Jean Beaudin | |
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| Born | (1939-02-06)6 February 1939 Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
| Died | 18 May 2019(2019-05-18) (aged 80) |
| Occupations | Film director Screenwriter |
| Years active | 1966–2019 |
Jean Beaudin (6 February 1939 – 18 May 2019) was a Canadianfilm director andscreenwriter.[1] He directed 20 films since 1969. His filmJ.A. Martin Photographer, was entered into the1977 Cannes Film Festival, whereMonique Mercure won the award forBest Actress.[2] The film also won best Film, he won best Director, and Mercure won best Actress awards at the 1977Canadian Film Awards. He was nominated (but did not win) for theGenie Award for Best Achievement in Direction in 1986, 1992 and 2003 for his filmsThe Alley Cat (Le Matou),Being at Home with Claude andThe Collector (Le Collectionneur), respectively.[3]
ActressDomini Blythe (1947–2010) was his partner of more than 20 years.[4]
Jean Beaudin received a diploma fromEcole des Beaux-Arts in Montreal and studied at the School of Design inZurich. He first joined theNational Film Board of Canada in 1964, working initially in the animation studios, then subsequently directingeducational films. He made a number for a mathematical series, thenVeritge, a psychological study, before he directed his first feature,Stop, in 1971. Although Beaudin took a few shots at wild and visionary moviemaking, he was best known for the restrained performances and fastidious visuals of pictures such as his 1977 masterpieceJ.A. Martin, photographe, which has been consistently nominated by critics as one of the best Canadian features ever made. SinceJ.A. Martin, Beaudin's career was focused exclusively in Quebec withCordélia,Mario, the film version of the stage hitBeing at Home with Claude, and the hugely popular television series,Les Filles de Caleb.[5]
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