Élie Dupuis
Élie Dupuis is a rising musical and film star from the Canadian province of Quebec, best known for playing a major acting role and performing music in the movie Maman est chez le coiffeur ("Mommy is at the Hairdresser's") . He was born 8 September 1994 and lives in Repentigny, Quebec. His emergence as a performer has been recognized in popular entertainment media such as the French-language version of Canoe.ca.[1]
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[edit] Biography
Élie Dupuis started to play piano in 2004, at the age of 10. He soon became passionate about this instrument for which he had a particular talent.
Three years later, in February 2007, Élie sent an entirely self-recorded demo containing a medley of songs to the television program La Fureur ("The Furore") on the French-language Canadian television network Radio-Canada. He was then invited to sing live on the program on Feb. 24.
Inspired by his remarkable performance, the filmmaker Léa Pool offered Élie one of the principal roles in her film Maman est chez le coiffeur. He was also approached by the television channel TFO which gave him parts in thirteen episodes of an educational television program called Cinémission.
In 2007, he was invited to take part in a major telethon, "Téléthon Opération Enfant-Soleil," where he met popular singer Annie Villeneuve. They did a very successful duet performance in the televised production Annie Villeneuve Acoustique ("Annie Villeneuve unplugged").
Élie also appeared on several occasions at the theatre Hector-Charland. One of these occasions was a fund-raiser for the "Fondation des Auberges du Cœur," an organization involved in providing shelter to homeless young people.
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- Maman est chez le coiffeur - 2008 original soundtrack of the film Maman est chez le coiffeur by Léa Pool
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[edit] Notes
- ^ Lemieux, Michèle (6 June 2008), "Vedettes dans Maman est chez le coiffeur: Elie Dupuis", 7jours.canoe.ca, http://7jours.canoe.ca/vedettes/entrevues/2008/06/11/7769786-7j.html, retrieved 2009-07-11
[edit] External links
- Élie Dupuis at the Internet Movie Database
- Biographical article by Reine Côté in Repentigny newspaper Hebdo Rive Nord (in French)
- "Élie Dupuis interprète The Great Escape de Patrick Watson," French-language story on E. Dupuis' soundtrack musicianship, written by Karl Filion of Cinoche.com, "the reference source for cinema in Quebec"
- Fan page on Facebook
