Richard Roy

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Richard Roy is a Canadian director, actor and screenwriter. He has directed several feature films in French as well as television films and series for the English-language market.[https://www.ledevoir.com/culture/cinema/320696/cinema-quand-tout-semblait-possible "Cinéma—Quand tout semblait possible"], Le Devoir, April 9, 2011 (in French).Michel Coulombe, [http://www.erudit.org/fr/revues/cb/1990-v10-n1-cb1129329/34177ac.pdf "Entretien avec Richard Roy"], Ciné-Bulles 101 (1990): 28-31 (in French).

He was raised in the village of Saint-Agapit, in Lotbinière Regional County Municipality, Chaudière-Appalaches, Quebec. His childhood in Saint-Agapit provided the inspiration for his autobiographical 2011 film, Frisson des Collines.[http://www.lapresse.ca/le-soleil/arts/cinema/201104/08/01-4388075-richard-roy-le-plaisir-de-liberte.php "Richard Roy: le plaisir de liberté"], Le Soleil, April 9, 2011 (in French).