Manon Barbeau

{{Infobox person

| name = Manon Barbeau

| honorific_suffix = {{post-nominals|country=CAN|CM|OQ}}

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1949|5|8}}

| birth_place = Montreal, Quebec, Canada[http://www.marcelbarbeau.com/moteur.asp?head=2&lng=en&body=14&chro=2]{{dead link|date=January 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

| occupation = Filmmaker, director, writer, general director of Wapikoni Mobile

| parents = Marcel Barbeau
Suzanne Meloche

| partner = Philippe Lavalette

| children = Anaïs Barbeau-Lavalette

Manuel Barbeau-Lavalette

}}

Manon Barbeau {{post-nominals|country=CAN|CM|OQ}} (born 1949) is a Québécois filmmaker and co-founder of Wapikoni Mobile, an organisation that helps First Nations youth learn the art of filmmaking.{{cite web |url=http://gestion.evalorix.com/cas/leadership-et-comportement-organisationnel/manon-barbeau-le-wapikoni-mobile/ |title=Manon Barbeau et le Wapikoni mobile - Gestion.eValorix |access-date=2015-05-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150518103751/http://gestion.evalorix.com/cas/leadership-et-comportement-organisationnel/manon-barbeau-le-wapikoni-mobile/ |archive-date=2015-05-18 |url-status=dead }}In 2006, she also founded Musique nomade, which provides recording studios to First Nations musicians. She has been Wapikoni Mobile’s general director since 2004.{{cite web|url=http://www.wapikoni.ca/about/team/the-founders|title=The Founders | Wapikoni mobile|website=www.wapikoni.ca}}{{cite web|url=https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/523809/wapikoni-mobile-refus-subvention|title=Manon Barbeau plaide la cause du Wapikoni mobile auprès d'Ottawa|first=Zone Arts-|last=ICI.Radio-Canada.ca|website=Radio-Canada.ca}} In 2021, Manon Barbeau has been elected president of the Cinémathèque québécoise.

Personal life

Manon Barbeau was born in Montreal, Quebec, on May 8, 1949.http://www.marcelbarbeau.com/moteur.asp?head=2&lng=en&body=14&chro=2{{dead link|date=January 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} Her father is painter and sculptor Marcel Barbeau and her mother, Suzanne Meloche, is a poet and painter.{{cite web |url=http://gestion.evalorix.com/cas/leadership-et-comportement-organisationnel/manon-barbeau-le-lien-lautre/ |title=Manon Barbeau : Le lien à l'autre - Gestion.eValorix |access-date=2015-05-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150518103748/http://gestion.evalorix.com/cas/leadership-et-comportement-organisationnel/manon-barbeau-le-lien-lautre/ |archive-date=2015-05-18 |url-status=dead }} She and her partner, cinematographer Philippe Lavalette,{{cite web|url=https://player.fm/series/1453788|title=Le 21e podcast|first=Player|last=FM|website=player.fm}} have a daughter, Anaïs Barbeau-Lavalette, author and film director, and a son, Manuel Barbeau-Lavalette, educator.{{cite web|url=https://www.lapresse.ca/cinema/nouvelles/201207/17/01-4546615-anais-barbeau-lavalette-advienne-que-pourra.php|title=Anaïs Barbeau-Lavalette: advienne que pourra|date=May 8, 2011|website=La Presse}}

While doing research in the archives of the Université de Montréal for her documentary, Les Enfants de Refus global, Barbeau found correspondence detailing her mother’s love affair with Paul-Émile Borduas, the dissolution of her parents’ romantic relationship, as well as evidence that they had abandoned her at the age of three.{{cite web |url=http://cinemaquebecois.telequebec.tv/#/Artisans/22/Clips/290/Default.aspx |title= Accueil|website=cinemaquebecois.telequebec.tv |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120501125224/http://cinemaquebecois.telequebec.tv/ |archive-date=2012-05-01}}

