Anne Claire Poirier
Screenwriter, Film director
1932 –
Who is Anne Claire Poirier?
Anne Claire Poirier is a Canadian film producer, director and screenwriter. She is one of the most important female filmmakers in Canadian history; her documentary film De mère en fille is the first feature film ever directed by a French-Canadian woman. Her film Mourir à tue-tête competed in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1979 Cannes Film Festival. Mourir à tue-tête remains Poirier's best known film.
In 1996, she directed the feature length documentary Tu as crié: Let me go to understand the events that led to the murder of her daughter. Tu as crié: Let me go received numerous awards including the Genie Award for Best Feature Length Documentary.
In 1988 she was awarded the Prix Albert-Tessier. In 2001 she received a Governor General's Performing Arts Award for Lifetime Artistic Achievement in film.
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- Born
- Jun 6, 1932
Saint-Hyacinthe - Nationality
- Canada
- Profession
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on July 23, 2013
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