Linda Pinet

{{Short description|Canadian screenwriter and film producer}}

Linda Pinet is a Canadian screenwriter and film producer, most noted for her collaborations with her husband André Forcier as a co-producer and co-writer of many of his films.[https://ici.radio-canada.ca/ohdio/premiere/emissions/medium-large/segments/entrevue/73031/histoire-couple-andre-forcier-linda-pinet-partenaires-vie-cinema "André Forcier et Linda Pinet : se donner pour le cinéma"]. Ici Radio-Canada, May 22, 2018.

She began her career as a film editor, including on Forcier's Acapulco Gold, before her first full cowriting credit on The United States of Albert (Les États-Unis d'Albert).Philippe Gajan, "Entretien avec André Forcier". 24 images, No, 149 (March–April 2009). pp. 48-51. and has had writing and/or production credits on every Forcier film thereafter.Anne-Marie Gravel, [https://www.lequotidien.com/2016/09/15/une-histoire-damour-impossible-6c68e5660cd7bbab13e0eb7ca21cdf93/ "Une histoire d'amour impossible"]. Le Quotidien, September 15, 2016. She and Forcier cofounded the independent film studio Les Films du Paria.Frédérique Brousseau, [https://qfq.com/spip.php?article102335 "Linda Pinet reste passionnée par les projets cinématographiques"]. Qui Fait Quoi, August 22, 2024.

She did not have a writing credit on Forcier's 2024 film Ababooned (Ababouiné), although she was a producer, and the couple's sons François Pinet-Forcier and Renaud Pinet-Forcier were co-writers of the film.Kim Izzo, [https://playbackonline.ca/2024/07/04/andre-forciers-ababouine-to-close-2024-fantasia-film-festival/ "André Forcier’s Ababouiné to close 2024 Fantasia film festival"]. Playback, July 4, 2024.