François Avard
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François Avard (born 6 June 1968) is a Canadian writer and scenarist best known as the writer of the Québécois television series Les Bougon.
He attended the
He is the creator and co-author (with Jean-Francois Mercier) of the satirical series Les Bougon.
He wrote for multiple French-Canadian series, including Caméra Café, 3X Rien, CA and Bob Gratton. He was a sponsor of the series Ramdam for which he received two Prix Gémeaux in collaboration with writer Fabienne Cortes. He also worked for two seasons of "Ici Louis-José Houde" and the show Pendant ce temps, devant la télé on CBC.[1]
He has been working with comedian Martin Matte since 1995. He also worked with Louis-José Houde to write two of his one-man shows and co-wrote his texts for the animation of the Félix Award. He's also been working with a number of other humorists, including Jean-Francois Mercier, Cathy Gauthier, Patrick Groulx and Pierre Hébert.[2]
On February 25, 2010, François Avard has signed, together with 500 artists, the call to support the international campaign for Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions against Israeli apartheid.[3]
Novels
[edit]- L’Esprit de Bottine, Les Intouchables, Montréal, 1991, 262 p. (ISBN 978-2-89549-313-6)
- Les Uniques, Éditions Guérin, Montréal, 1993, 255 p. (ISBN 978-2-89549-255-9)
- Le Dernier Continent, Les Intouchables, Montréal, 1997, 334 p. (ISBN 978-2-89549-167-5)
- Mpambara, y a trop de blanc au Québec, Les 400 Coups, Montréal, 2003, 55 p. (ISBN 2-89540-095-4)
- Pour de vrai, Libre Expression, Outremont, 2003, 312 p. (ISBN 978-276480-100-0)
- Bancs publics, Lanctôt, Montréal, 2006, 197 p. (ISBN 978-2-89485-349-8)
- Avard Chronique, Les Intouchables , Montréal, 2008, 332 p. (ISBN 978-2-89549-313-6)
Television
[edit]- 2001: Caméra Café (script adaptation)
- 2001: Ramdam (writer)
- 2002: Real-it (script editor)
- 2003: 3X Rien (script editor)
- 2004: Les Bougon, c'est aussi ça la vie! (co-creator and writer)
- 2005: Ici Louis-José Houde (script editor)
- 2006: CA (script advisor)
- 2007: Bob Gratton: ma vie, my life (script editor)
- 2007: Pendant ce temps, devant la télé (script editor)
- 2009: Vrak la vie (script editor)
- 2009: Bye-Bye 2009 (script editor and writer)
References
[edit]- ^ "François Avard". IMDb.
- ^ "Radio-Canada: François Avard -Entrevues- Indicatif Présent".
- ^ "Tadamon!: 500 Artists Against Israeli Apartheid". Archived from the original on 28 January 2011. Retrieved 28 February 2010.
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