Denyse Benoit is a Canadian actress, director and screenwriter from
Montreal, Quebec. She is mostly known for La Crue (1977), La belle
Apparence (1979) and Le dernier Havre (1986).Denyse Benoit was born on
June 28, 1949 in Sainte-Dorothée, Quebec, Canada. She studied
painting and sculpture from 1966 to 1968 at the School of Fine Arts in
Montreal. After finishing her two years of university studies in
Quebec, she moved to Belgium to continue to broaden her education. She
studied at the Institute des arts de diffusion in Brussels. During
those three years of studying she broadened her knowledge in multiple
mediums associated to the arts. She took classes such as mass media,
literature history, theater history, music, text manipulations, vocal
expression, and text analysis.In January 1971, once she obtained her
diploma, she started an internship with actress and stage director
Catherine Dasté in Paris at the Green Apples Theatre. During the
month, she assisted Dasté in the direction of her play Glomoël et
les pommes de terres géantes. In a paper she wrote, Catherine Dasté
explains that Denyse Benoit was a hard working women and that she
achieved her objectives with diligence and competence. After this
internship she decided to continue working as a stage director for a
while in Europe. In Belgium she took part in shows designed for
children as an actress, host and stage director.Back in Quebec she
taught theatre and did cultural animation in Gaspésie and Montreal.
At that time she already had written multiple scenarios such as La
rué verte, Un instant près d’elle, Les sourires passagers, and
Jeux de relations. In 1973 she wrote and directed her first short film
Coup d'Å"il blanc (1973) and in 1974 she wrote her second one Un
instant près d’elle (1974).
Montreal, Quebec. She is mostly known for La Crue (1977), La belle
Apparence (1979) and Le dernier Havre (1986).Denyse Benoit was born on
June 28, 1949 in Sainte-Dorothée, Quebec, Canada. She studied
painting and sculpture from 1966 to 1968 at the School of Fine Arts in
Montreal. After finishing her two years of university studies in
Quebec, she moved to Belgium to continue to broaden her education. She
studied at the Institute des arts de diffusion in Brussels. During
those three years of studying she broadened her knowledge in multiple
mediums associated to the arts. She took classes such as mass media,
literature history, theater history, music, text manipulations, vocal
expression, and text analysis.In January 1971, once she obtained her
diploma, she started an internship with actress and stage director
Catherine Dasté in Paris at the Green Apples Theatre. During the
month, she assisted Dasté in the direction of her play Glomoël et
les pommes de terres géantes. In a paper she wrote, Catherine Dasté
explains that Denyse Benoit was a hard working women and that she
achieved her objectives with diligence and competence. After this
internship she decided to continue working as a stage director for a
while in Europe. In Belgium she took part in shows designed for
children as an actress, host and stage director.Back in Quebec she
taught theatre and did cultural animation in Gaspésie and Montreal.
At that time she already had written multiple scenarios such as La
rué verte, Un instant près d’elle, Les sourires passagers, and
Jeux de relations. In 1973 she wrote and directed her first short film
Coup d'Å"il blanc (1973) and in 1974 she wrote her second one Un
instant près d’elle (1974).
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