André Melançon (February 18, 1942 - August 23, 2016) was a Canadian actor, screenwriter and film director, best known for directing and writing several installments in the Tales for All series of children's films."Décès du réalisateur André Melançon". La Presse, August 24, 2016.
Career The versatile André Mélançon – director, writer and actor – set out to become a youth guidance counsellor before he veered into film. His background in psychology and education helped orient his filmmaking toward films about, with, and for children. His first film was on Quebec separatist Charles Gagnon, then at the request of producer Jean Dansereau he directed a trio of short films for children in the early 1970s that confirmed the direction of his career. He turned to acting and won a Canadian Film Award for his performance in Bound for Glory (Partis pour la gloire). In the 1980s he directed The Dog Who Stopped the War, which won the Golden Reel Award, and Bach et bottine, and wrote, with Jacques Bobet, Tadpole and the Whale also a Golden Reel Award winner.
In 2012 Mélançon received the Prix Albert-Tessier, given to him by the Quebec government for his esteemed career in Quebec cinema. In 2013 he was awarded the National Order of Quebec and in 2015 he received the Lifetime Achievement Jutra-Award.
Filmography
Actor Year Title Role Notes1973TaureauTaureau1973Réjeanne PadovaniLucien Bertrand1973Les Allées de la terre1975Bound for Glory (Partis pour la gloire)Lieutenant LarocheWinner, Canadian Film Award for Best Actor1982Sweet Lies and Loving Oaths (Doux aveux)Reynald1982The Emperor of Peru (La Traversée de la Pacific)Pirate1984The Dog Who Stopped the War (La Guerre des tuques)Daniel Blanchette de Victoriaville1986Intimate Power (Pouvoir intime)Pursuer1987The Great Land of Small (C'est pas parce qu'on est petit qu'on peut pas être grand)Gardien1988Unfaithful Mornings (Les Matins infidèles)Angry motorist1988The Mills of Power (Les Tisserands du pouvoir)1988He Shoots, He Scores (Lance et compte)SylvainSecond season1992The Dark Side of the Heart (El Lado oscuro del corazón)Erik1992Coup de chanceTV1993Refugio en la ciudad1993Because WhyGarbage Man #11993A Wall of Silence (Un Muro de silencio)1995Le Billet de loterie (Une petite fille particulière)MucheTV1996Poverty and Other Delights (Joyeux Calvaire)Armand2001Druids (Vercingétorix : La légende du druide roi)Vercingetorix
Director Year Title1973Weapons and Men (Des armes et les hommes)1974Le Violon de Gaston1974« Les Oreilles » mène l'enquête1974Les Tacots1978Les Vrais Perdants1978The Backstreet Six (Comme les six doigts de la main)1980L'Espace d'un été1984La Route des étoiles1984The Dog Who Stopped the War (La Guerre des tuques)1986Bach and Broccoli (Bach et Bottine)1987Le Lys cassé1989Summer of the Colt (Fierro, l'été des secrets)1990The Blizzard (Rafales)1991Nénette1996Le Boulard1997Cher Olivier2000Albertine in Five Times (Albertine, en cinq temps)2001On Your Head (Le Ciel sur la tête)2002Asbestos2004Daniel and the Superdogs2013Les trains de la vie
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