Death of director and producer Denis Héroux
La Presse Canada
By André Duchesne
December 11, 2015
The director, screenwriter and producer Denis Héroux Québec
died yesterday evening. He was 75 years old.
The name of Mr. Héroux is associated with several memorable films in the
history of Quebec cinema. One thinks immediately to Valerie Initiation A child
like any other (featuring René Simard), Trivial snow There's always a way to
average! I and my trip!
In the late 1970s, Mr. Héroux turns to production. As
such, it has been associated to the securities Quest for Fire, The Plouffe,
Atlantic City, and Hold-Up Black Dress.
It is the distributor Christian Larouche (Christal Films)
who gave us the news. Mr. Larouche's wife, writer and producer Caroline Héroux
(Lance et compte) is the goddaughter of Denis Héroux.
"At the time our cinema was very embryonic and he
scored with his work in Quebec and elsewhere, said Larouche. He managed to bring us films larger. We just lost a great man of cinema. "
Over the years, the work of Mr. Héroux has earned him
numerous awards in Quebec and elsewhere in the world. Atlantic City film Louis Malle had among
others won the Venice Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival in 1980.
Mr. Héroux's career was launched when he was a student of
history and literature at the University of Montreal. With two other comrades, Denys Arcand and
Stéphane Venne, he directed the film alone or with others. The trio hired three artisans of cinema that
would make their mark in Quebec: Michel Brault, Gilles Groulx and Marcel
Carrière. The film ended up at Cannes in
1963 in the Week section of criticism.
Always in film, Denis Héroux also had the opportunity to
work with his brothers Claude and Roger.
During his career, Mr. Héroux has also affected the
distribution and education. From 2007 to
2013, he taught and the producer of business at the University of Montreal.
HEROUX, Denis
Born: 7/15/1940,
Montréal, Québec, Canada
Died: 12/10/2015,
Montréal, Québec, Canada
Denis Héroux’s
westerns – producer, screenwriter, script editor, film editor:
Louisiana (TV) – 1984 [producer]
Bordertown (TV) – 1989-1991 [producer]
Tales of the Wild (TV) – 1994-1995 [story editor, film
editor]
The Adventures of Smoke Bellew (TV) – 1996 [screenwriter]
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