Marie-Josée Saint-Pierre

Marie-Josée Saint-Pierre (born 1978 Murdochville, Québec) is a French Canadian documentary filmmaker and film animator based in Montreal, Canada.

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History

Born in Murdochville, Québec, Marie-Josée Saint-Pierre is a French Canadian filmmaker based in Montreal, Canada. Saint-Pierre obtained a Bachelors of Arts with Honors in Film Animation and an Master of Arts in Film Production from the Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema at Concordia University. Saint-Pierre's animated documentary work shows new approaches in nonfiction storytelling, blurring the lines between documentary and drama. The award-winning director and film animator has directed several short animation and documentary films including Post-Partum, Passages, The Sapporo Project and McLaren’s Negatives, the 2007 JUTRA award winner for best animated film.[1] She is also the co-producer of The Delian Mode, directed by Kara Blake.

Saint-Pierre is directing two mid-length animated documentary films: Femelles, an exploration of Quebec woman going through motherhood, as well as Jutra, a portrait of the legendary Quebec filmmaker Claude Jutra.

Marie-Josée Saint-Pierre founded MJSTP Films, an animation and documentary production company in 2004. Overall, her film work has been screened at over 150 prestigious festivals around the world while receiving many awards.

She has lectured on the art of the animated documentary filmmaking in Europe, Asia and in Canada. She has also been a jury member for the Canada Arts Council, the Ottawa International Animation Festival as well as the London International Film Festival.

In 2008, she was selected as the international artist in residency for the S-AIR Inter-cross Creative Center in Sapporo, Japan where she created the film The Sapporo Project.

She lives in Montreal where she spends her time making film and raising her three daughters.

Films

Her award winning films include:

Awards

Marie-Josée Saint-Pierre's film were recognized by these festivals:

Awards for Passages (2008)

Awards for McLaren's Negatives (2006)

Awards for Post-Partum (2004)

See also

References

  1. ^ Odile Tremblay (19 February 2007). "Sacre de Congorama aux Jutra" (in French). Le Devoir. http://www.ledevoir.com/culture/cinema/131704/sacre-de-congorama-aux-jutra. Retrieved 26 August 2011. 

http://www.panorama-cinema.com/V2/article.php?categorie=9&id=185

http://animaticmag.com/filmmakers3.html

http://moviecitynews.com/2008/10/shorts-and-to-the-point-marie-josee-saint-pierre-passages/

http://www.formatcourt.com/2009/11/passages-de-marie-jose-saint-pierre/

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