Denys Arcand

 

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Georges-Henri Denys Arcand, CC CQ is a Canadian film director, screenwriter and producer. He has won an Academy Award for Best Foreign Film in 2004 for The Barbarian Invasions. He has also been nominated three further times, including two nominations in the same category for The Decline of the American Empire in 1986 and Jesus of Montreal in 1989, becoming the only French-Canadian director in history to receive this number of nominations and, subsequently, to win the award. Also for The Barbarian Invasions, he received an Academy Award nomination for Best Original Screenplay, losing to Sofia Coppola for Lost in Translation. Denys Arcand has directed three of the seven Canadian movies to ever receive an Academy Award nomination for Best Foreign Film and three films in the Toronto International Film Festival's 2004 list of the Top 10 Canadian Films of All Time

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Denys Arcand

Born 1941-06-25 (83 years ago) in Deschambault-Grondines.

Awards
Award Ceremony Year Awarded for
Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television Award for Best Screenplay (The Barbarian Invasions) 24th Genie Awards 2004 Les Invasions barbares
Genie Award for Best Achievement in Direction (The Barbarian Invasions) 24th Genie Awards 2004 Les Invasions barbares
Toronto Film Critics Association Award for Best Screenplay (The Barbarian Invasions) 2003 Les Invasions barbares
Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Foreign Language Film (The Barbarian Invasions) 9th Critics' Choice Awards 2003 Les Invasions barbares
National Board of Review Award for Best Foreign Language Film (The Barbarian Invasions) 2003 Les Invasions barbares
Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television Award for Best Screenplay (Jesus of Montreal) 11th Genie Awards 1990 Jésus de Montréal
Genie Award for Best Achievement in Direction (Jesus of Montreal) 11th Genie Awards 1990 Jésus de Montréal
Cannes Grand Prize of the Jury (Jesus of Montreal) 1989 Jésus de Montréal
Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television Award for Best Screenplay (The Decline of the American Empire) 8th Genie Awards 1987 Le déclin de l'empire américain
Genie Award for Best Achievement in Direction (The Decline of the American Empire) 8th Genie Awards 1987 Le déclin de l'empire américain
Nominated for awards
Award Ceremony Year Nominated for
Genie Award for Best Achievement in Direction (Days of Darkness) 28th Genie Awards 2008 L'âge des ténèbres
BAFTA Award for Best Original Screenplay (The Barbarian Invasions) 57th British Academy Film Awards 2004 Les Invasions barbares
Genie Award for Best Achievement in Direction (The Barbarian Invasions) 24th Genie Awards 2004 Les Invasions barbares
César Award for Best Film (The Barbarian Invasions) 29th César Awards 2004 Les Invasions barbares
César Award for Best Director (The Barbarian Invasions) 29th César Awards 2004 Les Invasions barbares
BAFTA Award for Best Foreign Language Film (The Barbarian Invasions) 57th British Academy Film Awards 2004 Les Invasions barbares
Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Foreign Language Film (The Barbarian Invasions) 9th Critics' Choice Awards 2003 Les Invasions barbares
Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay (The Barbarian Invasions) 76th Academy Awards 2003 Les Invasions barbares
BAFTA Award for Best Foreign Language Film (Jesus of Montreal) 1991 British Academy Film and Television Awards 1991 Jésus de Montréal
Genie Award for Best Achievement in Direction (Jesus of Montreal) 11th Genie Awards 1990 Jésus de Montréal
Relationships
Name From To Relationship type
Denise Robert(Gifta) Gifta
Child

Mingxia Arcand

Parents

Horace Arcand, Colette Bouille

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Georges-Henri Denys Arcand, CC CQ is a Canadian film director, screenwriter and producer. He has won an Academy Award for Best Foreign Film in 2004 for The Barbarian Invasions. He has also been nominated three further times, including two nominations in the same category for The Decline of the American Empire in 1986 and Jesus of Montreal in 1989, becoming the only French-Canadian director in history to receive this number of nominations and, subsequently, to win the award. Also for The Barbarian Invasions, he received an Academy Award nomination for Best Original Screenplay, losing to Sofia Coppola for Lost in Translation. Denys Arcand has directed three of the seven Canadian movies to ever receive an Academy Award nomination for Best Foreign Film and three films in the Toronto International Film Festival's 2004 list of the Top 10 Canadian Films of All Time. During his four decades career, he became the most renowned and accomplished Quebec's director in the world, winning many awards from the Cannes Film Festival, including the Best Screenplay Award, the Jury Prize and many other prestigious awards worldwide.

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