François Girard
Nacimiento : 1963-01-12, St-Felicien, Quebec, Canada
Historia
François Girard (born January 12, 1963) is a French-Canadian director and screenwriter particularly noted for his innovative film Thirty Two Short Films About Glenn Gould. Born in Quebec, Girard's career began on the Montreal art video circuit. In 1990, he produced his first feature film, Cargo; he attained international recognition following his 1993 Thirty Two Short Films About Glenn Gould, a series of vignettes about the life of piano prodigy Glenn Gould. In 1998, he wrote and directed The Red Violin, which follows the ownership of a red violin over several centuries. The Red Violin won an Academy Award for Best Original Soundtrack, thirteen Genie Awards and nine Jutra Awards.
He has also directed various works for the stage, including Stravinsky's Symphony of Psalms, Oedipus Rex and Novencento at the Edinburgh International Festival; Kafka's The Trial at the National Arts Centre, Ottawa; the oratorio Lost Objects at the Brooklyn Academy of Music; Siegfried in Toronto; and The Lindbergh Flight and The Seven Deadly Sins, first in Lyon and then in Edinburgh. Girard has also produced a residency show for Cirque du Soleil, Zed , in Tokyo and Zarkana, which will open at Radio City Music Hall in New York in the summer of 2011.
His television credits include Le dortoir, Peter Gabriel's Secret World and The Sound of the Carceri, one of the six episodes of Yo Yo Ma Inspired by Bach.
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Wagner’s soaring masterpiece makes its triumphant return to the Met stage after 17 years. In a sequel to his revelatory production of Parsifal, director François Girard unveils an atmospheric staging that once again weds his striking visual style and keen dramatic insight to Wagner’s breathtaking music, with Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin on the podium to conduct a supreme cast led by tenor Piotr Beczała in the title role of the mysterious swan knight. Soprano Tamara Wilson is the virtuous duchess Elsa, falsely accused of murder, going head to head with soprano Christine Goerke as the cunning sorceress Ortrud, who seeks to lay her low. Bass-baritone Evgeny Nikitin is Ortrud’s power-hungry husband, Telramund, and bass Günther Groissböck is King Heinrich.
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François Girard, whose revelatory 2013 take on Parsifal set the recent Met standard for Wagner stagings, now unveils a spellbinding new vision of the composer's tale of a cursed sea captain doomed to sail the open ocean for eternity. With sweeping sets by John Macfarlane, Girard’s new production turns the Met stage into a rich, layered tableau reminiscent of a vast oil painting. Valery Gergiev conducts a brilliant cast led by bass-baritone Evgeny Nikitin as the Dutchman, with German soprano Anja Kampe making her anticipated Met debut as the devoted Senta, whose selfless love is what the Dutchman seeks. Bass Franz-Josef Selig is her father, Daland, and tenor Sergey Skorokhodov is her deserted former lover, Erik. This live cinema transmission is part of the Met’s award-winning Live in HD series, bringing opera to more than 2,200 theaters in more than 70 countries worldwide.
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En pleno estallido de la Segunda Guerra Mundial, el pequeño Dovidl llega a Londres como refugiado judío desde su Polonia natal. Con solo 9 años es un prodigio del violín, lo que propicia su acogida en una destacada familia británica, que le integra como un hijo más y promociona sus estudios musicales.
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Un tremendo aguacero golpea Montreal, y un espectacular sumidero se abre en el estadio Percival Molson en medio de un partido de fútbol. El estadio es evacuado, y unas horas más tarde, se convierte en un sitio arqueológico protegido. Siglos de historia se esconden bajo el campo. El arqueólogo Baptiste Asigny comienza a investigar, y descubrirá la cantidad de generaciones que han ocupado esta tierra, cada una con secretos enterrados.
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Un tremendo aguacero golpea Montreal, y un espectacular sumidero se abre en el estadio Percival Molson en medio de un partido de fútbol. El estadio es evacuado, y unas horas más tarde, se convierte en un sitio arqueológico protegido. Siglos de historia se esconden bajo el campo. El arqueólogo Baptiste Asigny comienza a investigar, y descubrirá la cantidad de generaciones que han ocupado esta tierra, cada una con secretos enterrados.
