Benoît Pilon
Benoît Pilon (born July 27, 1962)[citation needed] is a francophone Canadian director[1] and screenwriter particularly noted for his innovative films and documentaries on the human condition. He is also the co-founder of "Les Films de l'autre" productions, which produces, promotes and helps the development of independent films throughout North America.
Career
Benoît Pilon earned a B.A. in film studies at Concordia University. He went on to form Les Films de l'Autre in 1988 with Manon Briand and others, an independent production co-op dedicated to auteur-driven films. His short 2003 short, Roger Toupin, épicier variété, won a Prix Jutra for best documentary, His debut feature, The Necessities of Life, which was written in collaboration with Bernard Émond, was a multi-award winner – four Genies, including best director for Pilon, and three Prix Jutras, including best picture and screenplay.
Filmography
Director
- La Rivière rit - 1987
- Rap sur la « Main » - 1994
- Regards volés - 1994
- Rosaire et la Petite-Nation - 1997
- Réseaux - 1998, TV series
- 3 soeurs en 2 temps - 2003
- Roger Toupin, épicier variété - 2003
- Le temps des Québécois - 2004
- Nestor et les oubliés - 2006
- Des nouvelles du Nord - 2007
- Hôtel de la grève - 2007
- The Necessities of Life (Ce qu'il faut pour vivre) - 2008
- Trash (Décharge) - 2011
- Iqaluit - 2016
- The Vinland Club (Le Club Vinland) - 2020
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
- Au chic resto pop (1990)
- The Pianist (1991)
- La Fourmi et le volcan, aka The Ant and the Volcano (1992)
- The Sex of the Stars (Le Sexe des étoiles) (1993)
- Jalna (1994) TV mini-series
- Picoti Picota (1995)
- Marguerite Volant (1996) TV mini-series
Awards and recognition
- 2008: Special Grand Prize of Jury; Most popular film; Most popular Canadian film; Montreal World Film Festival, Genie Award for Best Achievement in Direction, The Necessities of Life (Ce qu'il faut pour vivre)
- 2003: Jutra Award, Best documentary, features;
Bayard D'or for best documentary features at the Namur International Film Festival, Roger Toupin, épicier variété - 1995: Golden Sheaf Award for Best Drama Over 30 mins, Regards volés
References
- ^ https://web.archive.org/web/20080502203900/http://citoyen.onf.ca/node/3705%26dossier_nid%3D1268 [bare URL]
External links
- Benoît Pilon at IMDb
- Benoît Pilon at the National Film Board of Canada
- Les Films de l'Autre Productions official website
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1966–1978
- Ron Kelly (1966)
- Allan King and Ron Kelly (1967)
- Don Owen (1968)
- Peter Pearson (1969)
- Paul Almond (1970)
- Claude Jutra (1971)
- Gilles Carle (1972)
- David Acomba (1973)
- No Award (1974)
- Michel Brault (1975)
- Harvey Hart (1976)
- Jean Beaudin (1977)
- Daryl Duke (1978)
1980–2011
- Bob Clark (1980)
- Francis Mankiewicz (1981)
- Gilles Carle (1982)
- Phillip Borsos (1983)
- Bob Clark / David Cronenberg (1984)
- Micheline Lanctôt (1985)
- Sandy Wilson (1986)
- Denys Arcand (1987)
- Jean-Claude Lauzon (1988)
- David Cronenberg (1989)
- Denys Arcand (1990)
- Bruce Beresford (1991)
- David Cronenberg (1992)
- François Girard (1993)
- Atom Egoyan (1994)
- Robert Lepage (1995)
- David Cronenberg (1996)
- Atom Egoyan (1997)
- François Girard (1998)
- Jeremy Podeswa (1999)
- Denis Villeneuve (2000)
- Zacharias Kunuk (2001)
- David Cronenberg (2002)
- Denys Arcand (2003)
- Francis Leclerc (2004)
- Jean-Marc Vallée (2005)
- Charles Binamé (2006)
- Sarah Polley (2007)
- Benoît Pilon (2008)
- Denis Villeneuve (2009)
- Denis Villeneuve (2010)
- Philippe Falardeau (2011)
2012–present
- Kim Nguyen (2012)
- Denis Villeneuve (2013)
- Xavier Dolan (2014)
- Lenny Abrahamson (2015)
- Xavier Dolan (2016)
- Aisling Walsh (2017)
- Jasmin Mozaffari (2018)
- Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers and Kathleen Hepburn (2019)
- Deepa Mehta (2020)
- Shasha Nakhai, Rich Williamson (2021)
- Clement Virgo (2022)
- Matt Johnson (2023)
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