Catherine Legault

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Catherine Legault is a Canadian film editor and director from Quebec.[1] She is most noted for her work on the film Family Demolition (La démolition familiale), for which she won the Prix Iris for Best Editing in a Documentary at the 19th Quebec Cinema Awards in 2017.[2]

As a director, she made her debut in 2019 with Sisters: Dream & Variations (Sœurs: Rêve et variations), a portrait of two Canadian visual artists undertaking a creative trip to Iceland.[3] She followed up in 2024 with Larry (They/Them) (Larry (iel)), a portrait of photographer Laurence Philomène.[4]

Filmography

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  • Touched by Water - 2006
  • Le doigt dans l'oeil - 2007
  • Travelling Light: Artists on the Move - 2008
  • pilgrIMAGE - 2009
  • Des ailes aux talons - 2010
  • Hand to Hand - 2010
  • Le monde en coulisse - 2011
  • A Modern Castle - 2011
  • Léo - 2011
  • The Avenuers - 2011
  • Fair Sex (Les Manèges humains) - 2012
  • Mort subite d'un homme-théâtre - 2012
  • Floating Body - 2012 (editor and director)
  • The Invisible Red Thread - 2012
  • Crossing Victoria - 2013
  • Au-delà de l'image: Le monde de Michel Lemieux et Victor Pilon - 2014
  • Vivre selon Marguerite - 2014
  • The Wandering Muse - 2014
  • Family Demolition (La démolition familiale) - 2015
  • Kurdistan, de gré ou de force - 2015
  • Rebels on Pointe - 2017
  • My Mother's Letters (Les lettres de ma mère) - 2017
  • My Yiddish Papi - 2017
  • Exile to the Far West (Éxil au Far West) - 2017
  • The Sisters Bedroom (La Chambre des filles) - 2018
  • Sisters: Dream & Variations (Sœurs: Rêve et variations) - 2019 (editor and director)
  • Fanny: The Right to Rock - 2021
  • Chiliheads (Chiliheads, fous de piments forts) - 2021
  • Aiguille sous roche - 2021
  • Larry (They/Them) (Larry (iel)) - 2024 (editor and director)

Awards

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Award Year Category Work Result Ref.
Prix Iris 2017 Best Editing in a Documentary Family Demolition (La démolition familiale) Won [2]
2019 My Mother's Letters (Les lettres de ma mère) Nominated [5]
2022 Fanny: The Right to Rock Nominated [6]

References

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  1. ^ Scott Iwasaki, "Award-winning Canadian filmmaker wants to introduce ‘Larry (They/Them)’". Park Record, February 21, 2025.
  2. ^ a b Yan Lauzon, "Xavier Dolan amorce sa récolte". TVA Nouvelles, June 1, 2017.
  3. ^ Gail Johnson, "Sisters: Dream & Variations follows the artistic journey of fiercely creative siblings to Iceland and beyond at 2021 R2R Film Fest". Stir, April 8, 2021.
  4. ^ Justine Smith, "LARRY (they/them) is a documentary about art, life and gender identity in Montreal". Cult MTL, April 9, 2025.
  5. ^ "Gala Québec Cinéma : 1991 de Ricardo Trogi mène la course avec 16 nominations". Radio-Canada (in French). April 11, 2019. Retrieved June 23, 2020.
  6. ^ Stéphanie Nolin, "Gala Québec Cinéma 2022 : Vincent-Guillaume Otis sacré meilleur acteur". Showbizz, June 5, 2022.
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