Christine Doyon

Christine Doyon is a Canadian screenwriter from Quebec.[1] With Ariane Louis-Seize, Doyon co-wrote the award-winning film Humanist Vampire Seeking Consenting Suicidal Person (Vampire humaniste cherche suicidaire consentant).

Career

A graduate of the Université du Québec à Montréal and the Institut national de l'image et du son,[2] she first became widely known for the 2013 web series Michaëlle en sacrament, about a woman who becomes her grandmother's caretaker after her grandmother is diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease.[3] She also subsequently wrote the short films Chaloupe,[1] Tortellini[1] and Night Crosser (Sang papier), and the web series Germain s'éteint.[4]

Doyon is most noted as co-writer of the film Humanist Vampire Seeking Consenting Suicidal Person (Vampire humaniste cherche suicidaire consentant), for which she and Ariane Louis-Seize won the Canadian Screen Award for Best Original Screenplay at the 12th Canadian Screen Awards,[5] and the Prix Iris for Best Screenplay at the 26th Quebec Cinema Awards.[6]

References

  1. ^ a b c Justine Baillargeon, "La plume intarissable de Christine Doyon". Lien Multimédia, April 5, 2017.
  2. ^ Sophie Bernard, "Christine Doyon voulait humaniser la maladie d’Alzheimer". Lien Multimédia, November 4, 2014.
  3. ^ Michèle Dorion, "La scénariste Christine Doyon traite de l’Alzheimer". Qui Fait Quoi, November 27, 2013.
  4. ^ "«Germain s’éteint»: renaître de l’obsolescence programmée". Le Journal de Montréal, February 2, 2022.
  5. ^ Connie Thiessen, "Canadian Screen Awards winners: Cinematic Arts". Broadcast Dialogue, May 30, 2024.
  6. ^ "Suivez notre couverture en direct du 26e Gala Québec Cinéma". Ici Radio-Canada, December 8, 2024.