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Jean-Yves Bigras is a Director, Writer and Editor born on 19 may 1919 at Ottawa (Canada)

Jean-Yves Bigras

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Birth 19 may 1919 at Ottawa (Canada)
Death 17 august 1966 (at 47 years) at Montreal (Canada)

Jean-Yves Bigras (born May 19, 1919 in Ottawa, Ontario - died August 17, 1966 in Montreal, Quebec) was a Canadian film director and film editor, considered a pioneer in Quebec cinema. Bigras studied first at the University of Ottawa and then at Queen's University. From 1939 to 1942 he served in World War II as part of the RCAF. When he returned to Canada he became one of the first French Canadians to be hired by the NFB and worked there as an editor until 1948. He was then hired to work in Renaissance Éducationnel, the children's education film section of Renaissance Films Distribution. It was here that he got to work on his first feature film Le gros Bill (1949) co-directing with René Delacroix. Bigras moved on to direct three feature films himself, including La petite Aurore l’enfant martyre (1951), a big hit with audiences and a staple of Quebec Cinema. In 1953 he began working for Radio-Canada where he became one of its principal directors until his death in 1966.

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Filmography of Jean-Yves Bigras (3 films)

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Little Aurore's Tragedy, 1h42
Directed by Jean-Yves Bigras
Origin Canada
Genres Drama, Melodrama
Themes Films about children, Théâtre, Films based on plays, Films about child abuse
Actors Yvonne Laflamme, Lucie Mitchell, Janette Bertrand, Therese McKinnon, Lucie Poitras, Rolland D'Amour
Rating40% 2.046732.046732.046732.046732.04673
Basé sur un fait vécu, le film raconte les sévices qu'a dû subir la petite Aurore Gagnon (Yvonne Laflamme) de la part de sa belle-mère marâtre (Lucie Mitchell) à la fin des années 1910.
Les lumières de ma ville
Directed by Jean-Yves Bigras
Genres Musical, Romance
Actors Huguette Oligny, Monique Leyrac, Paul Berval, Denise Proulx, Albert Duquesne, Paul Guèvremont
Rating49% 2.4754552.4754552.4754552.4754552.475455
Au cœur de Montréal, en particulier dans le milieu des affaires artistiques, les personnages font face à leur communauté en perte de valeurs, où règne l’exploitation et la corruption avec son lot d’angoisse et d’isolement pour les sujets qui la composent.
Le gros Bill
Directed by René Delacroix, Jean-Yves Bigras
Genres Drama
Actors Amanda Alarie, Juliette Béliveau, Paul Berval, Paul Guèvremont, Ginette Letondal, Jean-Claude Robillard
Rating59% 2.9532952.9532952.9532952.9532952.953295
Même si l’exode du début du siècle s’est résorbé, contre l’industrialisation et les mœurs de la vie citadine, une certaine promotion de la vie rurale se poursuit au Québec. Le film offre un portrait idéal du milieu rural traditionnel. Le récit est celui du Gros Bill qui est revenu vivre au Québec après avoir vécu aux États-Unis. La communauté paroissiale où vit le Gros Bill est composée de gens simples et agréables, bons vivants et sans grand problème.

Scriptwriter

Les lumières de ma ville
Directed by Jean-Yves Bigras
Genres Musical, Romance
Actors Huguette Oligny, Monique Leyrac, Paul Berval, Denise Proulx, Albert Duquesne, Paul Guèvremont
Roles Writer
Rating49% 2.4754552.4754552.4754552.4754552.475455
Au cœur de Montréal, en particulier dans le milieu des affaires artistiques, les personnages font face à leur communauté en perte de valeurs, où règne l’exploitation et la corruption avec son lot d’angoisse et d’isolement pour les sujets qui la composent.

Editor

Little Aurore's Tragedy, 1h42
Directed by Jean-Yves Bigras
Origin Canada
Genres Drama, Melodrama
Themes Films about children, Théâtre, Films based on plays, Films about child abuse
Actors Yvonne Laflamme, Lucie Mitchell, Janette Bertrand, Therese McKinnon, Lucie Poitras, Rolland D'Amour
Roles Editor
Rating40% 2.046732.046732.046732.046732.04673
Basé sur un fait vécu, le film raconte les sévices qu'a dû subir la petite Aurore Gagnon (Yvonne Laflamme) de la part de sa belle-mère marâtre (Lucie Mitchell) à la fin des années 1910.