Louise Archambault Explained

Louise Archambault
Birth Place:	Montreal
Nationality:	Canadian
Occupation:	Director
Years Active:	1990-present

Louise Archambault is a Canadian film and television director and screenwriter.^[1] She is best known for her films Familia, which won the Claude Jutra Award in 2005,^[2] and Gabrielle, which won the Canadian Screen Award for Best Picture in 2014.

Archambault has directed numerous short films, including Atomic Saké, Lock, Petite Mort and Kluane. Her film Gabrielle was screened in the Special Presentation section at the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival,^[3] and won two Canadian Screen Awards at the 2nd Canadian Screen Awards, for Best Picture and Best Actress for star Gabrielle Marion-Rivard.^[4]

Her third feature film And the Birds Rained Down, an adaptation of Jocelyne Saucier's novel Il pleuvait des oiseaux, was released in 2019.^[5] Her fourth film, Thanks for Everything (Merci pour tout), followed later the same year.^[6] and One Summer (Le temps d'un été) was released in 2023.^[7] In 2023 she also released Irena's Vow, her first English-language film.^[8] The feature tells a story of a former nurse who shelters a dozen Jews in Nazi-occupied Poland.^[9]

Archambault is a graduate of Concordia University in Montreal (BFA 93, MFA 00).^[10]

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1998	2 Seconds	Cinematographer
1999	Atomic Saké	Director and writer	Short film Nominated — Prix Iris for Best Short Film
2005	Familia	Director and writer	Toronto International Film Festival Award for Best Canadian Short Film Genie Award Claude Jutra Award Nominated — Canadian Screen Award for Best Director Nominated — Canadian Screen Award for Best Screenplay Nominated — Palm Springs International Film Festival Nominated — Taipei Film Festival Grand Prize Nominated — Jeonju International Film Festival Indie Vision
2010	Lock	Director and writer	Short film
2012	Petite mort	Director	Short film
2013	Gabrielle	Director and writer	Prix Iris for Best Director Prix Iris for Best Screenplay Locarno Film Festival Audience Award Festival International du Film Francophone de Namur Audience Award Windsor International Film Festival People's Choice Award Nominated — Toronto International Film Festival Award for Best Canadian Film Nominated — Gijón International Film Festival Grand Prix Asturias Nominated — Lumières Award for Best French-Language Film Nominated — Vancouver Film Critics Circle Award for Best Director of a Canadian Film Nominated — Special Jury Prize (Locarno International Film Festival) Nominated — Golden Leopard Nominated — Rogers Best Canadian Film Award Nominated — International Festival of Independent Cinema Off Camera Best Feature Film
2013	La galère	Director	3 episodes
2015	Nouvelle Adresse	Director	3 episodes
2015	This Life	Director	4 episodes
2017	Catastrophe	Director	6 episodes
2019	And the Birds Rained Down	Director and writer	Gothenburg Film Festival Dragon Award Best International Film Victoria Film Festival Best Canadian Feature Nominated — Toronto International Film Festival Award for Best Canadian Film Nominated — Canadian Screen Award for Best Screenplay Nominated — Prix Iris for Best Screenplay Nominated — Golden Shell Nominated — Miami International Film Festival Knight Marimbas Award Nominated — Windsor International Film Festival Prize in Canadian Film Nominated — Quebec City Film Festival Grand Prize
2019	Thanks for Everything	Director
2017–2019	Trop	Director	21 episodes
2021	Survivre à ses enfants	Director	13 episodes
2022	Be Mine, Valentine	Director	Television film
2022	The Bad Seed Returns	Director	Television film
2023	One Summer	Director	Nominated — Windsor International Film Festival Prize in Canadian Film
2023	Irena's Vow	Director	Vancouver International Film Festival Audience Award Windsor International Film Festival People's Choice Award Nominated — Windsor International Film Festival Prize in Canadian Film

Notes and References

1. Adam Nayman, "Louise Archambault". The Canadian Encyclopedia, August 20, 2014.
2. http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=a1ARTA0010414 Claude Jutra Award
3. Web site: Gabrielle . 2013-08-15 . TIFF . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130821094843/http://tiff.net/filmsandschedules/festival/2013/gabrielle . 2013-08-21 .
4. http://www.ctvnews.ca/entertainment/orphan-black-gabrielle-big-winners-at-canadian-screen-awards-1.1721030 "'Orphan Black,' 'Gabrielle' big winners at Canadian Screen Awards"
5. https://www.journaldemontreal.com/2019/04/25/une-premiere-bande-annonce-devoilee-pour-il-pleuvait-des-oiseaux "Une première bande-annonce dévoilée pour «Il pleuvait des oiseaux»"
6. https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/1449140/film-merci-pour-tout-louise-archambault-noel "Le film Merci pour tout, de Louise Archambault, sort en salle à Noël"
7. Manon Dumais, "«Le temps d’un été»: prendre congé de la rue". Le Devoir, July 14, 2023.
8. Jeremy Kay, "Sophie Nélisse, Dougray Scott to star in Quiver’s wartime drama ‘Irena’s Vow’, as WestEnd launches sales". Screen Daily, May 9, 2022.
9. Web site: Toronto unveils the rich line-up of its Centrepiece programme. Lazic. Elena. 2023-08-14. Cineuropa. 2023-09-22.
10. Web site: Louise Archambault. www.concordia.ca. 2016-01-25.