Nathalie Saint-Pierre is a Canadian film director and screenwriter from Quebec.[1] She is most noted for her 2012 film Catimini, for which she received Jutra Award nominations for Best Film, Best Screenplay and Best Editing at the 16th Jutra Awards in 2014.[2]
A graduate of the business administration program at the Université du Québec à Montréal, she learned the film business by taking an administrative job with the film studio Les Films de l’autre.[3] She directed two short films, L’Abîme appelle l’abîme (1996) and Quand j’ai eu trente ans ou comment j’ai viré su’ l’top (2001),[3] before releasing her debut film Ma voisine danse le ska in 2003.[4]
Catimini premiered at the 2012 Angoulême Francophone Film Festival,[5] before opening commercially in January 2013.[6]
Her third feature film, On Earth as in Heaven (Sur la terre comme au ciel), premiered at the 2023 Cinemania film festival.[7]
References
edit- ^ Michel Coulombe, "Nathalie Saint-Pierre, scénariste et réalisatrice de Catimini". Ciné-Bulles, Vol. 31 No. 1 (Winter 2013). pp. 8-13.
- ^ "Jutra nominations light up screen scene; Top Quebecois films include Louis Cyr and Gabrielle". Montreal Gazette, January 28, 2014.
- ^ a b "Nathalie Saint-Pierre". Northern Stars.
- ^ Séverine Kandelman, "Ma voisine danse le ska : Le mal de vivre". Voir, November 6, 2003.
- ^ "«Catimini» de Nathalie Saint-Pierre sera en competition au Festival d'Angoulême". Canadian Press, August 8, 2012.
- ^ "Le film québécois Catimini nous plonge dans l'univers des familles d'accueil". Le Téléjournal, January 22, 2013.
- ^ Bill Brownstein, "Brownstein: 29th Cinemania film fest launches with explosive courtroom drama". Montreal Gazette, November 1, 2023.