'''Catherine Legault''' is a Canadian film editor and director from Quebec.<ref name=iwasaki>Scott Iwasaki, [https://www.parkrecord.com/2025/02/21/award-winning-canadian-filmmaker-wants-to-introduce-larry-they-them/ "Award-winning Canadian filmmaker wants to introduce ‘Larry (They/Them)’"]. ''Park Record'', February 21, 2025.</ref> She is most noted for her work on the film ''Family Demolition (La démolition familiale)'', for which she won the Prix Iris for Best Editing in a Documentary at the 19th Quebec Cinema Awards in 2017.<ref name=lauzon>Yan Lauzon, [https://www.tvanouvelles.ca/2017/06/01/gala-des-artisans-quebec-cinema-xavier-dolan-amorce-sa-recolte "Xavier Dolan amorce sa récolte"]. TVA Nouvelles, June 1, 2017.</ref>
As a director, she made her debut in 2019 with ''Sisters: Dream & Variations (Sœurs: Rêve et variations)'', a portrait of two Canadian visual artists undertaking a creative trip to Iceland.<ref>Gail Johnson, [https://www.createastir.ca/articles/sisters-dream-and-variations-r2r-film-festival "Sisters: Dream & Variations follows the artistic journey of fiercely creative siblings to Iceland and beyond at 2021 R2R Film Fest"]. ''Stir'', April 8, 2021.</ref> She followed up in 2024 with ''Larry (They/Them) (Larry (iel))'', a portrait of photographer Laurence Philomène.<ref>Justine Smith, [https://cultmtl.com/2025/04/larry-they-them-is-a-documentary-film-about-art-life-and-gender-identity-in-montreal-review/ "LARRY (they/them) is a documentary about art, life and gender identity in Montreal"]. ''Cult MTL'', April 9, 2025.</ref>
==Filmography== {{columns-list|colwidth=30em| *''Touched by Water'' - 2006 *''Le doigt dans l'oeil'' - 2007 *''Travelling Light: Artists on the Move'' - 2008 *''pilgrIMAGE'' - 2009 *''Des ailes aux talons'' - 2010 *''Hand to Hand'' - 2010 *''Le monde en coulisse'' - 2011 *''A Modern Castle'' - 2011 *''Léo'' - 2011 *''The Avenuers'' - 2011 *''Fair Sex (Les Manèges humains)'' - 2012 *''Mort subite d'un homme-théâtre'' - 2012 *''Floating Body'' - 2012 (editor and director) *''The Invisible Red Thread'' - 2012 *''Crossing Victoria'' - 2013 *''Au-delà de l'image: Le monde de Michel Lemieux et Victor Pilon'' - 2014 *''Vivre selon Marguerite'' - 2014 *''The Wandering Muse'' - 2014 *''Family Demolition (La démolition familiale)'' - 2015 *''Kurdistan, de gré ou de force'' - 2015 *''Rebels on Pointe'' - 2017 *''My Mother's Letters (Les lettres de ma mère)'' - 2017 *''My Yiddish Papi'' - 2017 *''Exile to the Far West (Éxil au Far West)'' - 2017 *''The Sisters Bedroom (La Chambre des filles)'' - 2018 *''Sisters: Dream & Variations (Sœurs: Rêve et variations)'' - 2019 (editor and director) *''Fanny: The Right to Rock'' - 2021 *''Chiliheads (Chiliheads, fous de piments forts)'' - 2021 *''Aiguille sous roche'' - 2021 *''Larry (They/Them) (Larry (iel))'' - 2024 (editor and director) }}
==Awards== {| class="wikitable" ! scope="col" | Award ! scope="col" | Year ! scope="col" | Category ! scope="col" | Work ! scope="col" | Result ! scope="col" | Ref. |- | rowspan=3| Prix Iris | 2017 | rowspan=3| Best Editing in a Documentary | ''Family Demolition (La démolition familiale)'' | {{won}} | <ref name=lauzon/> |- | 2019 | ''My Mother's Letters (Les lettres de ma mère)'' | {{nom}} | <ref name="Radio">{{Cite web|url=https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/1163767/gala-quebec-cinema-1991-ricardo-trogi-16-nominations |title=Gala Québec Cinéma : 1991 de Ricardo Trogi mène la course avec 16 nominations |date=April 11, 2019 |accessdate=June 23, 2020 |work=Radio-Canada |language=French}}</ref> |- | 2022 | ''Fanny: The Right to Rock'' | {{nom}} | <ref>Stéphanie Nolin, [https://showbizz.net/cinema/gala-quebec-cinema-2022-vincent-guillaume-otis-sacre-meilleur-acteur "Gala Québec Cinéma 2022 : Vincent-Guillaume Otis sacré meilleur acteur"]. ''Showbizz'', June 5, 2022.</ref> |}
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== *{{IMDb name|0499217}}
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