René Chénier Explained

René Chénier
Occupation:	Film producer Executive producer
Nationality:	French Canadian
Organization:	National Film Board of Canada

René Chénier is a Canadian film producer and an executive producer for the National Film Board of Canada.

Chénier co-produced Benoît Pilon's 2008 film The Necessities of Life, and was nominated for the Genie Award for Best Motion Picture.^[1] In 2012, he won a Genie Award for Best Animated Short for Georges Schwizgebel's Romance.^[2]

From 2006, Chénier was an executive producer for the French animated studio for the National Film Board. In 2014, he was appointed executive producer for special projects.^[3]

His 2017 credits include the planetarium production Kyma directed by Philippe Baylaucq and the multi-screen installation Expo 67 Live, directed by .^{[4] [5]}

Notes and References

1. Web site: The Necessities of Life leads Genie nominations . 10 February 2009 . 31 December 2016 . CBC News.
2. Web site: Monsieur Lazhar the Toast of Canuck Cinema . Carrington . Julian . 9 March 2012 . 31 December 2016 . The Torontoist.
3. Web site: Archived - René Chénier appointed Executive Producer, Special Projects, at the NFB . 29 April 2014 . 31 December 2016 . Government of Canada.
4. News: Première production originale pour dôme-écran de l'ONF. 2017-02-23. CTVM.info. 2017-09-13. fr-FR.
5. News: 'You want to go big': Gigantic multimedia installation brings Expo 67 to Montrealers. Indongo. Nantali. 2017-09-10. CBC News. 2017-09-13. en.