André Brassard

Screenwriter, Film director

1946 –

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Who is André Brassard?

André Brassard is a Canadian stage director, filmmaker and actor, best known for staging the vast majority of Michel Tremblay's plays. He was the director of the French section of the National Arts Center from 1982 to 1989 and the National Theatre School from 1992 to 2000.

His 1974 film Once Upon a Time in the East was entered into the 1974 Cannes Film Festival. His 1977 film Le soleil se lève en retard was entered into the 10th Moscow International Film Festival. Brassard received a Governor General's Performing Arts Award for his lifetime contributions to Canadian theatre in 2002.

He is openly gay.

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Born
Aug 28, 1946
Montreal
Nationality
  • Canada
Profession
Lived in
  • Montreal

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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