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François Girard OC [1] (born January 12, 1963) is a French Canadian director and screenwriter from Montreal. Born in Saint-Félicien, Quebec, Girard's career began on the Montreal art video circuit.
François Girard is a Canadian filmmaker and opera director who has won awards for his works such as The Red Violin, Thirty-two Short Films About Glenn Gould, and Zed. He has also directed Cirque du Soleil shows, concerts, and plays, and is a three-time winner of the Herald Angel Award.
- January 1, 1
- Director, Writer, Additional Crew
- St-Felicien, Quebec, Canada
- François Girard
François Girard’s staging, originally a co-production with the Bolshoi Theater, arrives a year after its Moscow premiere, which coincided with Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. By Joshua Barone
François Girard (born January 12, 1963) is a French-Canadian director and screenwriter particularly noted for his innovative film Thirty Two Short Films About Glenn Gould. Born in Quebec, Girard's career began on the Montreal art video circuit.
François Girard was born in Quebec in 1963. Best known for his movie writing and directing (Thirty-two Short Films About Glenn Gould, The red Violin, Silk...), Girard also directed a number of plays and operas including PARSIFAL at the Metropolitan Opera.
- January 12, 1963
Feb 29, 2020 · We met director François Girard in New York, to talk about the Met Opera's production of Wagner's Die Fliegende Holländer and the comparisons between film and opera.
Jul 29, 2007 · François Girard, filmmaker, screenwriter (b Saint-Félicien, Qué 12 Jan 1963). Following studies in music, Girard turned to audiovisual techniques and in the ...