Claire Wojas

{{Short description|Canadian screenwriter and film producer}} '''Claire Wojas''' (April 13, 1949 – May 19, 2018) was a Canadian screenwriter and film producer.<ref>Julie Huguet, "Métier: scénariste – Claire Wojas". ''[[Ciné-Bulles]]'', Vol. 10, No. 3 (Apr/May 1991). pp. 51–53.</ref> She was most noted for the 1991 film ''[[Love Crazy (1991 film)|Love Crazy]] (Amoureux fou)'', for which she received [[Genie Award]] nominations for both [[Canadian Screen Award for Best Screenplay|Best Original Screenplay]] and [[Canadian Screen Award for Best Original Song|Best Original Song]] at the [[12th Genie Awards]] in 1991.<ref>Christopher Harris, "Black Robe leads race for Genies: Film community notes surprising omissions in list of nominees". ''[[The Globe and Mail]]'', October 10, 1991.</ref>

Her other credits included the films ''[[Cruising Bar]]'',<ref>Rick Groen, "The beer ad as comedy". ''[[The Globe and Mail]]'', November 9, 1990.</ref> ''[[You're Beautiful, Jeanne]] (T'es belle Jeanne)'', ''[[Water Child]] (L'enfant d'eau)'',<ref>John Griffin, "Quebec film L'Enfant d'Eau already one of fest's big winners". ''[[Montreal Gazette]]'', September 3, 1995.</ref> ''[[Cruising Bar 2]]''<ref>Brendan Kelly, "Cruising at a lower altitude". ''[[Montreal Gazette]]'', June 27, 2008.</ref> and ''[[Stay with Me (2010 film)|Stay with Me]] (Reste avec moi)'',<ref>Brendan Kelly, "Interconnected vignettes ebb and flow". ''[[Montreal Gazette]]'', November 5, 2010.</ref> and the television series ''Un amour de quartier'', ''[[Jean Duceppe (TV series)|Jean Duceppe]]'' and ''[[Chartrand et Simonne]]''.

She was married to [[Robert Ménard (director)|Robert Ménard]], her cowriter and director of virtually all of her films.

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==External links== *{{IMDb name|0937480}}

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