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The story of Zarkana takes place in abandoned theater where the main character Zark was a successful magician many years ago. Since then, he has lost his magic and his stage assistant Lia. Zark goes through the theater encountering in search of his stage assistant Lia and reignite his magic.
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The story of Zarkana takes place in abandoned theater where the main character Zark was a successful magician many years ago. Since then, he has lost his magic and his stage assistant Lia. Zark goes through the theater encountering in search of his stage assistant Lia and reignite his magic.
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Stet, un niño de 12 años que recientemente se ha quedado huérfano, es enviado a una prestigiosa Escuela Municipal de música de Texas, donde se esfuerza para unirse al grupo de selectos cantantes del coro. Nadie espera que este rebelde solitario pueda tener éxito, menos el maestro Carvelle (Hoffman), que reconoce un talento único en este joven y le empuja a descubrir su corazón creativo y el alma de la música.
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Witness how ZED comes to life in its making-of documentary. Learn how the show became more than its individual pieces. Through the nurturance and cultivation of a sense of community between ZED artists, musicians and technicians, Francois Girard encouraged the show to develop its own arrangement and follow the rhythm of its own heartbeat.
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Witness how ZED comes to life in its making-of documentary. Learn how the show became more than its individual pieces. Through the nurturance and cultivation of a sense of community between ZED artists, musicians and technicians, Francois Girard encouraged the show to develop its own arrangement and follow the rhythm of its own heartbeat.
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The Met assembled an ideal cast for François Girard’s acclaimed new production of Wagner’s final masterpiece. Jonas Kaufmann in the title role of the fool “made wise by compassion” is as convincing vocally as he is haunting dramatically, delivering a thoroughly moving portrayal. René Pape is equally compelling as Gurnemanz, the veteran Knight of the Grail, and Katarina Dalayman thrillingly brings out the dual sides of Kundry. Peter Mattei is Amfortas, the anguished ruler of the Grail’s kingdom, and Evgeny Nikitin sings the evil magician Klingsor. Daniele Gatti on the podium reveals both the serenity and dramatic tension of what may be Wagner’s greatest score.
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The Met assembled an ideal cast for François Girard’s acclaimed new production of Wagner’s final masterpiece: Jonas Kaufmann in the title role of the fool “made wise by compassion”, René Pape as Gurnemanz, the veteran Knight of the Grail, Katarina Dalayman as Kundry, Peter Mattei is Amfortas, the anguished ruler of the Grail’s kingdom, and Evgeny Nikitin sings the evil magician Klingsor.
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Zarkana is a Cirque du Soleil stage production written and directed by François Girard. It began as a touring show in 2011 and was converted to a permanent show in Las Vegas in late 2012. It premiered at Radio City Music Hall in New York City on June 29, 2011 and later toured to the State Kremlin Palace in Moscow and the Madrid Arena in Madrid. Following Zarkana's successful run in Moscow, it was announced that the show would start residency at the Aria Resort and Casino in Las Vegas. The show replaced the Cirque du Soleil resident production Viva Elvis, which closed in August 2012 at the Aria Resort. Zarkana by Cirque du Soleil is about a spirited journey through an abandoned theater where an extraordinary circus comes back to life. Populated by a motley collection of off-the-wall characters and incomparable acrobats, Zarkana is a visual vortex set in a twisted acrobatic fantasy universe where, little by little, chaos and craziness give way to a true celebration.
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Basada en una popular novela de Alessandro Baricco. Hervé Joncour (Michael Pitt), un mercader francés del siglo XIX que se dedica al comercio de la seda, está casado con Helene (Keira Knightley). En uno de sus viajes al Japón mantiene un romance clandestino y prohibido con una misteriosa y sensual mujer.
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Basada en una popular novela de Alessandro Baricco. Hervé Joncour (Michael Pitt), un mercader francés del siglo XIX que se dedica al comercio de la seda, está casado con Helene (Keira Knightley). En uno de sus viajes al Japón mantiene un romance clandestino y prohibido con una misteriosa y sensual mujer.
