Luc Déry Explained

Luc Déry is a French Canadian film producer. He was co-founder of the Montreal-based production company micro_scope, with Kim McCraw.^[1]

He is from Hull (Gatineau), Quebec, and studied film at the University of Montreal and arts management at York University.^[2]

With McCraw, Déry specialized in "smart, high-end pics designed to attract interest outside Canada".^[1] Their films Incendies (2010) and Monsieur Lazhar (2011) both won the Genie Award for Best Motion Picture,^{[3] [4]} and both were nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.^[1]

Filmography

• The Left-Hand Side of the Fridge (La Moitié gauche du frigo) - 2000
• Soft Shell Man (Un crabe dans la tête) - 2001
• A Problem with Fear - 2003
• Tiresia - 2003
• Saved by the Belles - 2003
• Next: A Primer on Urban Painting - 2005
• Familia - 2005
• Congorama - 2006
• Continental, a Film Without Guns (Continental, un film sans fusil) - 2007
• It's Not Me, I Swear! (C'est pas moi, je le jure!) - 2008
• Incendies - 2010
• Monsieur Lazhar - 2011
• Familiar Grounds - 2011
• Inch'Allah - 2012
• You're Sleeping Nicole (Tu dors Nicole) - 2014
• My Internship in Canada (Guibord s'en va-t-en guerre) - 2015
• Allure - 2017
• For Those Who Don't Read Me (À tous ceux qui ne me lisent pas) - 2018
• My Salinger Year - 2020
• Drunken Birds (Les Oiseaux ivres) - 2021
• The Origin of Evil (L'Origine du mal) - 2022

Awards

• Best Film, Continental, a Film Without Guns (Continental, un film sans fusil), Jutra Awards (Quebec), 2008
• Best Film, Congorama, Jutra Awards (Quebec), 2007
• CFTPA Award, Producer of the Year, 2006
• Best Film, Soft Shell Man (Un crabe dans la tête), Jutra Awards (Quebec), 2002

Notes and References

1. Web site: Canadian company has global goal . Kelly . Brendan . 18 February 2012 . 26 March 2017 . Variety.
2. Web site: Luc Déry et Kim McCraw: les Oscars, deux ans de suite . Nathalie Petrowski . Petrowski. Nathalie. La Presse. 25 February 2012. 27 March 2017.
3. Web site: Incendies dominates Genies with eight trophies . Vlessing . Etan . 11 March 2011 . 26 March 2017 . Playback.
4. Web site: Monsieur Lazhar sweeps Genies, Philippe Falardeau named best director . Vlessing . Etan . 8 March 2012 . 26 March 2017 . Playback.