Anne Claire Poirier

Anne Claire Poirier O.C. (born 6 June 1932) is a Canadian film producer, director and screenwriter.

Anne Claire Poirier

OC
Born (1932-06-06) 6 June 1932
Saint-Hyacinthe, Quebec, Canada
Occupation(s)Film producer
Film director
Screenwriter
Years active1963-1996

Biography

Poirier was born in Saint-Hyacinthe, Quebec. She was the only female filmmaker on the National Film Board of Canada in the 1960s and 1970s.[1] Her first film, the black and white surrealist fictional documentary De mère en fille (1968), critiques social codes of motherhood and investigates the psychological experience of pregnancy. The film had a significant influence on the nascent feminist movement in Canada. De mère en fille is the first feature film ever directed by a French-Canadian woman.[2] Poirier's film Mourir à tue-tête competed in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1979 Cannes Film Festival.[3] Mourir à tue-tête, which aboards the subject of rape, remains Poirier's best known film.[4] Her 1974 film Les Filles du Roi explores a history of masculinity in Quebec.[5] In 1996, she directed the feature-length documentary Tu as crié: Let me go to understand the events that led to the murder of her daughter.

Awards and honours

In 1988, she was awarded the Prix Albert-Tessier. Tu as crié: Let me go received numerous awards including the Genie Award for Best Feature Length Documentary.[6] In 2001, Poirier received a Governor General's Performing Arts Award for Lifetime Artistic Achievement in film.[7] She was appointed an Officer of the Order of Canada in 2003.[8]

Filmography

Fiction

Documentaries
  • Stampede (Short, 1962)
  • Nomade de l'Ouest (Short, 1962)
  • 30 Minutes, Mr. Plummer (Short, 1963)
  • Les ludions (Short, 1965)
  • De mère en fille (1968)
  • Les filles du Roy (1974)
  • Il y a longtemps que je t'aime (1989)
  • Tu as crié: Let me go (1996)

See also

References
  1. Kay Armatage; Kass Banning; Brenda Longfellow; Janine Marchessault (1999). Gendering the Nation: Canadia Women's Cinema. University of Toronto Press. p. 8.
  2. "Canadian Film Encyclopedia - Anne Claire Poirier". Archived from the original on 26 July 2011.
  3. "Festival de Cannes: A Scream from Silence". Archived from the original on 30 July 2012.
  4. "Canadian Film Encyclopedia - Anne Claire Poirier". Archived from the original on 26 July 2011.
  5. Canada, National Film Board of, They Called Us 'Les Filles du Roy', retrieved 1 August 2018
  6. "IMDb - Genie Awards (1997)". IMDb.
  7. "Anne Claire Poirier biography- GGPAA".
  8. "Order of Canada: Anne Claire Poirier". The Governor General of Canada. Retrieved 13 March 2017.
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