René Chénier

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René Chénier
NationalityFrench Canadian
OccupationFilm producer
Executive producer
OrganizationNational Film Board of Canada

René Chénier is a Canadian film producer and an executive producer for the National Film Board of Canada.

Chénier co-produced Benoît Pilon's 2008 film The Necessities of Life, and was nominated for the Genie Award for Best Motion Picture.[1] In 2012, he won a Genie Award for Best Animated Short for Georges Schwizgebel's Romance.[2]

From 2006, Chénier was an executive producer for the French animated studio for the National Film Board. In 2014, he was appointed executive producer for special projects.[3]

His 2017 credits include the planetarium production Kyma directed by Philippe Baylaucq and the multi-screen installation Expo 67 Live, directed by Karine Lanoie-Brien [fr].[4][5]

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  1. ^ "The Necessities of Life leads Genie nominations". CBC News. 10 February 2009. Retrieved 31 December 2016.
  2. ^ Carrington, Julian (9 March 2012). "Monsieur Lazhar the Toast of Canuck Cinema". The Torontoist. Retrieved 31 December 2016.
  3. ^ "Archived - René Chénier appointed Executive Producer, Special Projects, at the NFB". Government of Canada. 29 April 2014. Retrieved 31 December 2016.
  4. ^ "Première production originale pour dôme-écran de l'ONF". CTVM.info (in French). 2017-02-23. Retrieved 2017-09-13.
  5. ^ Indongo, Nantali (2017-09-10). "'You want to go big': Gigantic multimedia installation brings Expo 67 to Montrealers". CBC News. Retrieved 2017-09-13.

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