Canadian director and film producer
This article is about the Canadian film maker. For the First World War aviator, see
Paul Barbreau .
Paul Barbeau
Paul Barbeau, Quebec City Film Festival 2012
Nationality Canadian Occupation Film Producer
Paul Barbeau is a Canadian film producer.[ 1]
Director of independent films and producer of films like Romeo Eleven, Pieces of a Woman and Woman of the Hour.[ 2]
Barbeau produced more than 700 music videos for international artists such as (Celine Dion , Arcade Fire , Daniel Lanois , Tragically Hip , ) with NúFilms[ 3] which he founded with Bernard Nadeau, Stéphane Raymond and Jean-François Lord in May 2000. After several MuchMusic Video Awards ,[ 4] Victoires de la Musique and Grammy Award [ 5] [ 6] nominations, NuFilms ends production due to the financial impacts of illegal downloading of music during Napster's surge.[ 7] [ 8] This inspires him to write and direct his 1st feature, Après la neige ,[ 9] [ 8] which premiered at the Shanghai International Film Festival .[ 10]
Under Reprise Films, Barbeau produces six Canadian features including Demain , Jo for Jonathan )[ 11] directed by Maxime Giroux , with the latter having its world premiere at the 2010 Locarno International Film Festival .[ 12] [ 13] and Roméo Onze directed by Ivan Grbovic , (TIFF , KVIFF ).
His 2nd film as writer/director We Have Forever premiered in Official Competition at the Mannheim-Heidelberg International Film Festival (IFFMH) also winning Best Director award at the Tallahassee Film Festival.[ 14]
His third feature as writer/director We Had It Coming , had its International premiere at the Prague International Film Festival in 2020.[ 15] Starring Natalie Krill , recipient of the Stars to Watch prize at the Whistler Film Festival.[ 16]
In recent years, Barbeau's focus has mainly shifted from directing to producing star-driven American feature films, co-producing films like Pieces of a Woman [ 17] and To Catch a Killer [ 18]
and most recently, Executive Producer on Woman of the Hour ,[ 19]
directed by and starring Anna Kendrick.
^ Punter, Jennie (2011-09-11). "Barbeau hopes 'Romeo' buzz lifts shingle" . Variety .
^ Hopewell, John (2019-04-23). "Cannes Festival: Media Luna Takes 'We Had It Coming,' 'The Friendly Man' (EXCLUSIVE)" . Variety . Retrieved 2021-03-16 .
^ De Repentigny, Alain (2009-12-07). "Fini les clips pour Nú Films" . La Presse (in French). Montreal.
^ "Nominees" . MuchMusic. Archived from the original on 2010-03-16.
^ Tadros, Patricia (2006-09-14). "Du vidéoclip aux films de fiction : le parcours exaltant du producteur Paul Barbeau" [From music video to feature films: the exciting journey of producer Paul Barbeau]. CTVM (in French). Archived from the original on 2012-03-15.
^ Laforest, Kevin (2009-12-03). "Ben Steiger Levine: de l'INIS aux Grammys!" . Voir (in French).
^ Kelly, Brendan (30 Sep 2012). "Après la neige a simple, emotional story" . The Gazette . Montreal.
^ a b Piette, Anne Marie (24 Sep 2012). "Paul Barbeau, sous le signe de l'audace" . pieuvre.ca (in French). Archived from the original on 2012-10-01.
^ "Après la neige" . Reprise Films. Archived from the original on 2011-12-06.
^ "Canada comes out in force at the 15th Shanghai International Film Festival with 20 films, including one in official competition" . Telefilm Canada . 2012-06-07. Retrieved 2021-03-16 .
^ "Jo pour Jonathan" . Reprise Films. Archived from the original on 2010-11-23.
^ van Hoeij, Boyd (2010-08-29). "Review: 'Jo for Jonathan' " . Variety .
^ Coccia, Luigi (2010-08-06). "I boschi e gli zombie di Locarno 2010" (in Italian). Cinemio.
^ Festival, Tallahassee Film (2019-04-10). "2019 TFF Award Winners Announced!" . Tallahassee Film Festival . Retrieved 2021-03-18 .
^ "Febiofest Prague 2020 Review: WE HAD IT COMING, Artful Thriller Battles Objectification, Masculinity" . ScreenAnarchy . 2020-10-01. Retrieved 2021-03-16 .
^ "WFF Announces Stars to Watch" . Whistler Film Festival . 2019-11-14. Retrieved 2021-03-16 .
^ Debruge, Peter (2020-09-05). " 'Pieces of a Woman' Review: Vanessa Kirby Delivers the Performance of Her Career Opposite Shia LaBeouf" . Variety . Retrieved 2023-11-23 .
^ To Catch a Killer - Variety Review
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Woman of the Hour sold to Netflix --