Patrick Demers
Patrick Demers is a film director from Montreal, born in 1969 in Saint-Eustache, Quebec. He enjoys working with actors to build his scripts, adding selections of improv while shooting his stories, and considers editing as being part of the cinematic writing process.
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Biography
Fresh out of film school at the age of 22, Demers traveled around the world alone over 6 months at a time with a handheld camera for La Course destination monde (Radio-Canada Television) and started shooting.
After a few years working as a director in TV and advertisement, his first short fiction film, Décharge, won best Canadian short at Toronto International Film Festival.[1] In 2003 he wrote and directed Dans un spoutnik, an animation music video which won several awards in the ADISQ Gala[2] and at the MuchMusic Video Awards[3] that year. His next documentary, Regular or Super: Views on Mies van der Rohe, that he co-directed and edited, won Best Canadian Work at the Festival International du Film sur l'Art en 2004.[4]
Jaloux (aka Jealous or Suspicions) (2010) was his first feature film. The independent movie was produced by Productions Kinesis and was selected by the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival[5] and by the Toronto International Film Festival[6] while also opening the Canadian Front[7] at the Museum of Modern Art in 2011.
Filmography
Shorts
- 1987 Ma dernière cigarette
- 1988 Le refus
- 1989 Brand New Flambant Neuf
- 1990 monsieurmadamechose
- 1991 Lamenta
- 1999 Décharge
- 2005 Le Collet
Animation
- 2003 Dans un spoutnik
- 2005 Heureux d'un printemps
Documentary
- 2006 Regular or Super: Views on Mies van der Rohe
Feature Film
- 2010 Jaloux
- 2017 Origami (in production)
Media
References
- ↑ TIFF Canadian Film Encyclopedia
- ↑ ADISQ Gala 2003
- ↑ MMVA 2003 Winners
- ↑ FIFA
- ↑ KVIFF Archive
- ↑ TIFF 2010 Schedule
- ↑ Canadian Front
