Guylaine Dionne (born 1962) is a Canadian filmmaker and screenwriter from Quebec, most noted as director of the feature films The Three Madeleines (Les Fantômes des trois Madeleine)Lisa Nesselson, "The Three Madeleines". Variety, May 15, 2000. and Waitresses Wanted (Serveuses demandées)."Serveuses demandées – Film de Guylaine Dionne". Films du Québec, December 16, 2008.
After graduating from the film studies program at Concordia University in Montreal, she began her career making documentaries for Quebec television, before releasing The Three Madeleines as her debut feature.Charles-Henri Ramond, "Fantômes des 3 Madeleine, Les – Film de Guylaine Dionne". Films du Québec, January 7, 2009. The film premiered in the Directors Fortnight program at the 2000 Cannes Film Festival."Stardom closes Cannes festival". Playback, May 1, 2000.
In 2018, Dionne and Rosanna Maule collaborated on Les Réalisatrices contemporaines : l'état des choses, a documentary about the history of women in film.Manon Dumais, "«Réalisatrices contemporaines»: paroles de femmes". Le Devoir, July 9, 2018. Her most recent film, the documentary Jazz Club Owner, was released in 2021.Bill Brownstein, "Upstairs jazz documentary next best thing to being there". Montreal Gazette, March 26, 2021.
She is now a professor in the film studies program at Concordia.Normand Provencher, "Guylaine Dionne : rêves brisés". La Presse, January 16, 2009.
Awards In 2006, she was the recipient of the Don Haig Award at the Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival."Hot Docs pulls record crowds with 13th fest". Toronto Star, May 9, 2006.
Filmography
Film 1988 – Last Call 1989 – Les Frissons d'Agathe 2000 – The Three Madeleines (Les Fantômes des trois Madeleine) 2008 – Waitresses Wanted (Serveuses demandées) 2010 – Les Mercredis de Rose 2018 – Les Réalisatrices contemporaines : l'état des choses 2021 – Jazz Club Owner
Television 1991–1993 – Amériques 500 : À la redécouverte du nouveau monde 1994 – Les Rêves secrets des Tarahumaras d'elle-même 1998–1999 – Îles d'Inspiration 1999–2000 – Les Histoires Oubliées 2000 – Through her Eyes 2004 – Mary Shelley
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