Michel Poulette

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Portrait of the director and producer Michel Poulette made during the opening night of the Women cycle at the Cinémathèque québécoise.

Michel Poulette is a

Claude Jutra Award in 1994 for his first feature film, Louis 19, King of the Airwaves (Louis 19, le roi des ondes), which became the first American remake of a Canadian movie: ED TV by Ron Howard.[1]

Career

Poulette directed his first film, Louis 19,[2] in 1994, to positive reviews,[3] and then was a director for the sketch comedy series Rock et Belles Oreilles. In 1997 his detective film The Haven was released.[2]

Poulette went on to direct the feature films La conciergerie[4] and Family History (Histoire de famille). He directed the film Maïna in 2014;[5][6][7] it was nominated for a Canadian Screen Award[8] and screened at a number of film festivals.[9]

In 1999 he directed the television film Bonanno: A Godfather's Story, which received mixed reviews,[10] and in 2003 the spy story Agent of Influence.[11] He also directed Tipping Point and Too Young to Marry, and episodes of the television series Urgence,[12] MVP and Sophie.

Poulette worked for several television networks,[13] directed a number of commercials, and has been awarded five "campaign of the year" awards in TV advertising. He has also directed video for the videogame industry, with Myst IV: Revelation and the first trailer of Assassin's Creed. Both for Ubisoft.

References

  1. ^ Claude Jutra Award Archived 2011-06-07 at the Wayback Machine entry at The Canadian Encyclopedia.
  2. ^ a b "The Haven". Variety, September 29, 1997.
  3. ^ "King of the Airwaves Louis 19, le Roi Des Ondes". Variety, April 6, 1994, Brendan Kelly
  4. ^ Telefilm Canada (1996). Annual Report. The Corporation. p. 43.
  5. ^ "Le choc de deux solitudes". Le Devoir, Caroline Montpetit. 15 mars 2014
  6. ^ "«Maïna», une avant-première dans le Grand Nord" Ismaël Houdassine, Le Huffington Post Québec, 10/03/2014
  7. ^ "Maïna, de Michel Poulette: les défis d'un tournage hors normes". La Presse, 20 January 2013
  8. ^ "'Orphan Black,' 'Gabrielle' big winners at Short-hosted Canadian Screen Awards (With Video)". Windsor Star, March 10, 2014
  9. ^ "Michel Poulette: "Maina" in Innu and Inuktitut". CBC, March 15, 2014
  10. ^ "Shuffling Through a Mob of 'Godfather' Knockoffs". Los Angeles Times, July 24, 1999|HOWARD ROSENBERG
  11. ^ "Watch CIA pull RCMP's strings". The Globe and Mail, JOHN McKAY, TORONTO, April 10, 2003
  12. ^ "Amour et aventure dans le Grand Nord". La Presse, 23 January 2012
  13. ^ "#77 Richard Olafson". BC Booklook, January 26th, 2016

External links

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