Luc Bourdon (born 1952) is a Canadian documentary filmmaker and video artist from Quebec known for his 2008 film The Memories of Angels.[1] His other films have included La Grande Bibliothèque (2005), Classes de Maîtres (2009) and Une vie pour deux (2013).
A former executive director of the Festival du nouveau cinéma, he was commissioned to create 50 temps, a short documentary film about the history of the festival, for the 2021 event on the occasion of its 50th anniversary.[2]
Accolades
editThe Memories of Angels (La Mémoire des anges), his ode to 1950s/60s Montreal from previous National Film Board of Canada titles,[3] won a Jutra Award nominee for Best Documentary Film at the 11th Jutra Awards in 2009,[4] and its 2018 sequel The Devil's Share (La Part du diable), which focused on 1970s Montreal, was a nominee for Best Documentary at the 20th Quebec Cinema Awards in 2018[5] and a Canadian Screen Award nominatee for Best Feature Length Documentary at the 7th Canadian Screen Awards in 2019.[6]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Alan Jones, "Director Luc Bourdon, the devil Quebec knows". The Globe and Mail, February 15, 2018.
- ^ Gabriel Sigler, "FNC 2021 lineup: The Power of the Dog, Freakscene – The Story of Dinosaur Jr., Red Rocket, Night Raiders". Bad Feeling, September 28, 2021.
- ^ Cisneros, James. "The NFB's Turn to Heritage: Revisiting Montreal in Luc Bourdon's La mémoire des anges". TOPIA: Canadian Journal of Cultural Studies. York University: 29–46.
- ^ Normand Provencher, "Soirée des Jutra: Babine mène le bal". La Presse, February 18, 2009.
- ^ Normand Provencher, "Les prix Iris du cinéma entre folie et zombies". Le Soleil, May 31, 2018.
- ^ "“Anthropocene”, “Amazing Race Canada” among Canadian Screen Award nominees". RealScreen, February 8, 2019.
External links
edit- Luc Bourdon at IMDb