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roles: ["Producer"]
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# Roger Frappier

Producer. Born 14 April 1945 in Sorel, Québec, Canada.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Born:** 14 April 1945, Sorel, Québec, Canada
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar nomination
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Frappier, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3438982, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0292024/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/38517

## Streaming the US now

- **Netflix:** [*The Power of the Dog*](https://film.one/film/the-power-of-the-dog.md) (84)

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## Biography

Roger Frappier is a Canadian film producer. He was born on 14 April 1945 in Saint-Joseph-de-Sorel, Québec. He began his career in film as a critic, editor and director before establishing himself as a producer, working at the National Film Board of Canada and later founding Max Films with Pierre Gendron.

Frappier has produced numerous notable Québec films, including *The Decline of the American Empire* (1986), *Jesus of Montreal* (1989), *Maelström* (2000), *Seducing Doctor Lewis* (2003) and *The Grand Seduction* (2014). He has also produced international co-productions such as *The Power of the Dog* (2021), directed by Jane Campion.

His productions have received multiple Genie Awards and Golden Reel Awards. Frappier received the Order of Arts and Letters from the French government in 1996 and was appointed an Officer of the National Order of Québec in 2010.

*Sources: cbc.ca, en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, thecanadianencyclopedia.ca.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Power of the Dog* (2021), Fi1m 84, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/the-power-of-the-dog.md)

## Complete filmography (54)

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

- *Ababooned* (2024), Producer
- *Tell Me Why These Things Are So Beautiful* (2024), as Frère Léon · Producer
- *The Great Seduction* (2023), Executive Producer
- *The Power of the Dog* (2021), Producer — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/the-power-of-the-dog.md)
- *Chaakapesh* (2020), Producer, Director
- *Indian Horse* (2018), Executive Producer, Producer
- *Hochelaga, Land of Souls* (2017), as Membre du jury · Producer
- *Two Lovers and a Bear* (2016), Producer
- *Ville-Marie* (2015), Executive Producer
- *Corbo* (2015), Executive Producer
- *The Grand Seduction* (2014), Producer
- *Another House* (2013), Producer
- *The Day of the Crows* (2012), Producer
- *Romaine 30° Below* (2009), Producer
- *Through the Mist* (2009), Producer
- *Borderline* (2008), Producer
- *Guide de la petite vengeance* (2006), Producer
- *The Secret Life of Happy People* (2006), Producer
- *Saint Martyrs of the Damned* (2005), Producer
- *Tar Angel* (2003), Producer
- *Seducing Doctor Lewis* (2003), Producer
- *Father and Sons* (2003), Producer
- *Memories of Earth* (2002), Executive Producer
- *Le Plateau* (2002), series, Producer
- *Chaos and Desire* (2002), Producer
- *Maelström* (2000), Producer
- *Life after love* (2000), Producer
- *August 32nd on Earth* (1999), Producer
- *2 Seconds* (1998), Producer
- *Cosmos* (1996), Producer
- *Love & Human Remains* (1994), Producer
- *La vie fantôme* (1992), Producer
- *The Dark Side of the Heart* (1992), Producer
- *Lapse of Memory* (1991), Producer
- *Moody Beach* (1990), Executive Producer
- *Jesus of Montreal* (1989), Producer
- *Onzième spéciale* (1988), Executive Producer, Producer
- *The Decline of the American Empire* (1986), Producer
- *Blind Trust* (1986), Associate Producer
- *Sonia* (1986), Producer
- *The Last Glacier* (1984), Writer, Director
- *Cordélia* (1980), Producer
- *Le Deal mexicain* (1980), Producer
- *De la tourbe et du restant* (1979), Producer
- *Kouchibouguac* (1979), Producer
- *Lundi - Une chaumière, un coeur* (1978), Director
- *A Day in Forillon* (1978), Producer
- *The Battle of the Châteauguay* (1978), Producer
- *Samedi - Le Ventre de la nuit* (1977), Director
- *L'Infonie Inachevée* (1974), Scenario Writer, Director, Editor
- *Réjeanne Padovani* (1973), as A Militant
- *The Great Ordinary Movie* (1971), Director
- *The Orange Grove*, Producer
- *Eléo & Nova*, Producer

## Gallery

- ![Roger Frappier](https://film.one/media/person/1254360/gallery-dbfd4c97bba3.jpg) Roger Frappier — Kimfon10, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Roger_Frappier_en_novembre_2023.jpg/1280px-Roger_Frappier_en_novembre_2023.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Roger Frappier](https://film.one/media/person/1254360/gallery-0d0e39cbc745.jpg) Roger Frappier — Image via TMDB

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- 2022: Best Picture (nominated), for *The Power of the Dog*

### Other awards — 3 won

- Companion of the Ordre des arts et des lettres du Québec 2017: Companion of the Ordre des arts et des lettres du Québec (won)
- Officer of the National Order of Quebec 2010: Officer of the National Order of Quebec (won)
- Prix Albert-Tessier 1999: Prix Albert-Tessier (won)

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

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