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Georges-Henri Denys Arcand is a French Canadian film director, screenwriter and producer. His film The Barbarian Invasions won the Academy Award for Best Foreign 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. Also for The Barbarian Invasions, he received an Academy Award nomination for Best Original Screenplay, losing to Sofia Coppola for Lost in Translation.
Born
Wednesday, 25 June 1941
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Les fleurs oubliées | 2019 | |
| Le vieil âge et l'espérance | Self | 2019 |
| Embrasse-moi comme tu m'aimes | Édouard Montpetit | 2016 |
| Quebec My Country Mon Pays | Self | 2016 |
| Les beaux malaises | Self | 2014 |
| Barney's Version | Maître'D at Ritz / Maitre'D at Ritz | 2010 |
| Le direct avant la lettre | Self | 2006 |
| Idole instantanée | Propriétaire du bar | 2005 |
| Tideline | 2004 | |
| The 76th Annual Academy Awards | Self - Nominee | 2004 |
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
Director Filmography
| Title | Year |
|---|
| Testament | 2023 |
| The Fall of the American Empire | 2018 |
| An Eye for Beauty | 2014 |
| Days of Darkness | 2007 |
| The Barbarian Invasions | 2003 |
| Stardom | 2000 |
| Joyeux Calvaire | 1996 |
| Love & Human Remains | 1994 |
| Montréal vu par... | 1991 |
| Jesus of Montreal | 1989 |
| The Decline of the American Empire | 1986 |
| Le crime d'Ovide Plouffe | 1984 |
| Empire, Inc. | 1983 |
| Le confort et l'indifférence | 1982 |
| Gina | 1975 |
| Réjeanne Padovani | 1973 |
| Dirty Money | 1972 |
| Québec: Duplessis et après... | 1972 |
| On est au coton | 1970 |
| Champlain | 1964 |
| Alone or with Others | 1962 |
| Year | Type | Category | Won |
|---|
| 2004 | Oscar | Best Writing, Original Screenplay | Nominated |
