François Labonté is a realizer, assembler, producer and Canadian scenario writer born in 1949 with Robertsonville (Canada).

Biography

• François Labonté undertakes his career as assistant-assembler with the National office of film. It assists Werner Nold with the assembly of the feature-length film, the time of a hunting of Francis Mankiewicz. Then, after having worked like assistant-realizer on several films, whose feature-length film Ti-bottom Tougas of Jean-Guy Christmas, in 1975, it produces and carries out a short film for children, Babiole .

• In 1976, it returns to the assembly and assists Werner Nold with the assembly of documentary the the Plays of XXIe Olympiade produces by the ONF and carried out by Jean-Claude Labrecque, like Jean Beaudin, Marcel Carrière and Georges Dufaux.

• In 1979, after having carried out documentary produced by the ONF, Saturday evening , it creates its own production company with which it produces and carries out a first feature-length film, the House of cards .

• In 1983, it takes part in the foundation of a new company, the Films Vision 4 Inc. and, in collaboration with Claude Bonin, produced Years of dreams of Jean-Claude Labrecque, feature-length film selected by the Cannes festival.

• As from 1986, it is devoted especially to the scenarisation and the realization of feature-length films for the rooms, as well as mini-series for television. It turns to Canada, to France, in Cuba and to South America.

• For a few years, it has collaborated actively with various historians. Particularly with the publication of collections of original documents, with the development of an important database on the Papineau family, as with the drafting of conferences/theater within the framework of the Court of the History , produced by the Commission of the national Capital.

Catalog of films

like Realizer

• 1975 : Babiole
• 1978 : Saturday evening
• 1980: the House of cards
• 1982: Midnight supper
• 1986: Henri
• 1987: Traps (series TV)
• 1988: Gaspard and fil$
• 1989: The Light Brigade (TV)
• 1990: Manual, the son borrowed
• 1992: Bomber (serial TV)
• 1993: Merchants of silence ( Return to me my child ) (TV)
• 1994: Alys Robi (televised series) (series TV)
• 1997: water Builders (series TV)

as Assembler

• 1974 : Table tennis
• 1975: Babiole
• 1980 : the House of cards
• 1980: Of grace and embarrassment
• 1982: Traces of a man (TV)
• 1984: Years of dreams

as Producer

• 1975 : Babiole
• 1980 : the House of cards
• 1984: Years of dreams

as Scenario writer

• 1982 : Midnight supper (TV)
• 1993: Merchants of silence ( Return to me my child ) (TV)
• 1997: water Builders (TV)

Rewards and Nominations

Rewards

• Visit the personal site (see external bonds)

Nominations

Anecdotes

External bonds

• Personal site
• Card IMDB