Denys Arcand

Also known as Georges-Henri Denys Arcand

Canadian film director

Person · Open Library

Born: 1941
Works: 12

Top works

Euchariste Moisan
La Maudite galette
Denys Arcand
Gina
La Maudite galette

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Film & TV

Directing · Deschambault, Quebec, Canada

Georges-Henri Denys Arcand CC GOQ (born June 25, 1941) is a French-Canadian film director, screenwriter and producer based in Montreal, who crafts deeply personal and thought-provoking films, earning international acclaim. His career began with features like "Une Maudite Galette" (1972) and "Gina" (1975), exploring diverse narratives. "The Decline of the American Empire" (1986) depicted Quebecois…

Known for

À la lumière du soir — Self2025
Good Men — Self2024
At the End of Nothing at All — Self2024
La plus belle province — Narrator (voice)2022
Forgotten Flowers — Captain2019
Le cri du rhinocéros — Self2018
Le prix du paradis — Narrator

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Article

Georges-Henri Denys Arcand CC GOQ RCA ( French: [dəni aʁkɑ̃]; born June 25, 1941) is a Canadian filmmaker. During his four decades career, he became one of the most internationally-recognized directors from Quebec, earning widespread acclaim and numerous accolades for his "intensely personal, challenging, and intellectual films."

His film The Barbarian Invasions won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film in 2004. His films have also been nominated three further times, including two nominations in the same category for The Decline of the American Empire in 1986 and Jesus of Montreal in 1989, becoming the only French-Canadian director in history whose films have received this number of nominations and, subsequently, to have a film win the award. For The Barbarian Invasions, he received an Academy Award nomination for Best Original Screenplay, losing to Sofia Coppola for Lost in Translation.