Luc Bourdon (filmmaker)

Luc Bourdon (born 1952) is a Canadian documentary filmmaker and video artist from Quebec known for his 2008 film The Memories of Angels.[1] His other films have included La Grande Bibliothèque (2005), Classes de Maîtres (2009) and Une vie pour deux (2013).

A former executive director of the Festival du nouveau cinéma, he was commissioned to create 50 temps, a short documentary film about the history of the festival, for the 2021 event on the occasion of its 50th anniversary.[2]

Accolades

The Memories of Angels (La Mémoire des anges), his ode to 1950s/60s Montreal from previous National Film Board of Canada titles,[3] won a Jutra Award nominee for Best Documentary Film at the 11th Jutra Awards in 2009,[4] and its 2018 sequel The Devil's Share (La Part du diable), which focused on 1970s Montreal, was a nominee for Best Documentary at the 20th Quebec Cinema Awards in 2018[5] and a Canadian Screen Award nominatee for Best Feature Length Documentary at the 7th Canadian Screen Awards in 2019.[6]

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