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Denise Robert, CM, is a Canadian film producer, co-founder and President of Cinémaginaire with Daniel Louis. She is currently married to Denys Arcand and she has produced many of his films. Robert has won many awards, including four Genie Awards.
Denise Robert, née en 1954 à Ottawa, Ontario, est une productrice de cinéma canadienne. Elle est connue pour différents films à succès des dernières années, dont Les Invasions barbares et Ma vie en cinémascope.
- Early Years and Career
- Cinémaginaire
- Box Office Hits and Co-Productions
- Organizational Involvement
- Awards
After growing up in Ottawa, the headstrong and passionate Robert left her hometown at age 18 to study music at École des Beaux-Arts d’Aix-en-Provence in France, but interrupted her studies to embark on a journey of self-discovery through Israel, India and South America. Back in Ottawa, a chance encounter with celebrated theatre actor and director J...
Robert’s first experience as a producer met with significant success. Pool’s À corps perdu (1988)received praise at international film festivals and won six Genie Awards. Robert produced Pool’s next two feature films, La demoiselle sauvage (1991) and Mouvements du désirs (1994), as well as the omnibus film Montréal vu par… (1992). The first Québec-...
Throughout the 1990s, Robert’s greatest commercial successes did not come from Arcand’s films, which did not do well at the box office. Rather it was the films of well-known actress-turned-director Denise Filiatrault which brought in the most money. Ç’ta ton tour,Laura Cadieux (1998), Laura Cadieux, la suite (1999) and L'Odyssée d'Alice Tremblay(20...
Robert was president of the Cinémathèque québécoise from 1997 to 1999 and of the Association of Film and Television in Québec (APFTQ) from 1999 to 2002. She is a member of the Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television’s National Advisory Council, the producer’s branch of the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences (Academy Awards), the British A...
Best Motion Picture (Le Confessionnal), Genie Awards(1996) Best Dramatic Series (Joyeux Calvaire) Prix Gémeaux (1997) Golden Reel Award (Nuit de Noces), Genie Awards (2001) Best Motion Picture (Les Invasions barbares), Genie Awards (2003) Grand prix spécial des Amériques (Les Invasions barbares), Montréal World Film Festival (2003) Best Film (Les I...
Denise Robert was born in 1954 in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. She is a producer and actress, known for The Barbarian Invasions (2003), The Confessional (1995) and Father and Guns (2009). She is married to Denys Arcand.
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- Producer, Actress, Executive
- Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
- Denise Robert
Denise Robert was born in 1954 in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. She is a producer and actress, known for The Barbarian Invasions (2003), The Confessional (1995) and Father and Guns (2009). She is married to Denys Arcand.
Sep 1, 2020 · It is now five years since 62-year-old Denise Robert was shot to death during her regular evening walk in Manchester, N.H., and there is still no arrest. Yet her family is still optimistic that they will have justice.
Denise Robert is a notable film producer and the co-founder and President of Cinémaginaire, a film production company based in Montreal QC. She has won many awards for film production, notably producing “Les Invasions barbares” which was the first Canadian film to win an Academy Award for the best Foreign Language Film in 2004.
