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Denys Arcand
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Director, Screenwriter Born: June 25, 1941 in Deschambault, Quebec, Canada Biography:His intensely personal, challenging, and intellectual films have gained Canadian filmmaker Denys Arcand a devoted international following. A former documentarian whose understanding of the human condition often results in movies with realistic and honest personalities, Arcand has seemingly cornered the market in cerebral, character-driven stories in an era when computer-generated explosions fill the multiplexes. A native of Deschambault, Canada, Arcand was raised in a strict Catholic household (his mother even aspired to become a Carmelite nun) and attended Jesuit school for nine years. The future director studied history at the University of Montreal, and it was there that he would produce his first short film, Seul ou Avec d'Autres, in 1962. Subsequently finding work with the National Film Board of Canada, early directing experience came with a trio of historical documentaries in 1964 and 1965 that... Full Biography
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