Robert Daudelin

{{Short description|Canadian film administrator and historian}} [[File:Robert Daudelin.jpg|thumb|Robert Daudelin]] '''Robert Daudelin''' (born May 31, 1939, in [[Bromont, Quebec|Bromont]], [[Quebec]]) is a [[Canadians|Canadian]] film administrator and historian, best known as the longtime director of the [[Cinémathèque québécoise]].<ref name=canenc>Pierre Véronneau, [http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/robert-daudelin/ "Robert Daudelin"]. ''[[The Canadian Encyclopedia]]'', August 13, 2007.</ref>

He was a founder of the Quebec film magazine ''Objectif'', a programmer for the [[Montreal International Film Festival]],<ref>[https://www.newspapers.com/clip/104389830/ "Canadian Film Fest planned for Montreal"]. ''[[Saskatoon Star-Phoenix]]'', May 20, 1965.</ref> and the first director of the Conseil québécois pour la diffusion du cinéma, and has served on the board of the [[International Federation of Film Archives]].<ref name=canenc /> In 1987, he made ''Konitz: Portrait of the Artist as a Saxophonist'', a documentary film about jazz musician [[Lee Konitz]], for the [[National Film Board]].<ref name=canenc />

He received Quebec's [[Prix Albert-Tessier]] for contributions to Quebec cinema in 2002,<ref>[https://www.ledevoir.com/societe/actualites-en-societe/12855/prix-albert-tessier-l-homme-de-la-cinematheque "Prix Albert-Tessier - L'homme de la cinémathèque: La vie en images de Robert Daudelin"]. ''[[Le Devoir]]'', November 9, 2002.</ref> a [[Special Achievement Genie]] in 2003,<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20160305030909/http://jam.canoe.com/Movies/Artists/G/2003_Genie_Awards/2003/02/14/pf-758541.html "Genies award 'Ararat' as best movie"]. [[canoe.ca]], February 14, 2003.</ref> and was named as a [[Member of the Order of Canada]] in 2004.<ref>[https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/order-of-canada-honorees-express-delight/article4090169/ "Order of Canada honorees express delight"]. ''[[The Globe and Mail]]'', July 30, 2004.</ref>

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