Career

Barbeau graduated in cinema and communications from the Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM). She has written for TV and, in 1991, published a novel, Merlyne, with Boréal.{{cite web|url=https://www.editionsboreal.qc.ca/catalogue/livres/merlyne-412.html|title=Merlyne|website=www.editionsboreal.qc.ca}}{{cite web|url=http://www.prixduquebec.gouv.qc.ca/recherche/desclaureat.php?noLaureat=475|title=Les Prix du Québec - la lauréate Manon Barbeau|website=www.prixduquebec.gouv.qc.ca}} For over thirty years, Barbeau has been working as a filmmaker, screenwriter and producer for numerous organizations, including Télé-Québec, the National Film Board of Canada, Vidéo Paradiso, La Maison des Cultures Nomades, Totam and Wapikoni Mobile.{{cite web|url=http://www.wapikoni.ca/a-propos/equipe/les-fondateurs/manon-barbeau|title=Manon Barbeau | Wapikoni mobile|website=www.wapikoni.ca}} Barbeau was also president of the Documentary Network (L’Observatoire du Documentaire) from 2006 to 2008.{{cite web |url=http://www.obsdoc.ca/forum.f/2005/rapport/bio.html |title=Biographies — Observatoire du documentaire |accessdate=2015-05-15 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150518103800/http://www.obsdoc.ca/forum.f/2005/rapport/bio.html |archivedate=2015-05-18 }}

From 2010 to 2014, she was part of Culture Montréal’s Board of Directors, and in 2014 she was elected president of the organization.{{cite web |url=http://culturemontreal.ca/en/organization/democratic-life/ |title=Democratic Life – Culture Montréal |access-date=2015-05-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150518082833/http://culturemontreal.ca/en/organization/democratic-life/ |archive-date=2015-05-18 |url-status=dead }}{{cite web |url=http://culturemontreal.ca/2014/10/communique-culture-montreal-presente-son-conseil-dadministration-2014-2015-manon-barbeau-elue-presidente-de-lorganisation/ |title=COMMUNIQUÉ – Culture Montréal présente son conseil d'administration 2014-2015 – Manon Barbeau élue présidente de l'organisation – Culture Montréal |accessdate=2015-05-15 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150518082829/http://culturemontreal.ca/2014/10/communique-culture-montreal-presente-son-conseil-dadministration-2014-2015-manon-barbeau-elue-presidente-de-lorganisation/ |archivedate=2015-05-18 }} She has often spoken publicly about documentary filmmaking and Aboriginal youth at various events and venues including L’Art en Marge, organized by the Institut Universitaire en Santé Mentale de Québec, and at UNESCO for International Women’s Day in 2014.{{cite web |url=http://cusm.ca/newsroom/event/1er-colloque-international-sur-l%E2%80%99art-et-maladie-mentale-%E2%80%93-l%E2%80%99art-en-marge |title=1er Colloque international sur l'art et la maladie mentale - L'art en marge | Centre universitaire de santé McGill |access-date=2018-11-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160306030022/https://cusm.ca/newsroom/event/1er-colloque-international-sur-l%e2%80%99art-et-maladie-mentale-%e2%80%93-l%e2%80%99art-en-marge |archive-date=2016-03-06 |url-status=dead }}{{cite web|url=http://www.lapresse.ca/cinema/cinema-quebecois/201403/03/01-4744231-manon-barbeau-a-honneur-a-lunesco-a-paris.php|title=Manon Barbeau à honneur à l'UNESCO à Paris|date=March 3, 2014|website=La Presse}}

Wapikoni

Since 2004, Barbeau has been the general director of Wapikoni Mobile, a mobile film studio that travels to remote First Nations communities. The organization has been credited with providing Aboriginal youth with an outlet to express themselves, as well as the tools and skills to do so.{{cite web|url=http://www.montrealgazette.com/news/Montreal+Diary+Wapikoni+mobile+offers+creative+outlet/7455199/story.html|title=Montreal Diary: Wapikoni mobile offers a creative outlet|first=Laura|last=Beeston|website=www.montrealgazette.com}}{{cite web|url=http://www.wapikoni.ca/Content/documents/Revuedepresse/The_Gazette_SOSWapikoni_26_juillet_2011.pdf |title=The Gazette |publisher=www.wapikoni.ca |date= |accessdate=2019-12-18}}

In 2010, UQAM’s faculty of communication and media offered Barbeau an award (Prix Reconnaissance UQAM) for her contributions to documentary filmmaking and her commitment to Aboriginal youth.{{cite web|url=http://salledepresse.uqam.ca/component/content/article/5454-prix-du-quebec-luqam-felicite-manon-barbeau-laureate-du-prix-albert-tessier-et-camil-bouchard-laureat-du-prix-marie-andree-bertrand.html|title=Salle de presse - Salle de presse|website=salledepresse.uqam.ca}}

