Clément Perron

Clément Perron (July 3, 1929 – October 12, 1999) was a Canadian film director and screenwriter.^[1][2]

Clément Perron
Born	(1929-07-03)July 3, 1929 Quebec City, Quebec, Canada
Died	October 12, 1999(1999-10-12) (aged 70) Pointe-Claire, Quebec, Canada
Occupation(s)	Film director Film producer Screenwriter
Years active	1958 - 1994

Early life and education

Perron was born in Quebec City, Quebec. After graduating from the University of Laval with a Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy Perron went to France to continue his studies with the goal of becoming a teacher. He studied linguistics at the Academie de Portier.^[3]

Career

After watching screenings at the Cinémathèque française in Paris, Perron became interested in cinema and on his return to Canada in 1957, he joined the NFB as a writer.^[4]

In 1960, he began directing documentary shorts and in 1962, found critical success with his film Day After Day (Jour après jour), which won two Canadian Film Awards.^[5] Perron continued to work primarily on documentaries until the NFB decided to make an attempt at a more commercial cinema in the late sixties and early seventies.^[6] He directed three fiction feature-length films of moderate success during this time period but his biggest accomplishment was writing the screenplay for Mon oncle Antoine (1971) which was based on his own childhood experiences.^[7]

Perron retired from the NFB in 1986 to work in the private sector primarily as a writer.^{[citation needed]} Perron died in 1999 in Pointe-Claire, Quebec.

Selected filmography

Fiction

• Caroline (Short Co-Directed with Georges Dufaux, 1964) (Re-Released as part of the 1964 anthology film Trois Femmes)
• It Isn't Jacques Cartier's Fault (C'est pas la faute à Jacques Cartier) (Co-Directed with Georges Dufaux, 1968)
• Taureau (1973)
• Bound for Glory (Partis pour la gloire) (1975)

Documentaries

• Georges-P. Vanier: soldat, diplomate, gouverneur général (Short, 1960)
• Crossbreeding for Profit (Short, Co-Directed with Pierre Patry, 1961)
• Loisirs (Short, Co-Directed with Pierre Patry, 1962)
• Les bacheliers de la cinquième (Short Co-Directed with Francis Séguillon, 1962)
• Day After Day (Jour après jour) (Short, 1962)
• Marie-Victorin (Short, 1963)
• Salut Toronto! (Short, 1965)
• Cinéma et réalité (Co-Directed with Georges Dufaux, 1967)
• Fermont, P.Q. (Co-Directed with Monique Fortier, 1980)