Onyx Films

For the French film studio, see Method Animation.

Onyx Films was a film production business in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It was founded in 1962 by Pierre Lamy and his brother André Lamy.[1][2] Their films include Le Viol d'une jeune fille douce ('The Rape of a Sweet Young Girl'), a satire. Gilles Carle worked with the film company on several productions.[3]

The Canadian Post Office and Royal Canadian Mounted Police had contracts with Onyx to make films in 1971.[4]

The 2010 documentary film La vie privée d'Onyx ('The Very Private Affair of Onyx') directed by Denys Desjardins is about the company's history.[5][6]

Filmography

• Pas de vacances pour les idoles ('No Vacation for Idols') (1965)[7][8]
• Le Viol d'une jeune fille douce ('The Rape of a Sweet Young Girl') (1968)[9]
• Deux femmes en or ('Two Golden Women') (1970)[10][5]
• Les Males ('The Males') (1971)[11]
• La Feuille d'Erable ('The Maple Leaf') (1971), a series directed by Aimée Danis, Gilles Carle, and other[12]
• All Ears to Gaspé (1974), a documentary film about Quebec's Gaspé region.[13][14] The film documents the lifestyle of the Gaspesie people in the area of fishing and tourism as well as the departure of young people.[12][15]
• Carnaval d'hiver de Québec[16]

References

1. "Lamy dead at 72".
2. Canada, National Film Board of. "Making Movie History: André Lamy" – via www.nfb.ca.
3. Creative Canada: A Biographical Dictionary of Twentieth-century Creative and Performing Artists (Volume 1). University of Toronto Press. December 15, 1971. ISBN 9781442637832 – via Google Books.
4. Maur, Nick Auf der; Chodos, Robert (April 17, 1972). Quebec: A Chronicle: 1968-1972. James Lorimer & Company. ISBN 9780888620255 – via Google Books.
5. "Entrevue avec Denys Desjardins - Rêves et détresses de notre industrie du cinéma". Le Devoir.
6. "L'Histoire insoupçonnée du cinéma québécois".
7. Project, Canadian Film (1996). Canada and Canadians in Feature Films: A Filmography, 1928-1990. ISBN 9780889554153.
8. "Pas de vacances pour les idoles – Film de Denis Héroux".
9. Pratley, Gerald (1987). Torn Sprockets: The Uncertain Projection of the Canadian Film. University of Delaware Press. ISBN 978-0-87413-194-9.
10. "article". nouvelles.umontreal.ca. November 18, 2020.
11. Pratley, Gerald (1987). Torn Sprockets: The Uncertain Projection of the Canadian Film. ISBN 9780874131949.
12. "Documentation Sur la Recherche Féministe". Ontario Institute for Studies in Education. April 17, 1979 – via Google Books.
13. "Canadiana". National Library of Canada. April 17, 1976 – via Google Books.
14. Congress, Library of (April 17, 1978). "Films and Other Materials for Projection". Library of Congress. – via Google Books.
15. Media, National Information Center for Educational (April 17, 1978). "NICEM Update of Nonbook Media". Los Angeles, University of Southern California. – via Google Books.
16. Congress, Library of. "Films and Other Materials for Projection".