---
name: "René Malo"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/rene-malo"
fi1m_id: "rene-malo"
imdb_id: "nm0540361"
tmdb_id: 56280
wikidata_id: "Q3426587"
roles: ["Producer"]
born: "7 March 1942"
died: "23 August 2026"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-26T01:25:43.029321+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# René Malo

## Identity

René Malo

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/rene-malo
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** rene-malo
- **IMDb ID:** nm0540361
- **TMDB ID:** 56280
- **Wikidata ID:** Q3426587
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ren%C3%A9_Malo, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3426587, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0540361/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/56280

Producer. Born 7 March 1942 in Joliette. Died 23 August 2026.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Born:** 7 March 1942, Joliette
- **Died:** 23 August 2026
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ren%C3%A9_Malo, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3426587, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0540361/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/56280

## Streaming the US now

- **Tubi:** [*The Decline of the American Empire*](https://film.one/film/the-decline-of-the-american-empire.md) (72)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

René Malo was a Canadian film producer, distributor and industry pioneer. Born in Joliette, Quebec, he began his career as a music producer in the 1960s before moving into film. He founded production company Corporation Image M&M in 1971 and Malofilm Distribution in 1973, later serving as president and CEO of Malofilm Communications.

Malo made his feature debut as a producer in 1977 with *Panique*. He is best known as co-producer, with Roger Frappier, of Denys Arcand’s *The Decline of the American Empire* (1986), the first Canadian film nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film; the pair won the Genie Award for Best Motion Picture. Other credits include *Sonatine* (1984) and several entries in the *Scanners* series. He received the Air Canada Award in 1994, a Jutra lifetime achievement award in 2011 and was appointed a Knight of the National Order of Quebec in 2013. Malo died on 23 August 2026.

*Sources: hollywoodreporter.com, en.wikipedia.org, theglobeandmail.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Decline of the American Empire* (1986), Fi1m 72, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/the-decline-of-the-american-empire.md)

## Complete filmography (20)

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

- *Ladies Room* (1999), Producer
- *Mighty Machines* (1997), series, Executive Producer
- *Habitat* (1997), Executive Producer
- *Frankenstein and Me* (1996), Executive Producer
- *Scanner Cop II* (1995), Executive Producer
- *Scanner Cop* (1994), Executive Producer
- *Scanners III: The Takeover* (1992), as Robert Rosenthal · Producer
- *Scanners II: The New Order* (1991), as Doctor in Hospital Hallway (uncredited) · Producer
- *Money* (1991), Producer
- *Internal Affairs* (1990), Executive Producer
- *Lessons on Life* (1989), Producer
- *Blind Fear* (1989), Executive Producer
- *Les Tisserands du pouvoir 2, la révolte* (1988), Producer
- *Les Tisserands du pouvoir* (1988), Producer
- *The Revolving Doors* (1988), Producer
- *Easy Prey* (1986), Producer
- *The Decline of the American Empire* (1986), Producer — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/film/the-decline-of-the-american-empire.md)
- *The Ruffian* (1983), Producer
- *The Handyman* (1980), Producer
- *Animal* (1977), Producer

## Gallery

- ![René Malo](https://film.one/media/person/3925180/gallery-0a46ddab7837.jpg) René Malo — Jeangagnon, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/74/Rene_Malo.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Cérémonie de remise de l'Ordre national du Québec 2013.](https://film.one/media/person/3925180/gallery-aadcbeba7791.jpg) Cérémonie de remise de l'Ordre national du Québec 2013. — Simon Villeneuve, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/Ren%C3%A9_Malo01.jpg/1280px-Ren%C3%A9_Malo01.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

## Awards

### Other awards — 2 won

- Knight of the National Order of Quebec 2013: Knight of the National Order of Quebec (won)
- Prix Iris Tribute Award 2010: Prix Iris Tribute Award (won)

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

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