Roger Frappier (born April 14, 1945) is a Canadian producer, director, editor, actor, and screenwriter.
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Biography
Roger Frappier worked in all areas of the film business, from film critic to television commercial director to director/ producer of the experimental feature documentary Le Gand film ordinaire, until he found his true vocation as a hands-on producer. While at the National Film Board of Canada in the early 1980s, he assembled a group of writer/directors who collaborated on developing edgy, urban dramas. The script for Le Déclin de l’empire américain emerged from the process that Frappier had set in motion. With that film's phenomenal success, Frappier rose to the ranks of the top producers of feature films in Quebec. He left the NFB in 1986 and founded Max Films with Pierre Gendron, producing Un Zoo la nuit in 1987, the winner of 13 Genie Awards, still a record. His many other films include Pouvoir intime, Anne Trister, Jésus de Montréal, Ding et Dong, le film and Cosmos. Members of the Cosmos collective went on to make two of the most celebrated works in recent Québécois cinema, Un 32 août sur terre and Maelström, underscoring Frappier's eye for fresh talent. His 2003 production, the affable Seducing Doctor Lewis, became one of the highest-grossing films at the domestic box office in Canadian film history.
Filmography
As director
1971: The Great Ordinary Movie (Le Grand film ordinaire)
1973: Unfinished Infonie (L'Infonie inachevée...)
1977: Saturday: The Womb of Night (Samedi - Le Ventre de la nuit)
1977: Monday: Happiness Is (Lundi - Une chaumière, un cœur)
1981: Voyage de nuit
1984: The Last Glacier (Le Dernier glacier)
2000: Die Fremde
2020: Chaakapesh
As editor
1970: The Storm (El Assifa)
1971: Pizzagone
1971: It Is Necessary to Be Among the Peoples of the World to Know Them (Faut aller parmi l'monde pour le savoir)
1974: Unfinished Infonie (L'Infonie inachevée...)
As actor
1973: Réjeanne Padovani : Un militant
2003: Father and Sons (Père et fils) : Pharmacien
As scriptwriter
1984: The Last Glacier (Le Dernier glacier)
Awards and nominations
Awards
1987 : Genie Award for Best Motion Picture and Golden Reel Award with René Malo, The Decline of the American Empire
1988 : Genie Award for Best Motion Picture with Pierre Gendron, Un Zoo la nuit
1990 : Genie Award for Best Motion Picture and Golden Reel Award with Pierre Gendron, Jésus de Montréal
1991 : Genie Award Golden Reel Award, Ding et Dong : le film
2001 : Genie Award for Best Motion Picture with Luc Vandal, Maelström
2022 : Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture - Drama, The Power of the Dog
Nominations
1982 : Genie Award for Best Theatrical Short with Carole Mondello, Voyage de nuit
1987 : Academy Award for Best Foreign-Language Film with René Malo, The Decline of the American Empire
1990 : Academy Award for Best Foreign-Language Film with Pierre Gendron, Jésus de Montréal
1991 : BAFTA for Best Film Not in English with Pierre Gendron, Jésus de Montréal
1999 : Jutra Award for Best Film, 2 secondes
1999 : Jutra Award for Best Film, Un 32 août sur terre
2002 : Jutra Award for Best Film with Luc Vandal, L'Ange de goudron
2004 : Genie Award for Best Motion Picture with Pierre Grendon, Seducing Doctor Lewis
2007 : Jutra Award for Best Film with Luc Vandal
2007 : Genie Award for Best Motion Picture, La vie secrète des gens heureux
2009 : Jutra Award for Best Film with Luc Vandal, Borderline
2014 : Genie Award for Best Film with Barbara Doran, The Grand Seduction
2022 : Academy Award for Best Picture with Jane Campion, Tanya Seghatchian, Emile Sherman, and Iain Canning, The Power of the Dog