Michel Poulette
{{Short description|Canadian film and television director, writer and producer}}
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Michel Poulette is a Canadian film and television director, writer and producer. He won the Claude Jutra Award in 1994 for his first feature film, Louis 19, King of the Airwaves (Louis 19, le roi des ondes), which became the first American remake of a Canadian movie: ED TV by Ron Howard.[http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=a1ARTA0010414 Claude Jutra Award] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110607131302/http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=a1ARTA0010414 |date=2011-06-07 }} entry at The Canadian Encyclopedia.
Career
Poulette directed his first film, Louis 19,[https://variety.com/1997/film/reviews/the-haven-1200450907/ "The Haven"]. Variety, September 29, 1997. in 1994, to positive reviews,[https://variety.com/1994/film/reviews/king-of-the-airwaves-louis-19-le-roi-des-ondes-1200436820/ "King of the Airwaves Louis 19, le Roi Des Ondes"]. Variety, April 6, 1994, Brendan Kelly and then was a director for the sketch comedy series Rock et Belles Oreilles. In 1997 his detective film The Haven was released.
Poulette went on to direct the feature films The Caretaker's Lodge (La Conciergerie){{cite book|author=Telefilm Canada|title=Annual Report|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=n6z0AAAAMAAJ|year=1996|publisher=The Corporation|page=43}} and Family History (Histoire de famille). He directed the film Maïna in 2014;[https://www.ledevoir.com/culture/cinema/402594/le-choc-de-deux-solitudes "Le choc de deux solitudes"]. Le Devoir, Caroline Montpetit. 15 mars 2014[https://quebec.huffingtonpost.ca/2014/03/10/maina-de-michel-poulette-avant-premiere-kuujjuaq_n_4935701.html "«Maïna», une avant-première dans le Grand Nord"] Ismaël Houdassine, Le Huffington Post Québec, 10/03/2014[http://www.lapresse.ca/cinema/cinema-quebecois/entrevues/201301/19/01-4613006-maina-de-michel-poulette-les-defis-dun-tournage-hors-normes.php "Maïna, de Michel Poulette: les défis d'un tournage hors normes"]. La Presse, 20 January 2013 it was nominated for a Canadian Screen Award[https://windsorstar.com/entertainment/orphan-black-gabrielle-big-winners-at-short-hosted-canadian-screen-awards-with-video "'Orphan Black,' 'Gabrielle' big winners at Short-hosted Canadian Screen Awards (With Video)"]. Windsor Star, March 10, 2014 and screened at a number of film festivals.[http://www.cbc.ca/allinaweekend/films/2014/03/15/michel-poulette-on-making-maina-in-innu-and-inuktitut/ "Michel Poulette: "Maina" in Innu and Inuktitut"]. CBC, March 15, 2014
In 1999 he directed the television film Bonanno: A Godfather's Story, which received mixed reviews,[https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1999-jul-24-ca-59039-story.html "Shuffling Through a Mob of 'Godfather' Knockoffs"]. Los Angeles Times, July 24, 1999|HOWARD ROSENBERG and in 2003 the spy story Agent of Influence.[https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/watch-cia-pull-rcmps-strings/article1334252/ "Watch CIA pull RCMP's strings"]. The Globe and Mail, JOHN McKAY, TORONTO, April 10, 2003 He also directed Tipping Point and Too Young to Marry, and episodes of the television series Urgence,[http://www.lapresse.ca/cinema/nouvelles/201207/17/01-4545248-amour-et-aventure-dans-le-grand-nord.php "Amour et aventure dans le Grand Nord"]. La Presse, 23 January 2012 MVP, and Sophie.
Poulette worked for several television networks,[https://bcbooklook.com/2016/01/26/77-richard-olafson/ "#77 Richard Olafson"]. BC Booklook, January 26th, 2016 directed a number of commercials, and has been awarded five "campaign of the year" awards in TV advertising. He has also directed video for the videogame industry, with Myst IV: Revelation and the first trailer of Assassin's Creed. Both for Ubisoft.
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External links
- {{Official website|https://michelpoulette.com/en/}}
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Category:Canadian television directors
Category:Film directors from Quebec
Category:Best First Feature Genie and Canadian Screen Award winners