# Jean Beaudry

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{{Short description|Canadian film director, actor and screenwriter from Quebec}}
{{Infobox person
| name          = Jean Beaudry
| birth_date    = 1947
| birth_place = [Trois-Rivières](/source/Trois-Rivi%C3%A8res), Quebec, Canada
| occupation = Film director, actor and screenwriter
}}
'''Jean Beaudry''' (born 1947 in [Trois-Rivières](/source/Trois-Rivi%C3%A8res)) is a Canadian film director, actor and screenwriter from [Quebec](/source/Quebec).<ref name=brownstein>Bill Brownstein, "Tenth film in Demers's Tales offers rock-solid family fare". ''[Montreal Gazette](/source/Montreal_Gazette)'', July 7, 1990.</ref> He is most noted as co-director with [François Bouvier](/source/Fran%C3%A7ois_Bouvier) of the 1984 film ''[Jacques and November](/source/Jacques_and_November) (Jacques et novembre)'', which was selected as Canada's submission for the [Academy Award for Best International Feature Film](/source/Academy_Award_for_Best_International_Feature_Film) at the [58th Academy Awards](/source/58th_Academy_Awards),<ref>"Quebec film up for Oscar nomination". ''[The Globe and Mail](/source/The_Globe_and_Mail)'', November 14, 1985.</ref> and the 1989 film ''[Unfaithful Mornings](/source/Unfaithful_Mornings) (Les Matins infidèles)'', for which the duo received a [Genie Award](/source/Genie_Award) nomination for [Best Director](/source/Canadian_Screen_Award_for_Best_Director) at the [11th Genie Awards](/source/11th_Genie_Awards) in 1990.<ref>"Rundown on the Genie hopefuls". ''[Edmonton Journal](/source/Edmonton_Journal)'', February 14, 1990.</ref>

His first role as an actor was in Michel Audy's 1975 film ''[The House That Hides the Town](/source/The_House_That_Hides_the_Town) (La maison qui empêche de voir la ville)''.<ref>[http://bilan.usherbrooke.ca/bilan/pages/evenements/2672.html "Première du film «La maison qui empêche de voir la ville»"]. ''Bilan du siècle'' ([Université de Sherbrooke](/source/Universit%C3%A9_de_Sherbrooke)).</ref> He subsequently acted in both ''Jacques and November'' and ''Unfaithful Mornings'', and had a small supporting role in [Jacques Leduc](/source/Jacques_Leduc)'s 1989 film ''[Lessons on Life](/source/Lessons_on_Life) (Trois pommes à côté du sommeil)'', but concentrated on filmmaking thereafter and did not have another acting role until ''[La Bolduc](/source/La_Bolduc_(film))'' in 2018.

Following ''Unfaithful Mornings'' he directed ''[The Case of the Witch Who Wasn't](/source/The_Case_of_the_Witch_Who_Wasn't) (Pas de répit pour Mélanie)'', the tenth film in the [Tales for All](/source/Tales_for_All) series of children's films.<ref name=brownstein/> He followed up in 1992 with a second Tales for All film, ''[The Clean Machine](/source/The_Clean_Machine_(1992_film)) (Tirelire, combines & Cie)'', and in 1996 with the adult drama film ''[A Cry in the Night](/source/A_Cry_in_the_Night_(1996_film)) (Le Cri de la nuit)''.<ref>Ray Conlogue, "Quebec cinema, then and now: Today's filmmakers enjoy support Jutra craved". ''[The Globe and Mail](/source/The_Globe_and_Mail)'', March 7, 1997.</ref> He then did not return to film until 2013, when he was contacted by [Rock Demers](/source/Rock_Demers) to direct a third Tales for All film, ''[The Outlaw League](/source/The_Outlaw_League) (La Gang des hors-la-loi)'', after [André Melançon](/source/Andr%C3%A9_Melan%C3%A7on) was forced to abandon the project due to ill health.<ref>Jean Siag, [https://www.lapresse.ca/cinema/cinema-quebecois/201309/09/01-4687589-la-gang-des-hors-la-loi-le-terrain-dentente.php "La gang des hors-la-loi : le terrain d'entente"]. ''[La Presse](/source/La_Presse_(Canadian_newspaper))'', September 9, 2013.</ref>

His most recent film, the documentary ''François Barbeau: créateur de costumes'', was released in 2018.<ref>Maxime Demers, [https://www.journaldemontreal.com/2018/04/28/un-genie-dans-lombre "Un génie dans l’ombre"]. ''[Le Journal de Montréal](/source/Le_Journal_de_Montr%C3%A9al)'', April 28, 2018.</ref>

==Filmography==
*''[Jacques and November](/source/Jacques_and_November) (Jacques et novembre)'' - 1984
*''[Unfaithful Mornings](/source/Unfaithful_Mornings) (Les Matins infidèles)'' - 1989
*''[The Case of the Witch Who Wasn't](/source/The_Case_of_the_Witch_Who_Wasn't) (Pas de répit pour Mélanie)'' - 1990
*''[The Clean Machine](/source/The_Clean_Machine_(1992_film)) (Tirelire, combines & Cie)'' - 1992
*''[A Cry in the Night](/source/A_Cry_in_the_Night_(1996_film)) (Le Cri de la nuit)'' - 1996
*''[The Outlaw League](/source/The_Outlaw_League) (La Gang des hors-la-loi)'' - 2013
*''François Barbeau: créateur de costumes'' - 2018

==References==
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==External links==
*{{IMDb name|0064452}}

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