Christian Duguay (director)
Christian Duguay (* 1957 in Montréal , Québec ) is a Canadian director .
He graduated from Concordia University . He is married to the actress Liliana Komorowska . In 1996 he received a Gemini Award for the miniseries Torn From Mother ( Million Dollar Babies ), in which he filmed the story of the Dionne quintuplets . In 1999 and 2003 he was nominated for an Emmy , namely for Jeanne d'Arc - The Woman of the Millennium and Hitler - Rise of Evil .
In the science fiction film Screamers - Tödliche Schreie (1995) he let the characters of Peter Weller and Roy Dupuis experience horror on a distant planet. In the spy thriller The Assignment (1997) with Aidan Quinn and Donald Sutherland , he brought the hunt for the terrorist Carlos to life. In the television miniseries Human Trafficking (2005) with Mira Sorvino , Donald Sutherland and Rémy Girard , he portrayed the trafficking of young girls and their exploitation.
With Jappeloup - Eine Legende he achieved an audience success in France in 2013. In 2015 he shot the sequel to Nicolas Vanier's successful children's film Belle & Sebastian from 2013.
Awards
- 2017: Bernhard Wicki Prize and DGB Film Prize at the Emden-Norderney International Film Festival for Un sac de billes (A sack full of marbles)
Filmography (selection)
- 1991: Scanners II (Scanners II: The New Order)
- 1992: Hydrotoxin - The Bomb is Ticking Inside You (Live Wire)
- 1993: Scanners III (Scanners III: The Takeover)
- 1993: Death lurks far outside ( Adrift , TV)
- 1994: Lost in a Snowstorm - A family struggles to survive ( Snowbound: The Jim and Jennifer Stolpa Story , TV)
- 1994: Angel of revenge in leather ( Model by Day , TV)
- 1994: Snatched from Mother ( Million Dollar Babies , TV)
- 1995: Screamers - Lethal screams (Screamers)
- 1997: The Assignment - The contract (The Assignment)
- 1999: Jeanne d'Arc - The Woman of the Millennium ( Joan of Arc , TV)
- 2000: The Art of War
- 2002: Extreme Ops
- 2003: Hitler - The Rise of Evil ( Hitler: The Rise of Evil , TV)
- 2005: Human Trafficking - Trafficking ( Human Trafficking , TV)
- 2007: Boot Camp
- 2008: Coco Chanel (TV)
- 2010: Augustinus ( Sant'Agostino , TV)
- 2010: Pius XII.
- 2011: Cinderella - A love story in Rome (Cenerentola)
- 2013: Jappeloup - A Legend (Jappeloup)
- 2013: Anna Karénina (TV miniseries)
- 2015: Sebastian and the fire rescuers (Belle et Sébastien, l'aventure continue)
- 2017: A sack full of marbles (Un sac de billes)
Web links
- Christian Duguay in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Bio at www.tribute.ca (English)
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SURNAME | Duguay, Christian |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Canadian director |
DATE OF BIRTH | 1957 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Montréal , Québec , Canada |