René Delacroix
René Delacroix (August 27, 1900 – June 11, 1976) was a French film director and screenwriter.[1] He was most noted for a mid-career period from 1949 to 1954 when he was based in Montreal, during which he directed or co-directed several of the most important early feature films in the Cinema of Quebec.[2] The film Tit-Coq, codirected with Gratien Gélinas, won the Canadian Film Award for Film of the Year at the 5th Canadian Film Awards in 1953.[3]
Filmography
- La relève - 1932
- Meute et kangourous... - 1935
- Promesses - 1939
- Notre-Dame de la Mouise - 1941, writer only
- The Murderer Is Not Guilty (L'assassin n'est pas coupable) - 1946
- Gonzague - 1947
- The Grand Bill (Le Gros Bill) - 1949, with Jean-Yves Bigras
- The Story of Dr. Louise (On ne triche pas la vie) - 1949, with Paul Vandenberghe
- They Are Twenty - 1950
- The Nightingale and the Bells (Le Rossignol et les cloches) - 1952
- Tit-Coq - 1953, with Gratien Gélinas
- A Mother's Heart - 1953
- The Heartthrob (Le Tombeur) - 1958
References
- ^ "Fine Canadian Film: St. Hyacinthe Main Setting For an Entertaining Story". Montreal Star, March 3, 1952.
- ^ Michel Houle et Alain Julien, Dictionnaire du cinéma québécois, Fides, 1978.
- ^ "On the Screen". The Globe and Mail, May 1, 1953.
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