Louise Archambault

Louise Archambault

director, writer, cinematographer

Louise Archambault was born on Jan 01, 1970 in Canada. Louise Archambault's big-screen debut came with Familia directed by Louise Archambault in 2005. Louise Archambault is known for And the Birds Rained Down directed by Louise Archambault, Andrée Lachapelle stars as Marie-Desneige and Gilbert Sicotte as Charlie. Louise Archambault has got 11 awards and 20 nominations so far. The most recent award Louise Archambault achieved is Göteborg Film Festival. The upcoming new movie Louise Archambault plays is The Bad Seed Returns which will be released on Sep 05, 2022.

Screenwriter and director, Louise Archambault made her debut with the internationally acclaimed film Atomic Saké, winning many prizes such as the Jutra for Best Short Film. Her first feature film Familia gained many international sales and prizes such as Best Canadian First Feature Film at TIFF and received a Genie Award for a first film. In addition to directing episodes of the TV series La Galère (2013), Nouvelle Adresse (2014), broadcast on Radio-Canada, and This Life (2015), for CBC, Louise launched her 2nd film Gabrielle at the Locarno International Film Festival (Audience Award). The film, selected to represent Canada at the Oscars and the Golden Globes in 2014, won many international prizes and was sold in more than 24 different territories. Louise was named Personality of the Year by La Presse/Ici Radio-Canada, in the arts and entertainment category. Since 2016, Louise directed 3 seasons of the TV series TROP, for Radio-Canada as well as 3 seasons of the TV series Catastrophe, which won the Best Script Format prize at the 2018 in Cannes. In 2019, Louise released two feature films, Il pleuvait des oiseaux (And the Birds Rained Down), premiered at TIFF, and won various awards such as Best International Feature at the Göteborg film Festival; and her film Merci pour tout (Thanks for everything) was released Dec 25, 2019. These films got both considerable box office, ranking respectively 2nd and 3rd position in Canada. Louise just finished shooting the tv series Survivre à ses enfants, a comedy for Radio-Canada.

  • Birthday

    Jan 01, 1970
  • Place of Birth

    Montréal, Québec, Canada

Known For

Awards

11 wins & 20 nominations

Göteborg Film Festival
2020
International Competition
Winner - Dragon Award
Victoria Film Festival, Canada
2020
Best Canadian Feature
Winner - Festival Prize
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