Mireille Dansereau facts for kids

Mireille Dansereau (born December 19, 1943) is a Canadian director and screenwriter. She is known for her unique filmmaking style. Mireille has won many awards during her long career, which has lasted over 50 years!

Mireille Dansereau's Life and Career

Mireille Dansereau was a dancer for 15 years. After that, she decided to become a filmmaker. She studied at the University of Montreal. Her first film was a short movie called Moi, un jour.... It was made for Expo 67, a big world's fair.

Her first film was very popular. This helped her move to London, England. There, she studied at the Royal College of Art. She earned her master's degree in Film and Television. She also made another short film, Compromise. This film won first prize at a student film festival in 1969.

Before returning to Quebec, Mireille worked many different jobs. She was a researcher, a script assistant, and a sound recorder. In Quebec, she helped start a film company called L’Association Coopérative des Productions Audio-visuelles (ACPAV).

Mireille Dansereau became the first woman in Quebec to direct a fiction feature film in the private sector. This important film was called La vie rêvée (1971). It was produced by ACPAV. The movie was shown widely in theaters and received great reviews.

After this success, she joined the NFB. There, she directed two feature documentaries. These were part of the En tant que femmes (As Women) series. The films were J'me marie, j'me marie pas (1973) and Famille et variations (1977).

Later, she returned to making films in the private sector. She directed L'Arrache-Coeur (1979). This film looked closely at a marriage having problems. Mireille was nominated for a Genie Award for Best Screenplay for this movie. She also directed Le Sourd dans la ville (1987). This film was based on a novel by Marie-Claire Blais.

In 2022, Mireille Dansereau won the Prix Albert-Tessier. This award celebrates a person's lifetime achievements in the film industry.

Mireille Dansereau's Films

Mireille Dansereau has directed many different types of films. Here are some of her works:

Fiction Films

• Moi, un jour... (Short film, 1967)
• Compromise (Short film, 1968)
• Coccinelle (Short film, 1970)
• Dream Life (La Vie rêvée) (1972)
• Le Père idéal (Short film, 1974)
• Rappelle-toi (Short film, 1975)
• Heartbreak (L'Arrache-cœur) (1979)
• Deaf to the City (Le sourd dans la ville) (1987)
• Duo pour une soliste (1997)
• O comme obsession (aka O-Obsession) (Short film, 1999)
• La vie d'abord (Short film, 1999)
• L'idée noire (Short film, 2000)

Documentary Films

• Forum (1968)
• Les marchés de Londres (Short film, 1969)
• Couples - Étude pour un lit et une baignoire (Short film, 1971)
• J'me marie, j'me marie pas (1972)
• Famille et variations (1977)
• Germaine Guèvremont (Short film, 1980)
• Les Baltes à la recherche d'un pays (1980)
• Les Nordiques ou un peuple sans artifice (1980)
• Un pays à comprendre (1981)
• Le Frère André (1982)
• Entre elle et moi (Short film, 1992)
• Les seins dans la tête (Short film, 1994)
• Les cheveux en quatre (Short film, 1996)
• Danny le montagnais (Short film, 2001)
• Eva (Short film, 2003)
• Louisiane, pour mémoire (2005)
• Les cerisiers ont envahi les espaces comme incendie (Short film, 2010)