Manon Briand

Manon Briand
Born (1964-01-01) January 1, 1964 (age 60)
Baie-Comeau, Quebec
NationalityCanadian
Occupation(s)film director, screenwriter
Known forCosmos, Liverpool

Manon Briand (born January 1, 1964, in Baie-Comeau, Quebec)[1] is a Canadian film director and screenwriter. After graduating in film studies from Concordia University,[1] Briand went to France to study screenwriting in 1987. Returning home, she co-founded an independent filmmakers’ group, Les Films de l’Autre, and soon began directing. Her films include Letters of Transit (Les Sauf-conduits), a segment in Cosmos, 2 Seconds, Chaos and Desire, Liverpool and the television film Heart: The Marilyn Bell Story.[2]

In 2023 she entered production on her latest feature film, All Stirred Up! (Tous toqués).[3]

  1. ^ a b Manon Briand Archived 2014-01-08 at the Wayback Machine at Toronto International Film Festival's Canadian Film Encyclopedia.
  2. ^ "Manon Briand’s Liverpool: The bigger the actors, the bigger the port you need to hold them". National Post, September 11, 2012.
  3. ^ Charles-Henri Ramond, "Ça tourne pour Manon Briand". Films du Québec, September 14, 2023.