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Louise Archambault is a Canadian film and television director and screenwriter. She is best known for her films Familia, which won the Claude Jutra Award in 2005, and Gabrielle, which won the Canadian Screen Award for Best Picture in 2014. Archambault has directed numerous short films, including Atomic Saké, Lock, Petite Mort and Kluane.
YearTitleRoleNotes2023DirectorVancouver International Film Festival ...2023Director2022DirectorTelevision film2022Be Mine, ValentineDirectorTelevision filmLouise Archambault is a filmmaker who has won awards for her features Gabrielle, And the Birds Rained Down, and One Summer. She has also directed TV series such as Catastrophe and Trop, and is married to cinematographer André Turpin.
- January 1, 1
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- Montréal, Québec, Canada
- Education and Early Career
- Familia
- Shorts and Collaborations
- Gabrielle
- Awards
Archambault considered going into medical school before enrolling in a communications program in CEGEP. Inspired by Leos Carax’s surreal, neo-noir crime drama Mauvais Sang (The Night is Young, 1986),she decided to become a filmmaker and landed a job as a sound trainee on the popular Radio-Canada TV series Lance et compte (He Shoots, He Scores, 1986...
Archambault made a second short, Mensonges (2004), during the four years it took to produce her first feature film, Familia (2005). Centered on a 30-something woman (Sylvie Moreau) hampered by severe gambling debts, the film had a budget under $2 million dollars and was shot by her husband, acclaimed cinematographer André Turpin (Maelström, Incendi...
In 2010, Archambault directed Lock, a short documentary about the famed choreographer Éduoard Lock, produced by the National Film Board for the Governor General’s Performing Arts Awards gala. In 2011, she was one of 13 Canadian filmmakers to participate in The National Parks Project, a multimedia endeavor that paired directors with musicians to cre...
Inspired by a woman she met at a public swimming pool in her Montréal neighbourhood, Archambault conducted intense research into the lives of mentally challenged people. She went on to write a screenplay about a teenaged girl who falls in love with a boy in her choir, and whose sexual coming of age is complicated by the protective reactions of her ...
Best Short Film (Atomic Saké), Jutra Awards(2000)Best Film (Atomic Saké), Delle Donne International Film Festival (2000)Best Canadian First Feature Film (Familia), Toronto International Film Festival (2005)Claude Jutra Award(Familia), Genie Awards(2006)Louise Archambault is a Canadian screenwriter and director who has won many awards for her films, including Gabrielle, Il pleuvait des oiseaux and Irena's Vow. Learn more about her life, career, quotes and upcoming projects on IMDb.
- January 1, 1970
Sep 13, 2023 · When Canadian director Louise Archambault shot her Holocaust drama Irena’s Vow — about a young woman’s heroism in hiding Polish Jews from Nazi occupiers – she faced present-day obstacles...
Apr 19, 2024 · Irena's Vow is a 2023 movie based on the true story of Irena Gut, a Polish woman who saved Jews from the Holocaust. The film is directed by Louise Archambault and stars Sophie Nélisse, Dougray Scott and Andrzej Seweryn.
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Sep 16, 2019 · Pat Mullen sat down with Archambault during the Toronto International Film Festival to discuss her process of bringing Saucier’s novel to the screen and basking in a film that inspires us to embrace each day life brings.
