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name: "François Girard"
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# François Girard

## Identity

François Girard

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/francois-girard-78012
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** francois-girard-78012
- **IMDb ID:** nm0320660
- **TMDB ID:** 78012
- **Wikidata ID:** Q724590
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fran%C3%A7ois_Girard, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q724590, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0320660/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/78012

Director. Born 12 January 1963 in St-Felicien, Quebec, Canada.

## Details

- **Work:** Director
- **Born:** 12 January 1963, St-Felicien, Quebec, Canada
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fran%C3%A7ois_Girard, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q724590, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0320660/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/78012

## Biography

François Girard is a Canadian film director and screenwriter. Born on 12 January 1963 in Saint-Félicien, Quebec, he began his career in the Montreal art video scene in the mid-1980s, founding Zone Productions and working on experimental films, music videos and installations. His first feature film was *Cargo* (1990).

He attained international recognition with *Thirty Two Short Films About Glenn Gould* (1993), which he directed and co-wrote with Don McKellar. Subsequent features include *The Red Violin* (1998), *Silk* (2007), *Boychoir* (2015) and *The Song of Names* (2019). *The Red Violin* won an Academy Award for Best Original Score along with multiple Genie Awards.

Girard has also directed opera and theatre productions, including works by Stravinsky and Wagner, as well as shows for Cirque du Soleil. His television credits include the Peter Gabriel concert film *Secret World Live*, for which he received a Grammy Award.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, cfe.tiff.net, francoisgirard.ca, criterion.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Thirty Two Short Films About Glenn Gould* (1993), Fi1m 85, Screenplay, Director — [page](https://film.one/film/thirty-two-short-films-about-glenn-gould.md)

## Complete filmography (24)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Filles du feu* (2023), series, Set Designer
- *猟銃* (2023), Director
- *The Metropolitan Opera: Lohengrin* (2023), Director
- *La Révolution* (2020), series, as Mignons de Donatien
- *The Metropolitan Opera: The Flying Dutchman* (2020), Director, Stage Director
- *The Song of Names* (2019), Director
- *Hochelaga, Land of Souls* (2017), Director, Writer
- *Cirque du Soleil: Zarkana* (2016), Writer, Director
- *Le silence est d'or* (2016), Actor
- *Boychoir* (2015), Director
- *Cirque du Soleil: Zed in Tokyo* (2013), Writer
- *Parsifal* (2013), Director, Stage Director
- *Cirque du Soleil: The Surreal World of Zarkana* (2011), Director
- *Silk* (2007), Screenplay, Director
- *Weird Sex and Snowshoes: A Trek Through the Canadian Cinematic Psyche* (2004), as elf
- *The Red Violin* (1998), Director, Screenplay
- *Last Night* (1998), as Wild Guy #1
- *Bach Cello Suite #2: The Sound of the Carceri* (1997), Director
- *Souvenirs d'Othello* (1995), Director, Writer
- *Peter Gabriel: Secret World Live* (1994), Director
- *Thirty Two Short Films About Glenn Gould* (1993), Director, Screenplay — Fi1m 85, [page](https://film.one/film/thirty-two-short-films-about-glenn-gould.md)
- *Le Dortoir* (1991), Writer, Director
- *Cargo* (1990), Director, Writer
- *Le Train* (1985), Director

## Awards

### Other awards — 3 won

- Officer of the Order of Canada 2022: Officer of the Order of Canada (won)
- Ordre des arts et des lettres du Québec 2021: Ordre des arts et des lettres du Québec (won)
- Knight of the National Order of Quebec 2019: Knight of the National Order of Quebec (won)

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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