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This article is about the Canadian film maker. For the First World War aviator, see Paul Barbreau.
Paul Barbeau
Paul Barbeau, Quebec City Film Festival 2012
NationalityCanadian
OccupationFilm Producer

Paul Barbeau is a Canadian film producer.[1]

Director of independent films and producer of films like Romeo Eleven, Pieces of a Woman and Woman of the Hour. [2]

Barbeau produced more than 700 music videos for international artists such as (Celine Dion, Arcade Fire, Daniel Lanois, Tragically Hip, ) with NúFilms[3] which he founded with Bernard Nadeau, Stéphane Raymond and Jean-Francois Lord in May 2000. After several MuchMusic Video Awards,[4] Victoires de la Musique and Grammy Award[5][6] nominations, NuFilms ends production due to the financial impacts of illegal downloading of music during Napster's surge.[7][8] This inspires him to write and direct his 1st feature, Après la neige,[9][8] which premiered at the Shanghai International Film Festival.[10]

Under Reprise Films, Barbeau produces six Canadian features including Demain, Jo for Jonathan)[11] directed by Maxime Giroux, with the latter having its world premiere at the 2010 Locarno International Film Festival.[12][13] and Roméo Onze directed by Ivan Grbovic, (TIFF, KVIFF).

His 2nd film as writer/director We Have Forever premiered in Official Competition at the Mannheim-Heidelberg International Film Festival (IFFMH) also winning Best Director award at the Tallahassee Film Festival.[14]

His third feature as writer/director We Had It Coming, had its International premiere at the Prague International Film Festival in 2020.[15] Starring Natalie Krill, recipient of the Stars to Watch prize at the Whistler Film Festival.[16]

In recent years, Barbeau's focus has mainly shifted from directing to producing star-driven American feature films, co-producing films like Pieces of a Woman [17] and To Catch a Killer [18] and most recently, Executive Producer on Woman of the Hour, [19] directed by and starring Anna Kendrick.

Notes

  1. ^ Punter, Jennie (2011-09-11). "Barbeau hopes 'Romeo' buzz lifts shingle". Variety.
  2. ^ Hopewell, John (2019-04-23). "Cannes Festival: Media Luna Takes 'We Had It Coming,' 'The Friendly Man' (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Retrieved 2021-03-16.
  3. ^ De Repentigny, Alain (2009-12-07). "Fini les clips pour Nú Films". La Presse (in French). Montreal.
  4. ^ "Nominees". MuchMusic. Archived from the original on 2010-03-16.
  5. ^ Tadros, Patricia (2006-09-14). "Du vidéoclip aux films de fiction : le parcours exaltant du producteur Paul Barbeau" [From music video to feature films: the exciting journey of producer Paul Barbeau]. CTVM (in French). Archived from the original on 2012-03-15.
  6. ^ Laforest, Kevin (2009-12-03). "Ben Steiger Levine: de l'INIS aux Grammys!". Voir (in French).
  7. ^ Kelly, Brendan (30 Sep 2012). "Après la neige a simple, emotional story". The Gazette. Montreal.
  8. ^ a b Piette, Anne Marie (24 Sep 2012). "Paul Barbeau, sous le signe de l'audace". pieuvre.ca (in French). Archived from the original on 2012-10-01.
  9. ^ "Après la neige". Reprise Films. Archived from the original on 2011-12-06.
  10. ^ "Canada comes out in force at the 15th Shanghai International Film Festival with 20 films, including one in official competition". Telefilm Canada. 2012-06-07. Retrieved 2021-03-16.
  11. ^ "Jo pour Jonathan". Reprise Films. Archived from the original on 2010-11-23.
  12. ^ van Hoeij, Boyd (2010-08-29). "Review: 'Jo for Jonathan'". Variety.
  13. ^ Coccia, Luigi (2010-08-06). "I boschi e gli zombie di Locarno 2010" (in Italian). Cinemio.
  14. ^ Festival, Tallahassee Film (2019-04-10). "2019 TFF Award Winners Announced!". Tallahassee Film Festival. Retrieved 2021-03-18.
  15. ^ "Febiofest Prague 2020 Review: WE HAD IT COMING, Artful Thriller Battles Objectification, Masculinity". ScreenAnarchy. 2020-10-01. Retrieved 2021-03-16.
  16. ^ "WFF Announces Stars to Watch". Whistler Film Festival. 2019-11-14. Retrieved 2021-03-16.
  17. ^ https://variety.com/2020/film/reviews/pieces-of-a-woman-review-vanessa-kirby-shia-labeouf-1234760627/
  18. ^ To Catch a Killer - Variety Review
  19. ^ Woman of the Hour sold to Netflix -- [https://variety.com/2023/film/markets-festivals/anna-kendrick-serial-killer-movie-woman-of-the-hour-netflix-tiff-deal-1235720403/
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