François Avard Explained

François Avard (born 6 June 1968) is a Canadian writer and scenarist best known as the writer of the Québécois television series Les Bougon.

He attended the He is the creator and co-author (with Jean-Francois Mercier) of the satirical series Les Bougon.

He wrote for multiple French-Canadian series, including Caméra Café, 3X Rien, CA and Bob Gratton. He was a sponsor of the series Ramdam for which he received two Prix Gémeaux in collaboration with writer Fabienne Cortes. He also worked for two seasons of "Ici Louis-José Houde" and the show Pendant ce temps, devant la télé on CBC.^[1]

He has been working with comedian Martin Matte since 1995. He also worked with Louis-José Houde to write two of his one-man shows and co-wrote his texts for the animation of the Félix Award. He's also been working with a number of other humorists, including Jean-Francois Mercier, Cathy Gauthier, Patrick Groulx and Pierre Hébert.^[2]

On February 25, 2010, François Avard has signed, together with 500 artists, the call to support the international campaign for Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions against Israeli apartheid.^[3]

Novels

• L’Esprit de Bottine, Les Intouchables, Montréal, 1991, 262 p.
• Les Uniques, Éditions Guérin, Montréal, 1993, 255 p.
• Le Dernier Continent, Les Intouchables, Montréal, 1997, 334 p.
• Mpambara, y a trop de blanc au Québec, Les 400 Coups, Montréal, 2003, 55 p.
• Pour de vrai, Libre Expression, Outremont, 2003, 312 p.
• Bancs publics, Lanctôt, Montréal, 2006, 197 p.
• Avard Chronique, Les Intouchables, Montréal, 2008, 332 p.

Television

• 2001: Caméra Café (script adaptation)
• 2001: Ramdam (writer)
• 2002: Real-it (script editor)
• 2003: 3X Rien (script editor)
• 2004: Les Bougon, c'est aussi ça la vie! (co-creator and writer)
• 2005: Ici Louis-José Houde (script editor)
• 2006: CA (script advisor)
• 2007: Bob Gratton: ma vie, my life (script editor)
• 2007: Pendant ce temps, devant la télé (script editor)
• 2009: Vrak la vie (script editor)
• 2009: Bye-Bye 2009 (script editor and writer)

External links

• "Le créateur des Bougon préfère son clavier aux feux de la rampe."

Notes and References

1. Web site: François Avard. .
2. Web site: Radio-Canada: François Avard -Entrevues- Indicatif Présent.
3. Web site: Tadamon!: 500 Artists Against Israeli Apartheid . 28 February 2010 . 28 January 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110128135842/http://www.tadamon.ca/post/5824 . dead .