René Malo, a pioneer of Quebec cinema, is best known for producing Denis Arcand’s Oscar-nominated film. The collapse of the American empire And Micheline Lanctot SonatineVenice International Film Festival winner dies. He was 84 years old.
Malo died Sunday at the University of Montreal Hospital Center due to complications resulting from a broken hip, his rep said Hollywood Reporter. He had been suffering from Parkinson’s disease in recent years.
Born on March 7, 1942 AD. In Joliette, Quebec, Malo began as a music producer for 1960s artists such as Soul, Robert Charlebois, Yvonne Deschamps, Diane Dufresne, Claude Dubois, and Offenbach. He moved into films as a producer and distributor and in 1973 founded Malofilm Distribution, a major video distribution company with production deals with Paramount and Republic Pictures, among others.
In 1976, Malo made his debut as a feature producer, and his credits include the film Jean-Claude Lord. panic (1977); Christian Duguay Scanners 2: The New Order (1991), co-written by David Cronenberg; Gabriella Christiani Ladies room (1999), starring Molly Parker and Lorraine Bracco; And Chloe Robichaud Sarah prefers running (2013), starring Sophie Desmarais.
Arcand The collapse of the American empire (1986), the film about a group of university intellectuals discussing their sexual affairs, was nominated for Best Foreign Language Film at the Academy Awards as the first Canadian film to receive this honor.
Earlier, writer and director Lanctot won two awards at Venice in 1984 for her first feature film, Sonatineabout two teenage girls contemplating suicide.
During his career, Malo has received an array of awards, including the Air Canada Award from the Canadian Academy of Film and Television in 1994 and the Jutra Lifetime Achievement Award in 2011 for his contributions to the Quebec film industry.
From 1975 to 1996, he served as president of the Quebec Distributors Association and then the Canadian Distributors Association.
He created the René Malot Foundation in 1996 to support his philanthropic work, and in 2006, the René Malot Chair in Cinema and Strategies for Cultural and Media Production was created at the University of Quebec in Montreal.
