Jean-Yves Bigras
Jean-Yves Bigras | |
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Born | |
Died | 17 August 1966 | (aged 47)
Occupation | Film director Film editor Screenwriter Film producer |
Years active | 1943 – 1962 |
Jean-Yves Bigras (May 19, 1919 – August 17, 1966) was a Canadian film director and film editor, considered a pioneer in Quebec cinema.[1] Bigras studied first at the University of Ottawa and then at Queen's University. From 1939 to 1942, he served in World War II as part of the RCAF. When he returned to Canada, he became one of the first French Canadians to be hired by the NFB and worked there as an editor until 1948. He was then hired to work in Renaissance Éducationnel, the children's education film section of Renaissance Films Distribution. It was here that he got to work on his first feature film, Le gros Bill (1949), co-directing with . Bigras moved on to direct three feature films himself, including La petite Aurore l’enfant martyre (1951), a big hit with audiences and a staple of Quebec Cinema. In 1953, he began working for Radio-Canada where he became one of its principal directors until his death in 1966.[2]
Selected filmography[]
- L’esprit du mal (1954)
- La petite Aurore l’enfant martyre (1951)
- Les lumières de ma ville (1950)
- Le gros Bill (1949) (co-directed with René Delacroix)
References[]
- ^ "Jean-Yves Bigras - Cinema in Quebec". Archived from the original on 2011-07-06. Retrieved 2011-02-10.
- ^ "Canadian Film Encyclopedia - Jean-Yves Bigras". Archived from the original on 2011-07-24.
External links[]
- 1919 births
- 1966 deaths
- Canadian screenwriters in French
- Canadian television directors
- Film directors from Ottawa
- French Quebecers
- National Film Board of Canada people
- Writers from Ottawa
- 20th-century Canadian screenwriters