Roger Fournier

Roger Fournier (October 22, 1929 - May 31, 2012) was a Canadian writer and television director.^[1] He was most noted for his novel Le cercle des arènes, which won the Governor General's Award for French-language fiction and the Prix France-Québec in 1982,^[1] and his screenplay for the film A Day in a Taxi (Une journée en taxi), for which he received a Genie Award nomination for Best Original Screenplay in 1983.^[2]

Roger Fournier
Born	(1929-10-22)October 22, 1929 Saint-Anaclet, Quebec, Canada
Died	May 31, 2012(2012-05-31) (aged 82) Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Occupation	novelist, short story writer, screenwriter, television director
Language	French
Years active	1960s-1990s
Notable works	Le cercle des arènes, A Day in a Taxi
Notable awards	Governor General's Award for French-language fiction, Prix France-Québec

He was a longtime television director for Télévision de Radio-Canada, including on the series Moi et l'autre and Bye Bye,^[3] and assisted in creating Gilles Vigneault's first concert tour.^[3]

Filmography

• Inutile et adorable (1963)
• À nous deux! (1965)
• Les Filles à Mounne (1966)
• Journal d'un jeune marié (1967)
• La voix (1968)
• L'innocence d'Isabelle (1969)
• Heads or Tails (Pile ou face) - 1971
• Gilles Vigneault, mon ami (1972)
• La marche des grands cocus (1972)
• Moi, mon corps, mon âme, Montréal, etc. (1974)
• Les cornes sacrées (1977)
• Pour l'amour de Sawinne (1984)
• Les sirènes du Saint-Laurent (1984)
• Chair Satan (1989)
• La Danse éternelle (1991)
• Le retour de Sawinne (1992)
• Gaïagyne (1994)
• Les mauvaises pensées (1996)
• Le pied - contes érotiques et très cruels (1996)
• Le Stomboat (1999)
• Les miroirs de mes nuits (2000)