Works

= Documentaries =

1975: Comptines : Director{{Cite web|url=http://collections.cinematheque.qc.ca/recherche/oeuvres/fiche/25690-comptines|title=Oeuvres | La Cinémathèque québécoise}}
1981: Nous sommes plusieur boucoup de monde : Director{{Cite web|url=http://collections.cinematheque.qc.ca/recherche/oeuvres/fiche/30328-|title=Oeuvres | La Cinémathèque québécoise}}
1990: Le Marché du couple : Writer
1994: Tristan and Juliette or Love in the Year 2000 (Tristan et Juliette ou l’amour en l’an 2000) : Writer{{cite web|url=http://www.informactionfilms.com/en/productions/tristan-and-juliette-or-love-in-the-year-2000.php|title=InformAction - tristan-and-juliette-or-love-in-the-year-2000|website=www.informactionfilms.com}}
1996: Les Enfants d’abord : Writer{{Cite web|url=http://collections.cinematheque.qc.ca/recherche/oeuvres/fiche/88115-les-enfants-dabord|title=Oeuvres | La Cinémathèque québécoise}}
1997: Raymond Lévesque - d’Amour et d’Amertume : Writer{{cite web|url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0242812/|title=Raymond Lévesque: D'amour et d'amertume|via=www.imdb.com}}
1998: Les Enfants de Refus global : Director{{Cite web|url=http://collections.cinematheque.qc.ca/recherche/oeuvres/fiche/48931-les-enfants-du-refus-global|title=Oeuvres | La Cinémathèque québécoise}}
1999: L'Armée de l'ombre : Director{{Cite web|url=http://collections.cinematheque.qc.ca/recherche/oeuvres/fiche/56171-larmee-de-lombre|title=Oeuvres | La Cinémathèque québécoise}}
2000: Barbeau, libre comme l’art : Director{{Cite web|url=http://collections.cinematheque.qc.ca/recherche/oeuvres/fiche/89171-barbeau-libre-comme-lart|title=Oeuvres | La Cinémathèque québécoise}}
2001: Alain, artiste-démolisseur : Director{{Cite web|url=http://collections.cinematheque.qc.ca/recherche/oeuvres/fiche/60488-alain-artiste-demolisseur|title=Oeuvres | La Cinémathèque québécoise}}
2002: La Fin du mépris : Writer{{cite web|url=http://www.informactionfilms.com/fr/realisateurs/manon-barbeau.php|title=InformAction - manon-barbeau|website=www.informactionfilms.com}}
2004: L'Amour en Pen : Director{{Cite web|url=http://collections.cinematheque.qc.ca/recherche/oeuvres/fiche/73379-lamour-en-pen|title=Oeuvres | La Cinémathèque québécoise}}
2004: De mémoire de chats - Les Ruelles : Director{{Cite web|url=http://collections.cinematheque.qc.ca/recherche/oeuvres/fiche/73380-de-memoire-de-chats-les-ruelles|title=Oeuvres | La Cinémathèque québécoise}}
2005: Du bord des bêtes - VLB : Director{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kp9VCTu4sn4 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211212/kp9VCTu4sn4| archive-date=2021-12-12 |url-status=live|title=Du bord des bêtes - VLB|via=www.youtube.com}}{{cbignore}}
2010: Wapikoni - Escale à Kitcisaki : Participant{{cite web|url=https://www.nfb.ca/film/wapikoni_escale_a_kitcisakik/|title=Wapikoni - Escale à Kitcisakik|first=National Film Board of|last=Canada|via=www.nfb.ca}}

= Films =

1991: Un amour naissant : Writer{{Cite web|url=http://collections.cinematheque.qc.ca/recherche/oeuvres/fiche/1893-un-amour-naissant|title=Oeuvres | La Cinémathèque québécoise}}
2007: Un cri au bonheur : Contributor{{cite web|url=https://www.cinematheque.qc.ca/fr/programmation/projections/film/un-cri-au-bonheur?pid=16069|title=Un cri au bonheur | La Cinémathèque québécoise|website=www.cinematheque.qc.ca}}

