André Brassard

André Brassard
Born(1946-08-28)28 August 1946
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Died11 October 2022(2022-10-11) (aged 76)
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Occupation(s)Film director
screenwriter
actor
Years active1972–2022

André Brassard (28 August 1946 – 11 October 2022) was a Canadian stage director, filmmaker and actor, best known for staging the vast majority of Michel Tremblay's plays. He was the director of the French section of the National Arts Center from 1982 to 1989 and the National Theatre School from 1992 to 2000.

Brassard's 1974 film Once Upon a Time in the East was entered into the 1974 Cannes Film Festival.[1] His 1977 film Le soleil se lève en retard was entered into the 10th Moscow International Film Festival.[2] Brassard received a Governor General's Performing Arts Award for his lifetime contributions to Canadian theatre in 2002.[3]

Brassard was openly gay.[4] He died on 11 October 2022, at the age of 76.[5]

Filmography

References

  1. ^ "Festival de Cannes: Once Upon a Time in the East". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 26 April 2009.
  2. ^ "10th Moscow International Film Festival (1977)". MIFF. Archived from the original on 16 January 2013. Retrieved 9 January 2013.
  3. ^ "André Brassard - biography". Governor General's Performing Arts Awards. Retrieved 24 January 2014.
  4. ^ Sarah Jennings, Art and Politics: The History of the National Arts Centre. Dundurn Press, 2009. ISBN 978-1-55002-886-7.
  5. ^ Quebec theatre director André Brassard dies


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