# Denis Chouinard

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{{short description|Canadian film director and screenwriter|bot=PearBOT 5}}
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| name         = Denis Chouinard
| birth_date   = {{birth year and age|1964}}
| birth_place  = [Montreal, Quebec](/source/Montreal), Canada
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| occupation   = [Film director](/source/Film_director)<br>[Screenwriter](/source/Screenwriter)
| years_active = [1985](/source/1985_in_film) - present 
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'''Denis Chouinard''' (born 1964 in Montreal, Quebec) is a Canadian [film director](/source/film_director) and [screenwriter](/source/screenwriter).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.coopvideo.ca/membres/denis-chouinard.en |title=Denis Chouinard - Coop Vidéo de Montréal |access-date=2010-12-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110706174027/http://www.coopvideo.ca/membres/denis-chouinard.en |archive-date=2011-07-06 |url-status=dead }}</ref> He has a degree in Filmmaking from [Cégep de Saint-Laurent](/source/C%C3%A9gep_de_Saint-Laurent) and a degree in Communications from [UQAM](/source/Universit%C3%A9_du_Qu%C3%A9bec_%C3%A0_Montr%C3%A9al). He is a close friend and collaborator of filmmaker [Louis Bélanger](/source/Louis_B%C3%A9langer); both men created several short films together before branching off into their own careers with feature films. His film ''L'ange de goudron'' won best Canadian feature at the [Montreal World Film Festival](/source/Montreal_World_Film_Festival) and earned him a nomination for the [Genie Award for Best Achievement in Direction](/source/Genie_Award_for_Best_Achievement_in_Direction).

==Selected filmography==

===Feature films===
*''Stowaways (Clandestins)'' (Co-directed with Nicolas Wadimoff, 1997)
*''[Tar Angel](/source/Tar_Angel) (L'ange de goudron)'' (2001)
*''[Deliver Me](/source/Deliver_Me_(film)) (Délivrez-moi)'' (2006)

===Short films and documentaries===
*''On parlait pas allemand'' (Documentary co-directed with Jean-Antoine Charest, 1985)
*''Dogmatisme ou Le songe d'Adrien'' (Short film co-directed with Louis Bélanger, 1988)
*''Le soleil et ses traces'' (Short film co-directed with Louis Bélanger, 1990)
*''Les 14 définitions de la pluie'' (Short film co-directed with Louis Bélanger, 1993)
*''Le feu'' (Short film, 1995)
*''Parade'' (Documentary, 1996)
*''Le verbe incendié'' (Documentary, 1998)
*''Voir Gilles Groulx'' (Documentary, 2002)

==References==
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==External links==
*{{IMDb name|0159367|Denis Chouinard}}

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