Lorraine Dufour Explained

Birth Date:	1950
Birth Place:	Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Years Active:	1977–present

Lorraine Dufour (born 1950) is a Canadian film editor and producer. She has received Canadian Screen Award and Prix Iris nominations and wins for films like Post Mortem, The Negro, and Bad Seeds, and she and her longtime collaborator Robert Morin are the co-founders of .

Biography

Lorraine Dufour was born in 1950 in Montreal.^[1] She, Robert Morin, and Jean-Pierre St-Louis were part of the trio behind the documenteur, a subgenre "mixing the false fiction and mockumentary".^[2] She and Morin co-founded in 1977,^[3] and the two also founded Morin-Dufour Vidéo Inc. In 1980, the two directed Gus est encore dans l’armée, a short film about a Canadian Armed Forces soldier and his newfound attraction to another male soldier. In 1991, the two won the 1st Canada Council Bell Canada Award.^[4] she was also known to be the "guiding spirit of Coop Vidéo".^[2] Georges Privet called Dufour the Coop Vidéo de Montréal's "driving force" and said that "it is impossible to talk about [her longtime collaborator] Robert Morin without mentioning Lorraine Dufour".^[5]

She was nominated for the Genie Award for Best Motion Picture at the 13th Genie Awards for Requiem for a Handsome Bastard. She won the Jutra Award for Best Film and Jutra Award for Best Editing at the 2nd Jutra Awards and received a nomination for the Genie Award for Best Motion Picture at the 20th Genie Awards for Post Mortem. She won the Jutra Award for Best Editing at the 5th Jutra Awards and was nominated for the Genie Award for Best Achievement in Editing at the 23rd Genie Awards for The Negro, She was nominated for the Jutra Award for Best Editing at the 6th Jutra Awards for Gaz Bar Blues. She was nominated for the Genie Award for Best Motion Picture and the Prix Iris Public Prize for Bad Seeds.

Filmography

• Même mort il faut s’organiser (1977, co-director)^[6]
• Le voleur vit en enfer (1984, co-director)^[7]
• Requiem for a Handsome Bastard (1993, editor)^[8]
• Windigo (1994, editor)^[9]
• Whoever Dies, Dies in Pain (1998, editor)^[10]
• Post Mortem (1999, producer and editor)^[11]
• Marriages (2001, editor)^[12]
• The Negro (2002, editor)^[13]
• Gaz Bar Blues (2003, producer and editor)^[14]
• May God Bless America (2006, editor)^[15]
• Deliver Me (2006, executive producer)^[16]
• Dans les villes (2006, producer)^[17]
• The Timekeeper (2009, co-screenplay)^[18]
• The Valley of Tears (2012, editor)^[19]
• Bad Seeds (2016, co-producer)^[20]

Awards and nominations

Year	Title	Award	Result	Ref.
1992	Requiem for a Handsome Bastard	Genie Award for Best Motion Picture (with Nicole Robert)		^[21]
2000	Post Mortem	Genie Award for Best Motion Picture		^[22]
		Jutra Award for Best Film (with)		^[23]
		Jutra Award for Best Editing
2003	The Negro	Genie Award for Best Achievement in Editing (with George Browne)		^[24]
		Jutra Award for Best Editing		^[25]
2004	Gaz Bar Blues			^[26]
2016	Bad Seeds	Genie Award for Best Motion Picture (with Luc Vandal)		^[27]
2017		Prix Iris Public Prize (with Louis Bélanger and Luc Vandal)		^[28]

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2017-02-13 . Lorraine Dufour . 2023-12-09 . Vithèque . en.
2. Lamoureux . Serge . 2012 . Un pour tous... Coop Vidéo de Montréal . Ciné-Bulles . 30 . 1 . 28–33.
3. Web site: 2015-04-30 . Lorraine Dufour . 2023-12-09 . Media Queer . en.
4. News: 13 May 1991 . Bell Video Art award goes to Montreal pair . 64 . The Toronto Star . 2023-12-09.
5. Privet . Georges . 2000 . « Amener les idées où elles doivent aller… » Entretien avec Lorraine Dufour . 24 Images . 102.
6. Web site: Même mort il faut s'organiser . 2023-12-09 . Coop Vidéo de Montréal . fr-FR.
7. Web site: VOLEUR VIT EN ENFER . 2023-12-09 . collections-search.bfi.org.uk.
8. Web site: REQUIEM POUR UN BEAU SANS COEUR . 2023-12-09 . collections-search.bfi.org.uk.
9. Web site: Windigo. 2023-12-09 . collections-search.bfi.org.uk.
10. Web site: QUICONQUE MEURT, MEURT À DOULEUR . 2023-12-09 . collections-search.bfi.org.uk.
11. Web site: POST MORTEM . 2023-12-09 . collections-search.bfi.org.uk.
12. Web site: MARIAGES . 2023-12-09 . collections-search.bfi.org.uk.
13. Web site: Le NEG' . 2023-12-09 . collections-search.bfi.org.uk.
14. Web site: GAZ BAR BLUES . 2023-12-09 . collections-search.bfi.org.uk.
15. Web site: QUE DIEU BÉNISE L'AMÉRIQUE . 2023-12-09 . collections-search.bfi.org.uk.
16. Web site: DÉLIVREZ-MOI . 2023-12-09 . collections-search.bfi.org.uk.
17. Web site: DANS LES VILLES . 2023-12-09 . collections-search.bfi.org.uk.
18. Web site: The TIMEKEEPER . 2023-12-09 . collections-search.bfi.org.uk.
19. Web site: Vallée des larmes, La . 2023-12-09 . Films du Québec . fr-FR.
20. News: Farber . Stephen . 2016-02-12 . 'Bad Seeds': Santa Barbara Review . en-US . Hollywood Reporter . 2023-12-09.
21. "Genie Award nominations". Toronto Star, November 20, 1992.
22. Web site: They dream of Genies . Lacey . Liam . 28 January 2000 . 1 March 2020 . The Globe and Mail.
23. Web site: Post Mortem leads Prix Jutra Awards . . 20 March 2000 . 1 March 2020.
24. "Ararat leads but Egoyan left out". The Globe and Mail, December 11, 2002.
25. News: Kelly . Brendan . 24 February 2003 . Road movie wins the race . 12 . The Gazette . subscription . 2023-12-09.
26. Web site: Finalistes et lauréats . 2023-12-09 . Le site officiel du Gala du cinéma québécois . fr.
27. Web site: 2017 Canadian Screen Awards: And The Winners Are... . https://web.archive.org/web/20170313072920/http://etcanada.com/news/210784/2017-canadian-screen-awards-and-the-winners-are/ . dead . March 13, 2017 . Furdyk . Brent . March 12, 2017 . Entertainment Tonight Canada. Corus Entertainment.
28. News: Gala Québec cinéma: Juste la fin du monde et Two Lovers and a Bear en tête . Boutros . Magdaline . 5 April 2017 . 1 May 2017 . La Presse.