About

Known credits:
51
Birthday:
1928-07-31
Place of birth:
Maniwaki, Quebec, Canada
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Gilles Carle

Overview

Gilles Carle, OC GOQ (July 31, 1928 – November 28, 2009) was a French Canadian director, screenwriter and painter. Gilles Carle, who was a key figure in the development of a commercial Quebec cinema, worked as a graphic artist and writer before he joined the National Film Board of Canada in 1960. His innovative debut feature, La Vie heureuse de Léopold Z., tracked the adventures of a snowplough operator during a madcap Christmas Eve. But after the NFB rejected several of his projects, he began working independently. In 1971 Carle joined forces with Pierre Lamy to form Les Productions Carle-Lamy, which produced Claude Jutra’s epic Kamouraska, Denys Arcand’s early features and all his early films. The quirkily paced, proto-feminist La Vraie Nature de Bernadette – widely regarded as his best film – and Le Mort d’un bûcheron eventually led to the more mainstream but graceful Les Plouffe and the epic love story Maria Chapdelaine, both classics of Quebec cinema. In 1972 Carle won the Canadian Film Award for best Director for his The True Nature of Bernadette.

In 1990, he was awarded the Government of Quebec's Prix Albert-Tessier. In 1997, Carle received a Governor General's Performing Arts Award for Lifetime Artistic Achievement, Canada's highest honour in the performing arts. In 1998, he was made an Officer of the Order of Canada. In 2007, he was made a Grand Officer of the Ordre National du Quebec.

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Known for

Acting
2005 Gilles Carle ou l'indomptable imaginaire Actor Self N/A
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1999 Moi j'me fais mon cinéma Actor Self N/A
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Directing
1999 Moi j'me fais mon cinéma Directing Director N/A
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1997 Épopée en Amérique Directing Director N/A
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1996 Pudding chômeur Directing Director 58
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1995 Blood of the Hunter Directing Director N/A
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1994 The Other Side of the Law Directing Director 58
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1992 The Postmistress Directing Director 58
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1989 50 Ans Directing Director N/A
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1986 La guêpe Directing Director 58
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1983 Maria Chapdelaine Directing Director 58
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1982 The Great Chess Movie Directing Director 59
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1981 The Plouffe Family Directing Director 59
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1980 Fantastica Directing Director 58
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1978 L'âge de la machine Directing Director N/A
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1977 The Angel and the Woman Directing Director 58
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1975 Normande Directing Director 58
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1973 The Heavenly Bodies Directing Director 59
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1973 The Death of a Lumberjack Directing Director 58
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1972 The True Nature of Bernadette Directing Director 59
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1971 The Men Directing Director 58
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1970 Red the Half Breed Directing Director 58
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1968 The Rape of a Sweet Young Girl Directing Director 58
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1965 The Merry World of Leopold Z Directing Director 59
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1964 Solange dans nos campagnes Directing Director N/A
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1964 Percé on the Rocks Directing Director N/A
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1964 The Big Swim Directing Director N/A
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1963 The Rink Directing Director 59
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1963 Un air de famille Directing Director N/A
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1963 Olympic Swimmers Directing Director N/A
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1961 Manger Directing Director N/A
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1961 One Sunday in Canada Directing Director N/A
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Le diable d'Amérique Directing Director N/A
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Writing
1999 Moi j'me fais mon cinéma Writing Writer N/A
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1992 The Postmistress Writing Writer 58
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1986 La guêpe Writing Writer 58
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1983 Maria Chapdelaine Writing Writer 58
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1981 The Plouffe Family Writing Writer 59
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1980 Fantastica Writing Writer 58
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1978 L'âge de la machine Writing Writer N/A
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1977 The Angel and the Woman Writing Writer 58
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1973 The Heavenly Bodies Writing Writer 59
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1973 The Death of a Lumberjack Writing Writer 58
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1972 The True Nature of Bernadette Writing Writer 59
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1971 The Men Writing Writer 58
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1970 Red the Half Breed Writing Writer 58
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1968 The Rape of a Sweet Young Girl Writing Writer 58
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1965 The Merry World of Leopold Z Writing Writer 59
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1964 Solange dans nos campagnes Writing Writer N/A
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1964 Percé on the Rocks Writing Writer N/A
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Crew
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