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François Barbeau CM (July 27, 1935 – January 28, 2016) was an award-winning Canadian costume designer. He was a professor at the National Theatre School of Canada and the Université du Québec à Montréal who worked on over 700 productions in Quebec and around the world.[1]
François Barbeau | |
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Born | 27 July 1935 |
Died | 28 January 2016 80) | (aged
Nationality | French Canadian |
Occupation | Costume designer |
Awards | Order of Canada |
After taking sewing in high school, he began his career in the 1950s at the theatre The Caravan of Paul Buissonneau. He afterwards worked as a designer at the Théâtre du Rideau Vert.[1] Among the films he worked on are Léolo (1992), for which he won the Genie Award for Best Costume Design,[2] and Laurence Anyways (2012), sharing the Genie with Xavier Dolan.[3] In film, Barbeau mentored fellow-costume designer and Genie winner Louise Jobin.[4]
In 1996, he received the Governor General's Award, and in 2000 he joined the Order of Canada.[1] He died on January 28, 2016.[5] Dolan's 2016 film It's Only the End of the World is dedicated to him.[6][7]
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