Alain Chartrand

Alain Chartrand (February 2, 1946 – December 11, 2023) was a Canadian film director and screenwriter.^[1] The son of prominent Quebec social activists Michel Chartrand and Simonne Monet-Chartrand, he was most noted for several film and television works about his parents, including the theatrical documentary films A Man of His Word (Un homme de parole) and My Life Is a River (Une vie comme rivière),^[2] and the television miniseries Chartrand et Simonne.^[3]

Alain Chartrand
Born	(1946-02-02)February 2, 1946 Longueuil, Quebec, Canada
Died	December 11, 2023(2023-12-11) (aged 77)
Occupation(s)	Film and television director
Spouse	Diane Cailhier
Parent(s)	Michel Chartrand Simonne Monet-Chartrand

He was also active in developing and supporting trade unions for film production crew, taught in the film studies programs at the Institut national de l'image et du son and the Université du Québec à Montréal, and published the memoirs Le métier d'assistant-réalisateur au cinéma (1990) and Chartrand, cinéaste (2007) about his filmmaking career.^[1]

He died on December 11, 2023, at the age of 77.^[4][5]

Filmography

Director

Film

• 1972 – Isis au 8
• 1976 – Back to the Land (La Piastre)
• 1983 – L'Étau-bus
• 1988 – Friends for Life (Des amis pour la vie)
• 1990 – Ding et Dong (Ding et Dong, le film)
• 1991 – A Man of His Word (Un homme de parole)
• 1991 – School's Out (Une nuit à l'école)
• 1992 – Anna's Garden (Le Jardin d'Anna)
• 1996 – My Life Is a River (Une vie comme rivière)
• 2013 – Summer Crisis (La Maison du pêcheur)

Television

• 1992 – Montréal ville ouverte
• 1996 – Innocente
• 1997 – Paparazzi
• 2000–2003 – Chartrand et Simonne

Screenwriter

• 1972 – Isis au 8
• 1976 – Back to the Land (La Piastre)
• 1991 – A Man of His Word (Un homme de parole)
• 1996 – My Life Is a River (Une vie comme rivière)

Actor

• 1965 – The Revolutionary (Le Révolutionnaire)
• 1989 – Cruising Bar : assistant director
• 1989 – How to Make Love to a Negro Without Getting Tired (Comment faire l'amour avec un nègre sans se fatiguer) : police officer #1
• 1991 – Four Stiffs and a Trombone (L'Assassin jouait du trombone) : Sergeant

Producer

• 1972 – Isis au 8

Editor

• 1972 – Isis au 8

Awards

Award	Year	Category	Work	Result	Ref(s)
Anik Award	1983	Best Original Drama	L'Étau-bus	Won	[6]
Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival	1985	Prix du Public de la compétition internationale		Won
Abitibi-Témiscamingue International Film Festival	1992	Grand Prix Hydro-Québec	Anna's Garden (Le Jardin d'Anna)	Won
Genie Awards	1996	Best Feature Length Documentary	My Life Is a River (Ma vie comme rivière)	Nominated	[7]
Gémeaux Awards	1993	Best Direction in a Dramatic Series	Anna's Garden (Le Jardin d'Anna)	Nominated
	1995		Scoop IV	Nominated
	1996		Innocence	Nominated
	2000		Chartrand et Simonne	Won	[8]

References

1. Diane Cailhier, "Alain Chartrand". The Canadian Encyclopedia, September 23, 2008.
2. Bill Brownstein, "Film-maker Chartrand knows his subject". Montreal Gazette, March 11, 1996.
3. "Le Point de Vue de Simonne". Voir (in French). October 22, 2003.
4. "Le réalisateur et scénariste Alain Chartrand est décédé (1946–2023)". Le Droit. December 12, 2023. Retrieved December 14, 2023.
5. "Le réalisateur Alain Chartrand est décédé". La Presse. December 12, 2023. Retrieved December 14, 2023.
6. Kevin Tierney, "L'Étau-bus". Cinema Canada, September 1984.
7. "Over-the-edge Canadian films poised for Genie nod". Canadian Press, November 24, 1996.
8. Jacques Bensimon, "Prix Gémeaux a Quebec family affair". The Globe and Mail, October 31, 2000.

External links

• Alain Chartrand at IMDb
• Article at thecanadianencyclopedia.ca
• Alain Chartrand discography at Discogs