Paule Baillargeon is a Canadian actress and film director. She won the Genie Award

Genie Award

Genie Awards are given out to recognize the best of Canadian cinema by the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television. From 1949-1979, the awards were named the Canadian Film Awards...

 for Best Supporting Actress

Genie Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role

The Genie Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role is awarded by the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television to the best supporting Canadian actress.-1st Genie Awards:* Geneviève Bujold, Murder by Decree...

 for her role in the film I've Heard the Mermaids Singing

I've Heard the Mermaids Singing

I've Heard the Mermaids Singing is a 1987 theatrical-release feature film, directed by Patricia Rozema. The title is taken from The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock by T. S. Eliot.-Plot:...

, and was a nominee for Best Director

Genie Award for Best Achievement in Direction

The Genie Award for Best Achievement in Direction is awarded by the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television to the best Canadian film director.-1st Genie Awards:*Bob Clark, Murder by Decree*Peter Carter, Klondike Fever...

 for Le Sèxe des étoiles.

Her other film roles have included Un 32 août sur terre, Jésus de Montréal, Réjeanne Padovani and L'Âge des Ténèbres.

In 2002, she directed an NFB documentary about her friend, Claude Jutra. In 2009, Baillargeon was appointed as a filmmaker in residence by the National Film Board of Canada

National Film Board of Canada

The National Film Board of Canada is Canada's twelve-time Academy Award-winning public film producer and distributor. An agency of the Government of Canada, the NFB produces and distributes documentary, animation, alternative drama and digital media productions...

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As Director

• Anastasie, oh! ma chérie (Short film, 1977)
• La cuisine rouge (Co-Directed with Frédérique Collin, 1980)
• Sonia (Short film, 1986)
• Solo (TV movie, 1991)
• Le complexe d'Édith (Short film, 1991)
• Le sexe des étoiles
  The Sex of the Stars
  The Sex of the Stars is a 1993 Canadian drama film directed by Paule Baillargeon and written by Monique Proulx.-Plot:13 year-old Camille is reunited with her long-lost father and has to come to terms with the fact that he is now a woman....
  
  (1993)
• Une famille comme les autres (TV documentary series, 1999-2000)
• Claude Jutra, portrait sur film (Documentary, 2002)
• Le petit Jean-Pierre, le grand Perreault (Documentary short, 2004)
• Un cri au bonheur (Anthology film Co-Directed with various, 2007) (aka Et il y avait la poésie)

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