Charles Binamé

Charles Binamé (* 1949 in Herve , Belgium ) is a Belgian-Canadian film director and screenwriter based in Québec .

Life

Binamé came with his family from Belgium to Montreal in 1956, at the age of seven , where he grew up. His parents did not have a television set until 1961. In 1971 he began to gain experience as an assistant director . During the 1970s he made television documentaries about Pierre Vallières and Denis Vanier. He directed television commercials in Québec and England, where he lived for two years in the mid-1980s.

In 1993 his television series Blanche , starring Pascale Bussières , won awards and won a gold FIPA at the International Audiovisual Program Festival in Cannes and seven Gémeaux Awards . The film C'était le 12 du 12 et Chili avait les blues, starring Lucie Laurier , was shown at the Sundance Film Festival , and Eldorado was presented at Director's Fortnight at the 1995 Cannes Film Festival . The 1996 Marguerite Volant series won a silver FIPA in Biarritz and four Gémeaux Awards in Montreal.

Streetheart ( Le Cœur au poing ) followed in 1998 and La Beauté de Pandore in 2000 , for which he also wrote the screenplay . His love drama Séraphin: un homme et son péché (2002) with Karine Vanasse , Pierre Lebeau and Roy Dupuis is the second most financially successful productions from Québec and was successful at the Prix ​​Jutra and Genie Awards . 2004 filmed Binamé first time in English, although the television miniseries H20 , the television movie Hunt for Justice ( Hunt for Justice ), as well as a documentary about the Canadian director Gilles Carle.

Maurice Richard (2005), a dramatic sports film about the Canadian national ice hockey hero of the same name, received consistently positive reviews and awards from leading actors Roy Dupuis , Julie LeBreton and Stephen McHattie . In 2007 Binamé won the Genie Award for Best Director in Maurice Richard . The film received nine of these awards out of thirteen nominations. Binamé repeatedly worked with the actors from his home country Pascale Bussières, Rémy Girard and Roy Dupuis. In 2007 he celebrated 35 years behind the camera.

Filmography

Director

• 1974: Juste pour partir le monde
• 1990: Un autre homme
• 1993: Blanche (TV series)
• 1994: C'était le 12 du 12 et Chili avait les blues
• 1995: Eldorado
• 1996: Marguerite Volant (TV miniseries)
• 1998: Streetheart ( Le Cœur au poing )
• 2000: La Beauté de Pandore
• 2002: Gauvreau ou l'obligation de la liberté
• 2002: Séraphin: un homme et son péché
• 2004: H2O (mini series)
• 2005: Hunt for Justice ( Hunt for Justice )
• 2005: Maurice Richard
• 2011: Internet bullying ( Cyberbully , TV film)

Screenwriter

• 1995: Eldorado
• 1998: Streetheart ( Le Cœur au poing )
• 2000: La Beauté de Pandore
• 2002: Séraphin: un homme et son péché

actor

• 1981: Les Fils de la liberté (TV miniseries)

Awards

• 1993: Charles Binamé won a Gémeaux Award for best director and a Golden FIPA in Cannes for Blanche .
• 1996: Nomination for a Genie Award for best director in Eldorado .
• 1998: won a crystal globe at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival and the award for best director for Streetheart ( Le Cœur au poing ).
• 1998: Winner of the Vancouver International Film Festival for Best Canadian Screenplay for Streetheart ( Le Cœur au poing ) shared with Monique Proulx.
• 2003: won a Gemeaux Award for best director for the documentary Gauvreau ou l'obligation de la liberté .
• 2004: he and Lorraine Richard won a Golden Reel Award at the Genie Awards for Séraphin: Un homme et son péché .
• 2005: Nomination by the Canadian Directors Guild of Canada for a DGC Craft Award for H2O .
• 2006: Nomination for a Prix ​​Jutra for best director in Maurice Richard .
• 2007: Binamé won the 27th Genie Awards for Best Director in Maurice Richard .

Web links

• Charles Binamé in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Charles Binamé - Agency website (French)
• English biography at northernstars