René Delacroix

René Delacroix (August 27, 1900 – June 11, 1976) was a French film director and screenwriter.[1] He was most noted for a mid-career period from 1949 to 1954 when he was based in Montreal, during which he directed or co-directed several of the most important early feature films in the Cinema of Quebec.[2] The film Tit-Coq, codirected with Gratien Gélinas, won the Canadian Film Award for Film of the Year at the 5th Canadian Film Awards in 1953.[3]

## Filmography

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* La relève \- 1932
* Meute et kangourous... \- 1935
* Promesses \- 1939
* Notre-Dame de la Mouise \- 1941, writer only
* The Murderer Is Not Guilty (L'assassin n'est pas coupable) \- 1946
* Gonzague \- 1947
* The Grand Bill (Le Gros Bill) \- 1949, with Jean-Yves Bigras
* The Story of Dr. Louise (On ne triche pas la vie) \- 1949, with Paul Vandenberghe
* They Are Twenty \- 1950
* The Nightingale and the Bells (Le Rossignol et les cloches) \- 1952
* Tit-Coq \- 1953, with Gratien Gélinas
* A Mother's Heart \- 1953
* The Heartthrob (Le Tombeur) \- 1958

## References

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1. ^ "Fine Canadian Film: St. Hyacinthe Main Setting For an Entertaining Story". Montreal Star, March 3, 1952.
2. ^ Michel Houle et Alain Julien, Dictionnaire du cinéma québécois, Fides, 1978.
3. ^ "On the Screen". The Globe and Mail, May 1, 1953.

## External links

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* René Delacroix at IMDb

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