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Denys Arcand is a Canadian film director, screenwriter, film producer, and actor born in Deschambault-Grondines in 1941. He is educated at the Université de Montréal and speaks English and French. His writing language is French, and his work period began in 1962. He has been employed by the National Film Board of Canada and is a member of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts.
Arcand is known for notable works including The Decline of the American Empire and The Barbarian Invasions. He has received the Legion of Honour, Molson Prize, Canada's Walk of Fame, and the European Film Award for Best Non-European Film. He was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Writing, Original Screenplay and a European Film Award for Best Non-European Film. He is married to Denise Robert and is the sibling of Gabriel Arcand.
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Deschambault, Quebec, Canada
Georges-Henri Denys Arcand CC GOQ (born June 25, 1941) is a French-Canadian film director, screenwriter and producer based in Montreal, who crafts deeply personal and thought-provoking films, earning international acclaim. His career began with features like "Une Maudite Galette" (1972) and "Gina" (1975), exploring diverse narratives. "The Decline of the American Empire" (1986) depicted Quebecois…
Known for
- À la lumière du soir — Self2025
- Good Men — Self2024
- At the End of Nothing at All — Self2024
- La plus belle province — Narrator (voice)2022
- Forgotten Flowers — Captain2019
- Le cri du rhinocéros — Self2018
- Le prix du paradis — Narrator2017
- Stealing Alice2016
- Kiss Me With All Your Love — Édouard Montpetit2016
- Ti-Mé Show — Self - Guest Star2015
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Key facts
- Born
- Georges-Henri Denys Arcand , ( 1941-06-25 ) June 25, 1941 (age 84) , Deschambault , Quebec , Canada
- Alma mater
- Université de Montréal
- Occupations
- Film director , screenwriter , film producer
- Years active
- 1962–present
- Spouse
- Denise Robert
- Relatives
- Bernard Arcand (brother) Gabriel Arcand (brother) Adrien Arcand (grand-uncle)
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- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Canada
- Place of birth
- Deschambault-Grondines
- Spouse
- Denise Robert
- Occupation
- theatrical director
- Educated at
- Université de Montréal
- Employer
- National Film Board of Canada
- Languages spoken
- French
- Notable work
- The Barbarian Invasions
- Student of
- Michel Brunet
- Image
- DenysArcand07TIFF.jpg
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- Denys Arcand
- date of birth
- 1941-06-25
- member of
- Royal Canadian Academy of Arts
- nominated for
- European Film Award for Best Non-European Film
- writing language
- French
- related category
- Category:Films directed by Denys Arcand
- start of work period
- 1962-00-00
- relative
- Adrien Arcand
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Encyclopedic overview
Georges-Henri Denys Arcand CC GOQ RCA ( French: [dəni aʁkɑ̃]; born June 25, 1941) is a Canadian filmmaker. During his four decades career, he became one of the most internationally-recognized directors from Quebec, earning widespread acclaim and numerous accolades for his "intensely personal, challenging, and intellectual films."
His film The Barbarian Invasions won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film in 2004. His films have 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 whose films have received this number of nominations and, subsequently, to have a film win the award. For The Barbarian Invasions, he received an Academy Award nomination for Best Original Screenplay, losing to Sofia Coppola for Lost in Translation.
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