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Guylaine Dionne

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Guylaine Dionne
Born1962
Occupations
  • film director
  • producer
  • screenwriter
  • professor
Notable workThe Three Madeleines, Waitresses Wanted

Guylaine Dionne (born 1962) is a Canadian filmmaker and screenwriter from Quebec,[1] most noted as director of the feature films The Three Madeleines (Les Fantômes des trois Madeleine)[2] and Waitresses Wanted (Serveuses demandées).[3]

After graduating from the film studies program at Concordia University in Montreal, she began her career making documentaries for Quebec television, before releasing The Three Madeleines as her debut feature.[4] The film premiered in the Directors Fortnight program at the 2000 Cannes Film Festival.[5]

In 2018, Dionne and Rosanna Maule collaborated on Les Réalisatrices contemporaines : l'état des choses, a documentary about the history of women in film.[6] Her most recent film, the documentary Jazz Club Owner, was released in 2021.[7]

She is now a professor in the film studies program at Concordia.[8]

Awards

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In 2006, she was the recipient of the Don Haig Award at the Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival.[9]

Filmography

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Sylvie Drapeau and France Arbour in The Three Madeleines by Guylaine Dionne (2000)

Film

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  • 1988 – Last Call
  • 1989 – Les Frissons d'Agathe
  • 2000 – The Three Madeleines (Les Fantômes des trois Madeleine)
  • 2008 – Waitresses Wanted (Serveuses demandées)
  • 2010 – Les Mercredis de Rose
  • 2018 – Les Réalisatrices contemporaines : l'état des choses
  • 2021 – Jazz Club Owner

Television

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  • 1991–1993 – Amériques 500 : À la redécouverte du nouveau monde
  • 1994 – Les Rêves secrets des Tarahumaras d'elle-même
  • 1998–1999 – Îles d'Inspiration
  • 1999–2000 – Les Histoires Oubliées
  • 2000 – Through her Eyes
  • 2004 – Mary Shelley

References

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  1. ^ Janis L. Pallister et Ruth A. Hottell (2005). Francophone Women Film Directors : A Guide. Fairleigh Dickinson University Press. pp. 50–52. ISBN 978-0838640463.
  2. ^ Lisa Nesselson, "The Three Madeleines". Variety, May 15, 2000.
  3. ^ "Serveuses demandées – Film de Guylaine Dionne". Films du Québec, December 16, 2008.
  4. ^ Charles-Henri Ramond, "Fantômes des 3 Madeleine, Les – Film de Guylaine Dionne". Films du Québec, January 7, 2009.
  5. ^ "Stardom closes Cannes festival". Playback, May 1, 2000.
  6. ^ Manon Dumais, "«Réalisatrices contemporaines»: paroles de femmes". Le Devoir, July 9, 2018.
  7. ^ Bill Brownstein, "Upstairs jazz documentary next best thing to being there". Montreal Gazette, March 26, 2021.
  8. ^ Normand Provencher, "Guylaine Dionne : rêves brisés". La Presse, January 16, 2009.
  9. ^ "Hot Docs pulls record crowds with 13th fest". Toronto Star, May 9, 2006.
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