Benoît Charest
Benoît Charest (born July 16, 1964 in Montreal ) is a Canadian jazz guitarist and film composer .
Life
Charest was born in Montreal in 1964 to an Englishwoman and a French-Canadian. He learned to play guitar at the age of 13 and took an interest in jazz at the age of 17 . He soon took private guitar lessons and studied at McGill University and the University of Montreal . Between 1987 and 1997 he was a regular jazz guitarist at small jazz concerts by Alain Caron , Michel Donato , Ben Monder and others.
Charest wrote the score for the 1991 documentary Montréal rétro by the National Film Board of Canada . From 1993 to 1997 he worked as a jazz guitar teacher at the Cégep de Saint-Laurent in Montreal. From 1999, further soundtracks for cinema and television films followed, but also music for commercials (including United Airlines , McDonald’s ) and plays. For the soundtrack to The Great Race of Belleville , Charest won a César for best film music in 2004 . His song Belleville Rendez-Vous was nominated for an Oscar for Best Song and received a Grammy nomination for Best Song Written for Film, Television or Visual Media the following year .
With Dan Thouin and John Fraboni, Charest forms the Benoît Charest Trio, with whom he performed at the 2013 Festival International de Jazz de Montréal .
In 2018 he was appointed to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences , which awards the Oscars every year.
Filmography (selection)
- 1992: Montréal rétro
- 1999: Matroni et moi
- 2000: La vie après l'amour
- 2003: The great race of Belleville (Les triplettes de Belleville)
- 2007: Ma aunt Aline
- 2008: Adam's Wall
- 2009: Polytechnique
- 2010: Route 132
- 2010: Oliver Sherman
- 2011: Message in a bottle in front of Gaza (Une bouteille à la mer)
- 2012: Touch the Sky
- 2012: Mars et Avril
- 2012: Upside Down
- 2013: The Boy Who Smells Like Fish
- 2014: The Wanted 18
- 2014: Crazy Love
- 2015: Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell (TV series, 7 episodes)
- 2015: Paul à Québec
- 2015: Goldfish
- 2017: Radius
Awards (selection)
- 2004: Oscar nomination, Best Song , for Belleville Rendez-Vous from The Great Race of Belleville
- 2004: César , best score for The Great Race of Belleville , for The Great Race of Belleville
- 2004: Étoile d'Or , Best Composer, for The Great Race of Belleville
- 2004: CFCA Award nomination for Best Score , Chicago Film Critics Association , for The Great Race of Belleville
- 2004: LAFCA Award from the Los Angeles Film Critics Association , Best Score,
- 2005: Nomination for the Genie Award , Best Film Music, for The Great Race of Belleville
- 2005: Grammy nomination, best film song, for Belleville Rendez-Vous from The Great Race of Belleville
- 2010: Nomination Genie Award, Best Film Music, for Polytechnique
- 2010: Nomination Prix Jutra , Best Film Music, for Polytechnique
- 2011: Prix Jutra, Best Score, for Route 132
- 2013: Canadian Screen Award nomination , Best Score, for Mars et Avril
- 2013: Nomination Prix Jutra, Best Film Music, for Mars et Avril
- 2013: Nomination Prix Jutra, Best Film Music, for Message in a Bottle in front of Gaza
- 2014: Nomination Prix Jutra, Best Film Music, for Upside Down
Web links
- Benoît Charest in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Benoît Charest on 22dmusic.com
- ^ Biography of Benoît Charest on benoitcharest.com
- ↑ a b Short biography on benoitcharest.com
- ↑ Publicité on benoitcharest.com
- ↑ a b Benoît Charest Trio ( Memento of the original from January 7, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on montrealjazzfest.com.
- ↑ Benoît Charest est en nomination au gala des prix Grammy . ledevoir.com, December 8, 2004.
- ↑ Academy invites 928 to Membersphip . In: oscars.org (accessed June 26, 2018).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Charest, Benoît |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Canadian guitarist and composer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 16, 1964 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Montreal |