Clément Perron


Clément Perron was a Canadian film director and screenwriter.

Early life and education

Perron was born in Quebec City, Quebec. After graduating from the University of Laval with a Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy Perron went to France to continue his studies with the goal of becoming a teacher. He studied linguistics at the Academie de Portier.

Career

After watching screenings at the Cinémathèque française in Paris, Perron became interested in cinema and on his return to Canada in 1957, he joined the NFB as a writer.
In 1960, he began directing documentary shorts and in 1962, found critical success with his film Day After Day , which won two Canadian Film Awards. Perron continued to work primarily on documentaries until the NFB decided to make an attempt at a more commercial cinema in the late sixties and early seventies. He directed three fiction feature-length films of moderate success during this time period but his biggest accomplishment was writing the screenplay for Mon oncle Antoine which was based on his own childhood experiences.
Perron retired from the NFB in 1986 to work in the private sector primarily as a writer. Perron died in 1999 in Pointe-Claire, Quebec.

Selected filmography

Fiction

Documentaries