Genie Award for Best Motion Picture | Nominated | [8] |
| Jutra Award for Best Film (with Coop Vidéo de Montréal) | Won | [7] | ||
| Jutra Award for Best Editing | Won | |||
| 2003 | The Negro | Genie Award for Best Achievement in Editing (with George Browne) | Nominated | [10] |
| Jutra Award for Best Editing | Won | [9] | ||
| 2004 | Gaz Bar Blues | Nominated | [11] | |
| 2016 | Bad Seeds | Genie Award for Best Motion Picture (with Luc Vandal) | Nominated | [12] |
| 2017 | Prix Iris Public Prize (with Louis Bélanger and Luc Vandal) | Nominated | [13] |
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Lorraine Dufour". Vithèque. February 13, 2017. Retrieved December 9, 2023.
- ^ a b Lamoureux, Serge (2012). "Un pour tous... Coop Vidéo de Montréal" (PDF). Ciné-Bulles. 30 (1): 28–33.
- ^ a b "Lorraine Dufour". Media Queer. April 30, 2015. Retrieved December 9, 2023.
- ^ "Bell Video Art award goes to Montreal pair". The Toronto Star. May 13, 1991. p. 64. Retrieved December 9, 2023.
- ^ Privet, Georges (2000). "« Amener les idées où elles doivent aller… » Entretien avec Lorraine Dufour" (PDF). 24 Images (102).
- ^ a b "Genie Award nominations". Toronto Star, November 20, 1992.
- ^ a b "Post Mortem leads Prix Jutra Awards". Playback. March 20, 2000. Retrieved March 1, 2020.
- ^ a b Lacey, Liam (January 28, 2000). "They dream of Genies". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved March 1, 2020.
- ^ a b Kelly, Brendan (February 24, 2003). "Road movie wins the race". The Gazette. p. 12. Retrieved December 9, 2023.
- ^ a b "Ararat leads but Egoyan left out". The Globe and Mail, December 11, 2002.
- ^ a b "Finalistes et lauréats". Le site officiel du Gala du cinéma québécois (in French). Retrieved December 9, 2023.
- ^ a b Furdyk, Brent (March 12, 2017). "2017 Canadian Screen Awards: And The Winners Are..." Entertainment Tonight Canada. Corus Entertainment. Archived from the original on March 13, 2017.
- ^ a b Boutros, Magdaline (April 5, 2017). "Gala Québec cinéma: Juste la fin du monde et Two Lovers and a Bear en tête". La Presse. Retrieved May 1, 2017.
- ^ "Même mort il faut s'organiser". Coop Vidéo de Montréal (in French). Retrieved December 9, 2023.
- ^ "VOLEUR VIT EN ENFER". collections-search.bfi.org.uk. Retrieved December 9, 2023.
- ^ "REQUIEM POUR UN BEAU SANS COEUR". collections-search.bfi.org.uk. Retrieved December 9, 2023.
- ^ "Windigo". collections-search.bfi.org.uk. Retrieved December 9, 2023.
- ^ "QUICONQUE MEURT, MEURT À DOULEUR". collections-search.bfi.org.uk. Retrieved December 9, 2023.
- ^ "POST MORTEM". collections-search.bfi.org.uk. Retrieved December 9, 2023.
- ^ "MARIAGES". collections-search.bfi.org.uk. Retrieved December 9, 2023.
- ^ "Le NEG'". collections-search.bfi.org.uk. Retrieved December 9, 2023.
- ^ "GAZ BAR BLUES". collections-search.bfi.org.uk. Retrieved December 9, 2023.
- ^ "QUE DIEU BÉNISE L'AMÉRIQUE". collections-search.bfi.org.uk. Retrieved December 9, 2023.
- ^ "DÉLIVREZ-MOI". collections-search.bfi.org.uk. Retrieved December 9, 2023.
- ^ "DANS LES VILLES". collections-search.bfi.org.uk. Retrieved December 9, 2023.
- ^ "The TIMEKEEPER". collections-search.bfi.org.uk. Retrieved December 9, 2023.
- ^ "Vallée des larmes, La". Films du Québec (in French). Retrieved December 9, 2023.
- ^ Farber, Stephen (February 12, 2016). "'Bad Seeds': Santa Barbara Review". Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved December 9, 2023.
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