Biography
François Barbeau CM (July 27, 1935 – January 28, 2016) was an award-winning Canadian costume designer. He was a professor at the National Theatre School of Canada and the Université du Québec à Montréal who worked on over 700 productions in Quebec and around the world.
After taking sewing in high school, he began his career in the 1950s at the theatre The Caravan of Paul Buissonneau. He afterwards worked as a designer at the Théâtre du Rideau Vert. Among the films he worked on are Léolo (1992), for which he won the Genie Award for Best Costume Design, and Laurence Anyways (2012), sharing the Genie with Xavier Dolan. In film, Barbeau mentored fellow-costume designer and Genie winner Louise Jobin.
In 1996, he received the Governor General's Award, and in 2000 he joined the Order of Canada. He died on January 28, 2016. Dolan's 2016 film It's Only the End of the World is dedicated to him.
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Filmography
all 15
Movies 15
It's Only the End of the World (2016)
Mommy (2014)
Laurence Anyways (2012)
Battle of the Brave (2004)
Cirque du Soleil: Dralion (2001)
The Second Arrival (1998)
Afterglow (1997)
Twists of Terror (1997)
Léolo (1992)
Le Tartuffe (1984)
Atlantic City (1980)
Lies My Father Told Me (1975)
Eliza's Horoscope (1975)
Kamouraska (1973)
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Known ForCostume & Make-Up
GenderMale
Birthday1935-06-27
Deathday2016-01-28 (80 years old)
Birth PlaceMontreal, Canada
CitizenshipsCanada
AwardsMember of the Order of Canada, Governor General's Performing Arts Award
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