Louise Archambault

Louise Archambault is a Canadian film director and screenwriter.[1] She is best known for her films Familia, which won the Claude Jutra Award in 2005,[2] and Gabrielle, which won the Canadian Screen Award for Best Picture in 2014.

Louise Archambault
Archambault at the Miami International Film Festival
Born
Montreal
NationalityCanadian
Occupationfilm director
Years active2000s-present
Notable workFamilia, Gabrielle

She has directed numerous short films, including Atomic Saké, Lock, Petite Mort and Kluane. Her film Gabrielle was screened in the Special Presentation section at the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival,[3] and won two Canadian Screen Awards at the 2nd Canadian Screen Awards, for Best Picture and Best Actress for star Gabrielle Marion-Rivard.[4]

Her third feature film And the Birds Rained Down, an adaptation of Jocelyne Saucier's novel Il pleuvait des oiseaux, was released in 2019.[5] Her fourth film, Thanks for Everything (Merci pour tout), followed later the same year.[6] and One Summer (Le temps d'un été) was released in 2023.[7] In 2023 she also released Irena's Vow, her first English-language film.[8] The feature tells a story of a former nurse who shelters a dozen Jews in Nazi-occupied Poland.[9]

She is a graduate of Concordia University in Montreal (BFA 93, MFA 00).[10]

References
  1. Adam Nayman, "Louise Archambault". The Canadian Encyclopedia, August 20, 2014.
  2. Claude Jutra Award Archived 2011-06-07 at the Wayback Machine entry at The Canadian Encyclopedia.
  3. "Gabrielle". TIFF. Archived from the original on 2013-08-21. Retrieved 2013-08-15.
  4. "'Orphan Black,' 'Gabrielle' big winners at Canadian Screen Awards". CTV News, 9 March 2014.
  5. "Une première bande-annonce dévoilée pour «Il pleuvait des oiseaux»". Le Journal de Montréal, April 25, 2019.
  6. "Le film Merci pour tout, de Louise Archambault, sort en salle à Noël". Ici Radio-Canada, December 25, 2019.
  7. Manon Dumais, "«Le temps d’un été»: prendre congé de la rue". Le Devoir, July 14, 2023.
  8. Jeremy Kay, "Sophie Nélisse, Dougray Scott to star in Quiver’s wartime drama ‘Irena’s Vow’, as WestEnd launches sales". Screen Daily, May 9, 2022.
  9. Lazic, Elena (2023-08-14). "Toronto unveils the rich line-up of its Centrepiece programme". Cineuropa. Retrieved 2023-09-22.
  10. "Louise Archambault". www.concordia.ca. Retrieved 2016-01-25.


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