| Lyne Charlebois | |
| Nationality: | Canadian |
| Occupation: | film, television and music video director, photographer |
| Years Active: | 1980s-present |
| Notable Works: | Borderline |
Lyne Charlebois is a Canadian film and television director, most noted as the director and cowriter of the 2008 film Borderline.[1]
Charlebois began her career as a photographer, who had one of her first jobs in the film industry shooting promotional stills for Jean-Claude Lauzon's 1987 film Night Zoo.[1] She then became a music video director for artists including Daniel Bélanger and Laurence Jalbert. She won a Prix Félix for Best Video in 1991 for Marjo's "Je sais, je sais",[2] and was a three-time Juno Award nominee for Best Music Video for Spirit of the West's "Political" at the Juno Awards of 1992,[3] Mae Moore's "Bohemia" at the Juno Awards of 1993[4] and for Gogh Van Go's "Tunnel of Trees" at the Juno Awards of 1995.[5] She won the award in 1995.[6]
She subsequently worked in television, directing episodes of Bliss, Tabou, Nos étés and Sophie, and made the short films Quel jour était-ce? in 2001 and Nous sommes tous les jours in 2006.
She collaborated with Marie-Sissi Labrèche on the screenplay for Borderline, and directed the film.[1] At the 29th Genie Awards in 2009, Charlebois and Labrèche were cowinners of the Genie Award for Best Adapted Screenplay,[7] and Charlebois was a shortlisted nominee for the Genie Award for Best Director;[8] at the 2009 Prix Jutra, she won the award for Best Director.[9]
Tell Me Why These Things Are So Beautiful (Dis-moi pourquoi ces choses sont si belles), her first feature film since Borderline, premiered at the 2023 Abitibi-Témiscamingue International Film Festival.[10]