= Fiction =

1991: Merlyne: Author

Awards

2003: Won five Prix Gémeaux from the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television, immortalizing her as one of the academy's "Legends"
2006: Honoured at the Femmes du Cinéma, de la Télévision et des Nouveaux Médias (FCTNM) Gala for her body of work
2009: Elected as a Canadian Ashoka Fellow for civic engagement{{Cite web |url=http://canada.ashoka.org/sites/canada/files/Ashoka_Canada_Annual_Report-web.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=2015-05-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150518085542/http://canada.ashoka.org/sites/canada/files/Ashoka_Canada_Annual_Report-web.pdf |archive-date=2015-05-18 |url-status=dead }}
2010: Prix Reconnaissance UQAM for her contributions to documentary filmmaking and her commitment to Aboriginal youth{{cite web|url=https://tv.uqam.ca/manon-barbeau-prix-reconnaissance-uqam-2010|title=UQAM.tv | Manon Barbeau (Prix Reconnaissance UQAM 2010)|date=April 29, 2010|website=UQAM.tv}}
2012: Nominated for the Prix de la Personalité Internationale de l’Année given by CÉRIUM{{Cite web |url=http://archives.cerium.ca/Jacques-Pepin-Pierre-Nadeau-et,13585?var_mode=calcul |title=Jacques Pépin, Pierre Nadeau et Idil Atak, honorés |access-date=2015-05-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150518080032/http://archives.cerium.ca/Jacques-Pepin-Pierre-Nadeau-et,13585?var_mode=calcul |archive-date=2015-05-18 |url-status=dead }}
2012: Named ‘personality of the week’ by La Presse/Radio-Canada in April{{Cite web |url=http://ici.radio-canada.ca/emissions/cest_bien_meilleur_le_matin/2010-2011/chronique.asp?idChronique=214675 |title=Manon Barbeau, personnalité 'La Presse'/Radio-Canada | C'est bien meilleur le matin | ICI Radio-Canada Première |access-date=2015-05-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150518104151/http://ici.radio-canada.ca/emissions/cest_bien_meilleur_le_matin/2010-2011/chronique.asp?idChronique=214675 |archive-date=2015-05-18 |url-status=dead }}
2012: Prix Femmes d'Affaires, OBNL category, from the Réseau des Femmes d’Affaires du Québec{{Cite web |url=http://www.newswire.ca/fr/story/1055315/manon-barbeau-recompensee-par-le-prix-excellence-communautaire-telus-et-par-le-prix-femmes-d-affaires-du-reseau-des-femmes-d-affaires-du-quebec |title=Wapikoni mobile | Manon Barbeau récompensée par " le Prix Excellence communautaire Telus " et par le Prix femmes d'affaires du Réseau des femmes d'affaires du Québec |access-date=2015-05-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150518085434/http://www.newswire.ca/fr/story/1055315/manon-barbeau-recompensee-par-le-prix-excellence-communautaire-telus-et-par-le-prix-femmes-d-affaires-du-reseau-des-femmes-d-affaires-du-quebec |archive-date=2015-05-18 |url-status=dead }}
2012: PLURAL+ Honorable Mention Award for Wapikoni Mobile[http://pluralplus.unaoc.org/wp/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/120512_10am_ceremony-program.pdf]{{dead link|date=January 2018|bot=InternetArchiveBot|fix-attempted=yes}}
2012: Telus Community Excellence Award{{Cite web |url=http://about.telus.com/community/english/news_centre/news_releases/blog/2012/10/17/manon-barbeau-ugo-dionne-and-bernard-lamarre-receive-telus-community-excellence-awards |title=About TELUS |access-date=2015-05-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150518081227/http://about.telus.com/community/english/news_centre/news_releases/blog/2012/10/17/manon-barbeau-ugo-dionne-and-bernard-lamarre-receive-telus-community-excellence-awards |archive-date=2015-05-18 |url-status=dead }}
2014: Elected president of Culture Montreal’s Board of Directors
2014: Officer of the National Order of Quebec{{cite web|title=Manon Barbeau|url=https://www.ordre-national.gouv.qc.ca/membres/membre.asp?id=2522|website=National Order of Quebec|accessdate=31 December 2016}}
2014: Prix Albert-Tessier{{cite web |url=http://culturemontreal.ca/2014/11/communique-culture-montreal-felicite-manon-barbeau-laureate-du-prix-albert-tessier-2014/ |title=COMMUNIQUÉ – Culture Montréal félicite Manon Barbeau, lauréate du Prix Albert-Tessier 2014 – Culture Montréal |access-date=2015-05-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150518082831/http://culturemontreal.ca/2014/11/communique-culture-montreal-felicite-manon-barbeau-laureate-du-prix-albert-tessier-2014/ |archive-date=2015-05-18 |url-status=dead }}
2016: Named a Member of the Order of Canada.[http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/order-canada-newest-appointees-2016-150-1.3916634 "Order of Canada's newest appointees include Paralympian, Supreme Court judge and astrophysicist"]. CBC News, December 30, 2016.