Guylaine Dionne Explained
Guylaine Dionne (born 1962) is a Canadian filmmaker and screenwriter from Quebec,[1] most noted as director of the feature films The Three Madeleines (Les Fantômes des trois Madeleine)[2] and Waitresses Wanted (Serveuses demandées).[3]
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.[4] The film premiered in the Directors Fortnight program at the 2000 Cannes Film Festival.[5]
In 2018, Dionne and Rosanna Maule collaborated on Les Réalisatrices contemporaines : l'état des choses, a documentary about the history of women in film.[6] Her most recent film, the documentary Jazz Club Owner, was released in 2021.[7]
She is now a professor in the film studies program at Concordia.[8]
Awards
In 2006, she was the recipient of the Don Haig Award at the Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival.[9]
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
Notes and References
- Book: English. Janis L. Pallister et Ruth A. Hottell. Francophone Women Film Directors : A Guide. 50-52. Fairleigh Dickinson University Press. 2005. 978-0838640463.
- Lisa Nesselson, "The Three Madeleines". Variety, May 15, 2000.
- https://www.filmsquebec.com/films/serveuses-demandees-guylaine-dionne/ "Serveuses demandées – Film de Guylaine Dionne"
- Charles-Henri Ramond, "Fantômes des 3 Madeleine, Les – Film de Guylaine Dionne". Films du Québec, January 7, 2009.
- https://playbackonline.ca/2000/05/01/28854-20000501/ "Stardom closes Cannes festival"
- Manon Dumais, "«Réalisatrices contemporaines»: paroles de femmes". Le Devoir, July 9, 2018.
- Bill Brownstein, "Upstairs jazz documentary next best thing to being there". Montreal Gazette, March 26, 2021.
- Normand Provencher, "Guylaine Dionne : rêves brisés". La Presse, January 16, 2009.
- "Hot Docs pulls record crowds with 13th fest". Toronto Star, May 9, 2006.
