Lyne Charlebois | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Occupation(s) | film, television and music video director, photographer |
| Years active | 1980s-present |
| Notable work | Borderline |
Lyne Charlebois is a Canadian film and television director, most noted as the director and cowriter of the 2008 film Borderline.[1]
Charlebois began her career as a photographer, who had one of her first jobs in the film industry shooting promotional stills for Jean-Claude Lauzon's 1987 film Night Zoo.[1] She then became a music video director for artists including Daniel Bélanger and Laurence Jalbert.[1] She won a Prix Félix for Best Video in 1991 for Marjo's "Je sais, je sais",[2] and was a three-time Juno Award nominee for Best Music Video for Spirit of the West's "Political" at the Juno Awards of 1992,[3] Mae Moore's "Bohemia" at the Juno Awards of 1993[4] and for Gogh Van Go's "Tunnel of Trees" at the Juno Awards of 1995.[5] She won the award in 1995.[6]
She subsequently worked in television, directing episodes of Bliss, Tabou, Nos étés and Sophie, and made the short films Quel jour était-ce? in 2001 and Nous sommes tous les jours in 2006.
She collaborated with Marie-Sissi Labrèche on the screenplay for Borderline, and directed the film.[1] At the 29th Genie Awards in 2009, Charlebois and Labrèche were cowinners of the Genie Award for Best Adapted Screenplay,[7] and Charlebois was a shortlisted nominee for the Genie Award for Best Director;[8] at the 2009 Prix Jutra, she won the award for Best Director.[9]
Tell Me Why These Things Are So Beautiful (Dis-moi pourquoi ces choses sont si belles), her first feature film since Borderline, premiered at the 2023 Abitibi-Témiscamingue International Film Festival.[10]
References
- 1 2 3 4 "Borderline director aims for provocative, not perverse; Charlebois's debut is dark portrait of troubled soul". The Gazette (Montreal), February 4, 2008.
- ↑ "Marjo wins four Felix awards". Ottawa Citizen, October 15, 1991.
- ↑ "Complete list of Juno Award nominees". The Gazette (Montreal), February 13, 1992.
- ↑ "Dion equals record for Juno nominations". The Globe and Mail, February 10, 1993.
- ↑ "Strange bedfellows at the Junos: Newcomer multi-nominees range from Tragically Hip to Susan Aglukark". The Globe and Mail, February 9, 1995.
- ↑ "Arden big winner at Junos: Calgary singer-songwriter earns three awards, while Aglukark and Dion score two each; Neil Young wins as best male vocalist and The Tragically Hip is named best group". The Globe and Mail, March 27, 1995.
- ↑ "Night belongs to Passchendaele". Ottawa Citizen, April 5, 2009.
- ↑ "Genie Award voters anoint The Necessities". The Globe and Mail, February 11, 2009.
- ↑ "Two films share spotlight; The Jutras". The Gazette (Montreal), March 30, 2009.
- ↑ Charles-Henri Ramond, "[FCIAT 2023 Dis-moi pourquoi ces choses sont si belles en clôture"]. Films du Québec, September 18, 2023.