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This compelling documentary explores Canadian film culture and tries to discover what defines Canadian film through interviews with notable filmmakers.
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Parece que, desgraciadamente, el fin del mundo se va a producir en la medianoche del 31 de Diciembre de 1999. Dos meses antes, cuando la noticia se hizo pública, cundió el pánico y la confusión; pero poco a poco, el terror se ha ido transformando en resignación, y la gente se esfuerza por tener un final perfecto. Es importante saber dónde y con quién estará uno cuando se acerque la hora cero. (FILMAFFINITY)
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En un taller de la Italia del siglo XVII, un maestro artesanal crea su obra definitiva, un violín perfecto y barnizado en rojo, para su hijo a punto de nacer. A partir de ese momento, el instrumento viaja de mano en mano desde Europa a Canadá, pasando por China, hasta la época actual.
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En un taller de la Italia del siglo XVII, un maestro artesanal crea su obra definitiva, un violín perfecto y barnizado en rojo, para su hijo a punto de nacer. A partir de ese momento, el instrumento viaja de mano en mano desde Europa a Canadá, pasando por China, hasta la época actual.
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THE SOUND OF THE CARCERI explores the deep relationship between music and architecture through a high-tech 'virtual confrontation' between Bach and his contemporary, the architect Giovanni Battista Piranesi. Using a striking visual style, director Francois Girard ('The Red Violin' and 'Thirty-Two Short Films about Glenn Gould') places Yo-Yo Ma within a series of computer-generated, three-dimensional recreations of Piranesi's well-known prison etchings. Through Yo-Yo Ma's and music producer Steven Epstein's struggle to recreate and interact with the imaginary space that Ma performs in, the film examines the complexity of illusion, of representation and reality.
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Actress Suzanne Cloutier is interviewed about "Othello", Orson Welles' masterpiece, in which she played Desdemona.
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Actress Suzanne Cloutier is interviewed about "Othello", Orson Welles' masterpiece, in which she played Desdemona.
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Filmado en Módena, Italia, durante dos noches en noviembre de 1993 como parte de la aclamada gira Secret World Live de Peter Gabriel en apoyo del álbum de Estados Unidos, el espectáculo se presenta y coreografía elaboradamente con dos etapas unidas por un muelle estrecho. Peter Gabriel siempre ha sido un carismático actor en vivo con la capacidad de atraer a su audiencia al mundo en el escenario que ha creado y rara vez ha sido mejor capturado que en Secret World Live.
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Una investigación en treinta y dos partes sobre la mente y el alma del internacionalmente reconocido virtuoso del piano Glenn Gould (1932-1982), para revelar su complejo y enigmático carácter al tomar la estructura de las Variaciones Goldberg de J.S. Bach. Glenn Gould, canadiense, fue un niño prodigio que componía a los 5 años y a los 15 daba conciertos. El film fue definido por la crítica como una cargante exaltación de la excentricidad.
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Una investigación en treinta y dos partes sobre la mente y el alma del internacionalmente reconocido virtuoso del piano Glenn Gould (1932-1982), para revelar su complejo y enigmático carácter al tomar la estructura de las Variaciones Goldberg de J.S. Bach. Glenn Gould, canadiense, fue un niño prodigio que componía a los 5 años y a los 15 daba conciertos. El film fue definido por la crítica como una cargante exaltación de la excentricidad.
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A dance drama telling of a man's journey back into memory and imagination to escape, and finally overcome, a personal crisis. A convent school dormitory is the setting for a chronicle of fleeting impressions told through dance, music and images ranging from the erotic to the violent, and are infused with a mixture of high romanticism and gritty urban toughness.
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A dance drama telling of a man's journey back into memory and imagination to escape, and finally overcome, a personal crisis. A convent school dormitory is the setting for a chronicle of fleeting impressions told through dance, music and images ranging from the erotic to the violent, and are infused with a mixture of high romanticism and gritty urban toughness.
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A railroad worker has arrived at a halt in his life, at the same stopping point as his locomotive - a place situated between memory and imagination where the spectator may integrate himself into the poetic fiction.
