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François Barbeau (1935-2016)

Birthplace:
Montréal, Québec, Canada

Born:
July 27, 1935

Died:
January 28, 2016

Biography from TheMovieDB

François Barbeau CM (July 27, 1935 – January 28, 2016) was an award-winning Canadian costume designer. He was a professor at the National Theatre School of Canada and the Université du Québec à Montréal who worked on over 700 productions in Quebec and around the world.  After taking sewing in high school, he began his career in the 1950s at the theatre The Caravan of Paul Buissonneau. He afterwards worked as a designer at the Théâtre du Rideau Vert. Among the films he worked on are Léolo (1992), for which he won the Genie Award for Best Costume Design, and Laurence Anyways (2012), sharing the Genie with Xavier Dolan. In film, Barbeau mentored fellow-costume designer and Genie winner Louise Jobin.  In 1996, he received the Governor General's Award, and in 2000 he joined the Order of Canada. He died on January 28, 2016. Dolan's 2016 film It's Only the End of the World is dedicated to him.  Source: Article "François Barbeau" de Wikipédia en français, soumis à la licence CC-BY-SA 3.0.

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Film Production

Art Direction:
1973  Kamouraska
1975  Lies My Father Told Me

Costume Consultant:
1973  Kamouraska
1975  Lies My Father Told Me
2016  It's Only the End of the World

Costume Design:
1973  Kamouraska
1975  Lies My Father Told Me
1980  Atlantic City
1984  Le Tartuffe
1992  Léolo
1997  Afterglow
1997  Twists of Terror
1998  The Second Arrival
2001  Cirque du Soleil: Dralion
2004  Battle of the Brave
2012  Laurence Anyways
2014  Mommy
2015  Cirque du Soleil: The 30th Anniversary Concert
2016  It's Only the End of the World

In Memory Of:
1973  Kamouraska
1975  Lies My Father Told Me
1980  Atlantic City
1984  Le Tartuffe
1992  Léolo
1997  Afterglow
1997  Twists of Terror
1998  The Second Arrival
2001  Cirque du Soleil: Dralion
2004  Battle of the Brave
2012  Laurence Anyways
2014  Mommy
2015  Cirque du Soleil: The 30th Anniversary Concert
2016  It's Only the End of the World

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