Jeanne Crépeau (born 1961 in Montreal, Quebec) is a Canadian film
director and screenwriter from Montreal, Quebec, best known for her
film Julie and Me (Revoir Julie).Trained at the National Film Board of
Canada and the Canadian Film Centre, she made a number of short films
in the 1980s and early 1990s. Her 1989 short film Justine's Film (Le
film de Justine) screened at the 1989 Toronto International Film
Festival, where it received an honorable mention from the Best
Canadian Short Film award jury, and at the 1990 Yorkton Short Film and
Video Festival, where it won awards for Best Experimental Film, Best
Director and Best Musical Score. In 1991, she collaborated with the
dance troupe Brouhaha Danse on Claire, a video and performance tribute
to dancer Claire Samson following her murder in 1990.She had initially
planned to make her debut feature film about an Olympic swimmer, but
had difficulty securing funding; after visiting a friend in the
Eastern Townships of Quebec, she rewrote the film's script and rented
her friend's house for two months to serve as the film's set. Revoir
Julie was released in 1998, and won the Audience Award at the Paris
Lesbian Film Festival in 1999.
director and screenwriter from Montreal, Quebec, best known for her
film Julie and Me (Revoir Julie).Trained at the National Film Board of
Canada and the Canadian Film Centre, she made a number of short films
in the 1980s and early 1990s. Her 1989 short film Justine's Film (Le
film de Justine) screened at the 1989 Toronto International Film
Festival, where it received an honorable mention from the Best
Canadian Short Film award jury, and at the 1990 Yorkton Short Film and
Video Festival, where it won awards for Best Experimental Film, Best
Director and Best Musical Score. In 1991, she collaborated with the
dance troupe Brouhaha Danse on Claire, a video and performance tribute
to dancer Claire Samson following her murder in 1990.She had initially
planned to make her debut feature film about an Olympic swimmer, but
had difficulty securing funding; after visiting a friend in the
Eastern Townships of Quebec, she rewrote the film's script and rented
her friend's house for two months to serve as the film's set. Revoir
Julie was released in 1998, and won the Audience Award at the Paris
Lesbian Film Festival in 1999.
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