Marcel Giroux

{{short description|Canadian film producer}} {{Infobox person | name = Marcel Giroux | image = | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | occupation = Film producer<br>Television producer | alma_mater = }} '''Marcel Giroux''' is a Canadian [[film producer]]. He co-founded the company GPA Films in [[Montreal]] with André Pelletier in 1983, using it to make [[documentary film]]s, advertisements, [[music video]]s and other productions.<ref name="GPA">{{cite web |url=https://www.gpafilms.ca/infos/ |access-date=11 March 2018 |title=Info |date= |last= |first= |publisher=GPA Films}}</ref>

In 1989, after Pelletier died, Giroux shifted the company's focus to [[Cinema of Canada|feature films]] and [[Television in Quebec|television]].<ref name="GPA"/><ref>{{cite web |url=http://ici.radio-canada.ca/premiere/emissions/bonjour-la-cote/segments/entrevue/56249/marcel-giroux-producteur-cinema-la-petite-fille-qui-aimait-trop-les-alumettes |access-date=11 March 2018 |title=Marcel Giroux : producteur de cinéma |date=25 January 2018 |last=Ross |first=Madeleine |publisher=[[Canadian Broadcasting Corporation|Radio-Canada]] }}</ref> In 1997, he was nominated for the [[Canadian Screen Award for Best Live Action Short Drama|Genie Award for Best Live-Action Short Film]] for ''Zie 37 Stage''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://playbackonline.ca/1997/11/17/19832-19971117/ |access-date=11 March 2018 |title=The 1997 Genie Awards |date=November 1997 |last=Staff |work=[[Playback (magazine)|Playback]]}}</ref>

While many producers considered the novel ''[[The Little Girl Who Was Too Fond of Matches]]'' by [[Gaétan Soucy]] a poor choice for basing a film on,<ref name="Demers"/> Giroux purchased the rights.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://cultmontreal.com/2017/10/la-petite-fille-qui-aimait-trop-les-allumettes/ |title=Controversial filmmaking and a contemporary Quebec-lit hit |last=Rose |first=Alex |work=[[Cult MTL]] |date=31 October 2017 |access-date=1 March 2018}}</ref> He asked director [[Simon Lavoie]] if he would be interested in such a project in 2013; Lavoie claimed to be a fan of the novel and accepted the offer.<ref name="Demers">{{cite web |url=http://www.journaldemontreal.com/2017/10/28/un-roman-culte-porte-au-grand-ecran |date=28 October 2017 |title=Un roman culte porté au grand écran |access-date=11 November 2017 |last=Demers |first=Maxime |work=[[Le Journal de Montreal]]}}</ref> On 26 April 2016, [[Telefilm Canada]] announced financial support for Giroux's production.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://telefilm.ca/en/news-releases/telefilm-canada-funds-the-production-of-17-french-language-films-for-a-total-of-more-than-17-million |access-date=8 September 2017 |title=Telefilm Canada funds the production of 17 French-language films for a total of more than $17 million |date=26 April 2016 |last= |first= |publisher=[[Telefilm Canada]]}}</ref> For ''[[The Little Girl Who Was Too Fond of Matches (film)|The Little Girl Who Was Too Fond of Matches]]'', Giroux was nominated for the [[Canadian Screen Award for Best Motion Picture]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.academy.ca/category/2018-film-nominees/ |title=Film Nominees |last= |first= |publisher=[[Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television]] |access-date=16 January 2018}}</ref>

==Filmography== His films include:<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://festival.telefilm.ca/toronto2017/en/producers/view/9099/marcel-giroux |title=Marcel Giroux |last= |first= |publisher=[[Telefilm Canada]] |access-date=11 March 2018}}</ref> *''[[Black List (1995 film)|Black List]]'' (1995) *''[[Where Atilla Passes]]'' (2015) *''[[The Little Girl Who Was Too Fond of Matches (film)|The Little Girl Who Was Too Fond of Matches]]'' (2017) *''[[No Trace (2021 film)|No Trace]] (Nulle trace)'' (2021)

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