Biography
Georges-Henri Denys Arcand (French: [dəni aʁkɑ̃]; born June 25, 1941) is a French Canadian film director, screenwriter and producer. His film The Barbarian Invasions won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Film in 2004. His films have also been nominated three further times, including two nominations in the same category for The Decline of the American Empire in 1986 and Jesus of Montreal in 1989, becoming the only French-Canadian director in history whose films have received this number of nominations and, subsequently, to have a film win the award. Also for The Barbarian Invasions, he received an Academy Award nomination for Best Original Screenplay, losing to Sofia Coppola for Lost in Translation.During his four decades career, he became the most globally recognized director from Quebec, winning many awards from the Cannes Film Festival, including the Best Screenplay Award, the Jury Prize, and many other prestigious awards worldwide. He won three César Awards in 2004 for The Barbarian Invasions: Best Director, Best Original Screenplay and Best Film, being the only Canadian director to have accomplished this.
Filmography
All 61
Movies 52
Director 24
Self 20
TV Shows 9
Writter 5
Voice 1
Testament (2023)
La plus belle province (2022)
Forgotten Flowers (2019)
Le vieil âge et l'espérance (2019)
Le cri du rhinocéros (2018)
The Fall of the American Empire (2018)
Kiss Me With All Your Love (2016)
Stealing Alice (2016)
Ti-Mé Show (2015)
An Eye for Beauty (2014)
Les pêcheurs (2013)
Les bobos (2012)
Barney's Version (2010)
Sodankylä Forever (2010)
En audition avec Simon (2010)
Escher's Infinite Perspective (2007)
Days of Darkness (2007)
Le direct avant la lettre (2006)
Shooting Star (2005)
Tout le monde en parle (2004)
Weird Sex and Snowshoes: A Trek Through the Canadian Cinematic Psyche (2004)
The Barbarian Invasions (2003)
Viens voir les comédiens (2002)
Stardom (2000)
In the Shadow of Hollywood (2000)
Poverty and Other Delights (1996)
La conquête du grand écran (1996)
Love & Human Remains (1994)
Ma soeur, mon amour (1992)
Leolo (1992)
The Black Sheep (1992)
Montreal Stories (1991)
Jesus of Montreal (1989)
The Magical Eye (1989)
Nulle part ailleurs (1987)
Night Zoo (1987)
The Decline of the American Empire (1986)
Le crime d'Ovide Plouffe (1984)
Comfort and Indifference (1982)
Duplessis (1978)
Normande (1975)
Gina (1975)
Pigs Are Seldom Clean (1973)
Réjeanne Padovani (1973)
Québec: Duplessis and After ... (1972)
Dirty Money (1972)
Mon oeil (1971)
Cotton Mill, Treadmill (1970)
C'est pas la faute à Jacques Cartier (1968)
Between Sweet and Salt Water (1967)
Atlantic Parks (1967)
Volleyball (1966)
Montréal un jour d'été (1965)
La route de l'Ouest (1965)
Ville-Marie (1965)
Jusqu'au cou (1964)
Champlain (1964)
Springboard to the Sun (1964)
Samuel de Champlain: Québec 1603 (1964)
Alone or with Others (1962)
There Is No Direction
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Information
Known forDirecting
GenderMale
Birthday1941-06-25 (81 years old)
Place of birthDeschambault-Grondines, Canada
SiblingsBernard Arcand, Gabriel Arcand
CitizenshipsCanada
Also known asDenys Arcand, OC
AwardsGrand Officer of the National Order of Quebec, Knight of the National Order of Quebec, Companion of the Order of Canada, Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres, Governor General's Performing Arts Award, Prix Albert-Tessier, 24th Genie Awards, European Film Award for Best Non-European Film, Molson Prize, Member of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts, Companion of the Ordre des arts et des lettres du Québec, Canada's Walk of Fame, Legion of Honour
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