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Arthur Lamothe
Born(1928-12-07)December 7, 1928
DiedSeptember 18, 2013(2013-09-18) (aged 84)
Occupation(s)Film director
Film producer
Screenwriter
Years active1961 - 2013

Arthur Lamothe, CM (December 7, 1928 – September 18, 2013) was a French-Canadian film director and film producer.[1][2]

Biography

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Born in Saint-Mont, France, Lamothe immigrated to Canada in 1953 and immediately got a job as a lumberjack in the Abitibi region of northern Quebec. In 1954 he began studying economics at the Université de Montréal. During his time as a student he became interested in cinema and began writing for several film publications. After graduating in 1958, he was immediately hired as a writer for Radio-Canada. In 1961 he was hired by the NFB and wrote Dimanche d'Amérique, his first screenplay, which became the first film by Gilles Carle.[3] In 1962 he directed his first film, a short documentary entitled Bûcherons de la Manouane. He directed his first feature-length fiction work in 1965, Poussière sur la ville; the film was not successful and Lamothe returned to documentary films.[4] Lamothe has only made a handful of fiction films during his career, and he is best known and most respected for his documentaries. In his films, Lamothe most frequently explored social and economic themes, as well as activism for issues he passionately supported, especially with regard to Aboriginal people.

In 1980 he was awarded the Prix Albert-Tessier and in 1995 was made a member of the Order of Canada.[5][6]

Gilles Vigneault's "Mon Pays" was written for Lamothe's 1965 film The Snow Has Melted on the Manicouagan (La neige a fondu sur la Manicouagan).[7]

Selected filmography

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Features

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Documentaries

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References

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  1. ^ "NFB Artisans - Arthur Lamothe". Archived from the original on 2012-10-13.
  • ^ "Le cinéaste Arthur Lamothe n'est plus". Radio-Canada.ca. Retrieved 2013-09-20.
  • ^ "Canadian Film Encyclopedia - Arthur Lamothe". Archived from the original on 2011-04-10.
  • ^ "Arthur Lamothe". The Canadian Encyclopedia.
  • ^ "Les Prix du Québec - le lauréat Arthur Lamothe". Gouvernement du Québec. Retrieved May 15, 2011.
  • ^ "Order of Canada - Arthur Lamothe, C.M." Governor General of Canada. April 20, 2009. Retrieved May 15, 2011.
  • ^ Suzanne Thomas, Stephen C. Willis and Hélène Plouffe, "Mon Pays". The Canadian Encyclopedia, November 20, 2011.
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