Danic Champoux

Canadian filmmaker (1976–2022)

Danic Champoux (1976 – February 18, 2022) was a Canadian documentary filmmaker.^[1] He was most noted for his 2014 film Self(less) Portrait (Autoportrait sans moi),^[2] which was a Jutra Award nominee for Best Documentary Film at the 17th Jutra Awards in 2015.^[3]

A native of Sorel-Tracy, Quebec,^[4] he participated in the filmmaking series La Course destination monde in 1996, before releasing his first short theatrical documentary film, My Father (Mon père), in 2000.^[1] The film was the winner of the Prix Pierre et Yolande Perrault at the 2001 Rendez-vous Québec Cinéma.^[5]

He released numerous short and feature documentaries for both film and television throughout his career, with the Gémeaux Award-nominated CHSLD mon amour (2020) being his final film before his death.^[6]

Filmography

My Father (Mon père) - 2000
Big Gazelle - 2004
Caporal Mark - 2006
Cardinal Cowboy - 2007
La couleur du temps - 2008
Baklava Blues - 2009
Mom and Me (Mom et moi) - 2011
Sessions (Séances) - 2012
Self(less) Portrait (Autoportrait sans moi) - 2014
Ça fait 20 ans - 2015
A Centre-Sud Tale (Conte du Centre-Sud) - 2016
Cris sur le bayou - 2016
Arbitres - 2017
Mon amour, ma prison - 2018
Mal élevés - 2018
Daughter of the Crater (La fille du cratère) - 2019
CHSLD mon amour - 2020

References

^ ^a ^b "Le réalisateur Danic Champoux n’est plus". Ici Radio-Canada, February 19, 2022.
^ Kevin Scott, "Self(less) Portrait: Danic Champoux". Exclaim!, April 25, 2014.
^ Jessica Émond-Ferrat, "Xavier Dolan domine les nominations aux Jutra". Métro, January 26, 2015.
^ Jean-Philippe Morin, "Le cinéaste sorelois Danic Champoux n’est plus". Les 2 Rives, February 21, 2022.
^ Alice Zanetta, "Décès du cinéaste Danic Champoux". Le Devoir, February 21, 2022.
^ "CHSLD, mon amour : l'immersion de Danic Champoux". Ici Radio-Canada, November 20, 2020.