André Melançon (February 18, 1942 - August 23, 2016) was a Canadian
actor, screenwriter and film director, best known for directing and
writing several installments in the Tales for All series of children's
films.The versatile André Mélançon â€" director, writer and actor
â€" set out to become a youth guidance counsellor before he veered
into film. His background in psychology and education helped orient
his filmmaking toward films about, with, and for children. His first
film was on Quebec separatist Charles Gagnon, then at the request of
producer Jean Dansereau he directed a trio of short films for children
in the early 1970s that confirmed the direction of his career. He
turned to acting and won a Canadian Film Award for his performance in
Bound for Glory (Partis pour la gloire). In the 1980s he directed The
Dog Who Stopped the War, which won the Golden Reel Award, and Bach et
bottine, and wrote, with Jacques Bobet, Tadpole and the Whale also a
Golden Reel Award winner.In 2012 Mélançon received the Prix
Albert-Tessier, given to him by the Quebec government for his esteemed
career in Quebec cinema. In 2013 he was awarded the National Order of
Quebec and in 2015 he received the Lifetime Achievement Jutra-Award.
actor, screenwriter and film director, best known for directing and
writing several installments in the Tales for All series of children's
films.The versatile André Mélançon â€" director, writer and actor
â€" set out to become a youth guidance counsellor before he veered
into film. His background in psychology and education helped orient
his filmmaking toward films about, with, and for children. His first
film was on Quebec separatist Charles Gagnon, then at the request of
producer Jean Dansereau he directed a trio of short films for children
in the early 1970s that confirmed the direction of his career. He
turned to acting and won a Canadian Film Award for his performance in
Bound for Glory (Partis pour la gloire). In the 1980s he directed The
Dog Who Stopped the War, which won the Golden Reel Award, and Bach et
bottine, and wrote, with Jacques Bobet, Tadpole and the Whale also a
Golden Reel Award winner.In 2012 Mélançon received the Prix
Albert-Tessier, given to him by the Quebec government for his esteemed
career in Quebec cinema. In 2013 he was awarded the National Order of
Quebec and in 2015 he received the Lifetime Achievement Jutra-Award.
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