Richard Grégoire
Richard Grégoire (born May 18, 1944) is a Canadian film and television composer from Montreal, Quebec.[1] He is most noted for his work on the film Being at Home with Claude, for which he won the Genie Award for Best Original Score at the 13th Genie Awards in 1992.[2]
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| Born | May 18, 1944 |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Occupation | composer |
| Years active | 1960s-present |
| Notable work | Being at Home with Claude |
He is a graduate of the Université de Montréal, where he was a student of Serge Garant.[1] He later studied and worked with the Groupe de recherches musicales in Paris, France, under composer Pierre Schaeffer.[1]
In television, he is best known for composing the theme music to the 1990 drama series Les Filles de Caleb,[1] while in film he has worked most frequently, although not exclusively, on the films of director Yves Simoneau.[1] His film credits have included Chocolate Eclair (Éclair au chocolat), Night Magic, Intimate Power (Pouvoire intime), In the Shadow of the Wind (Les Fous de Bassan), In the Belly of the Dragon (Dans le ventre du dragon), Perfectly Normal, Cruising Bar and Octobre.
Awards
In addition to his Genie win in 1992, he was a nominee on three other occasions, receiving nods at the 8th Genie Awards in 1987 for Exit,[3] at the 10th Genie Awards in 1989 for The Heat Line (La ligne de chaleur),[4] and at the 16th Genie Awards in 1996 for Water Child (L'Enfant d'eau).[5]
He was also a two-time Jutra Award nominee for Best Original Music, receiving nods at the 1st Jutra Awards in 1999 for Streetheart (Le Cœur au poing)[6] and at the 2nd Jutra Awards in 2000 for Memories Unlocked (Souvenirs intimes). At the 6th Jutra Awards in 2004, he was the recipient of the Jutra Hommage lifetime achievement prize.[7]
References
- Pierre Rochon, Christian Rioux and Annie Joan Gagnon, "Richard Grégoire". The Canadian Encyclopedia, February 7, 2006.
- Maria Topalovich, And the Genie Goes To...: Celebrating 50 Years of the Canadian Film Awards. Stoddart Publishing, 2000. ISBN 0-7737-3238-1.
- John Allemang, "Arcand's Decline tops Genie nominations with 13". The Globe and Mail, February 5, 1987.
- Jay Scott, "Cronenberg film earns a dozen nominations: Dead Ringers tops Genie list". The Globe and Mail, February 14, 1989.
- "Genie Award nominees". Ottawa Citizen, January 14, 1996.
- "Red Violin leads pack for Jutra Awards". The Globe and Mail, January 28, 1999.
- Paul Townend and Maurie Alioff, "Prix Iris". The Canadian Encyclopedia, April 5, 2010.