Alain Chartrand
Alain Chartrand was a Canadian film director and screenwriter. The son of prominent Quebec social activists Michel Chartrand and Simonne Monet-Chartrand, he was most noted for several film and television works about his parents, including the theatrical documentary films A Man of His Word and My Life Is a River , and the television miniseries Chartrand et Simonne.
He was also active in developing and supporting trade unions for film production crew, taught in the film studies programs at the Institut national de l'image et du son and the Université du Québec à Montréal, and published the memoirs Le métier d'assistant-réalisateur au cinéma and Chartrand, cinéaste about his filmmaking career.
He died on December 11, 2023, at the age of 77.
Filmography
Film| Year | Title | Director | Writer |
| 1972 | Isis au 8 | ||
| 1976 | Back to the Land | ||
| 1983 | L'Étau-bus | ||
| 1988 | Friends for Life | ||
| 1990 | Ding et Dong | ||
| 1991 | A Man of His Word | ||
| 1991 | School's Out | ||
| 1992 | Anna's Garden | ||
| 1996 | My Life Is a River | ||
| 2013 | Summer Crisis |
Television
- 1992 – Montréal ville ouverte
- 1996 – Innocente
- 1997 – Paparazzi
- 2000–2003 – Chartrand et Simonne
- 1965 – The Revolutionary
- 1989 – Cruising Bar : assistant director
- 1989 – How to Make Love to a Negro Without Getting Tired : police officer #1
- 1991 – Four Stiffs and a Trombone : Sergeant