Serge Giguère

Serge Giguère (born 1946 in Arthabaska, Quebec) is a Canadian documentary filmmaker.[1] He is most noted as a two-time winner of the Prix Jutra/Iris for Best Documentary Film, winning at the 9th Jutra Awards in 2007 for Driven by Dreams (À force de rêves)[2] and at the 17th Jutra Awards in 2015 for Finding Macpherson (Le mystère Macpherson).[3]

Serge Giguère

He was previously nominated, but did not win, in the same category at the 2nd Jutra Awards in 2000 for The Megaphone Reel (Le Réel du mégaphone), and was a nominee for Best Sound in a Documentary at the 21st Quebec Cinema Awards in 2019 for My Mother's Letters (Les lettres de ma mère).[4]

In addition to his own films, he has been a cinematographer on work by other filmmakers, including the films 24 heures ou plus, Thunder Drum (Mémoire battante) and Jacques and November (Jacques et novembre).

He was a recipient of the Governor General's Award in Visual and Media Arts in 2008.[5] In 2021, he was the recipient of the Prix Albert-Tessier from the Prix du Québec.[6]

References
  1. André Lavoie, "«Les lettres de ma mère»: la batailleuse". Le Devoir, March 17, 2018.
  2. Cédric Bélanger, "Le Nord au cœur: Lentement mais sûrement". Le Journal de Montréal, November 29, 2012.
  3. Manon Toupin, "Un Jutra pour Serge Giguère". La Nouvelle Union, March 16, 2015.
  4. "Gala Québec Cinéma : 1991 de Ricardo Trogi mène la course avec 16 nominations". Radio-Canada (in French). April 11, 2019. Retrieved June 23, 2020.
  5. "Awards honour visual and media artists". Moose Jaw Times-Herald, March 26, 2008.
  6. Manon Toupin, "Serge Giguère décoré du prestigieux prix Albert-Tessier". La Nouvelle Union, October 28, 2021.


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