{{Short description|Canadian film director, actor and cinematographer}} {{For|other people with the same name|Robert Morin (disambiguation)}} {{Infobox person | image = Robert Morin (2019).jpg | imagesize = | name = Robert Morin | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1949|5|20}} | birth_place = [[Montreal]], [[Quebec]] | death_date = | death_place = | othername = | spouse = [[André-Line Beauparlant]] | occupation = [[Film director]]<br/>[[Screenwriter]]<br/>[[cinematographer]] | years_active = [[1977 in film|1977]]–present }}
'''Robert Morin''' (born May 20, 1949) is a Canadian [[film director]], [[screenwriter]], and [[cinematographer]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://tiff.net/CANADIANFILMENCYCLOPEDIA/content/bios/robert-morin |website=Canadian Film Encyclopedia |title=Robert Morin |first=Liz |last=Czach|url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121007022250/http://tiff.net/CANADIANFILMENCYCLOPEDIA/content/bios/robert-morin |archivedate=2012-10-07 }}</ref> In 2009, he received the [[Governor General's Awards in Visual and Media Arts|Governor General's Award in Visual and Media Arts]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Archives |url=https://en.ggarts.ca/the-awards/winner-archives |website=en.ggarts.ca |publisher=Governor General of Canada |access-date=21 August 2022}}</ref>
==Biography== Robert Morin is known for his very personal, dark, and pessimistic "interior views" of family, crime, law enforcement, and human suffering,<ref>Luke Rathborne, [https://thefilmstage.com/interior-life-quebecois-maverick-robert-morin-on-nightmares-humor-and-neorealism/ "Interior Life: Quebecois Maverick Robert Morin on Nightmares, Humor, and Neorealism"]. ''The Film Stage'', April 4, 2024.</ref> with his work regularly moving back and forth between relatively conventional dramas with multi-actor casts, and experimental personal essay films in which Morin, or a single actor cast as a stand-in, stars in essentially a film-length philosophical monologue from the perspective of a character who, whether by choice or circumstance, has become an outsider to mainstream society.<ref name=canenc>Pierre Véronneau, [https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/robert-morin "Robert Morin"]. ''[[The Canadian Encyclopedia]]'', September 11, 2006.</ref>
After studying literature and communications, in 1971 he began to work as a cameraman, joining [[Télé-Québec|ORTQ]] in [[Rimouski]], where he directed films and videos. In 1977, with a group of friends and colleagues, Morin founded La Coopérative de Production Vidéo de Montréal,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://coopvideo.ca/cineastes/robert-morin/|title=Robert Morin |website=Coop Vidéo de Montréal |language=fr}}</ref> where he continues to produce his own work. After creating close to 30 short films with his colleagues over 10 years, he directed his first feature-length film ''Scale-Model Sadness (Tristesse modèle réduit)'' in 1987.<ref name=canenc/>
His film ''[[Requiem for a Handsome Bastard]] (Requiem pour un beau sans-coeur)'' won the [[Toronto International Film Festival Award for Best Canadian Film]] at the [[1992 Toronto International Film Festival]],<ref>Jane Stevenson, "Dark drama cops top honors". ''[[Windsor Star]]'', September 21, 1992.</ref> and received four [[Genie Award]] nominations at the [[13th Genie Awards]] in 1992, including [[Canadian Screen Award for Best Motion Picture|Best Picture]] and [[Canadian Screen Award for Best Director|Best Director]].<ref>"Genie Award nominations". ''[[Toronto Star]]'', November 20, 1992.</ref>
In 2026 his wife, [[André-Line Beauparlant]], released ''This Love, These Days (Mon amour, c’est pour le restant de mes jours)'', a documentary film about their relationship.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Dumais |first=Manon |date=April 10, 2026 |title=Mon amour, c'est pour le restant de mes jours: Dompter la bête |url=https://www.lapresse.ca/cinema/critiques/2026-04-10/mon-amour-c-est-pour-le-restant-de-mes-jours/dompter-la-bete.php |work=[[La Presse (Canadian newspaper)|La Presse]] |language=fr-CA}}</ref>
==Filmography==
===Feature films=== *''Scale-Model Sadness (Tristesse modèle réduit)'' - 1987 *''{{ill|The Reception (1989 film)|fr|La Réception|lt=The Reception}} (La réception)'' - 1989 *''[[Requiem for a Handsome Bastard]] (Requiem pour un beau sans-coeur)'' - 1992 *''[[Windigo (film)|Windigo]]'' - 1994 *''[[Yes Sir! Madame...]]'' - 1994 *''[[Whoever Dies, Dies in Pain]] (Quiconque meurt, meurt à douleur)'' - 1998 *''Opération Cobra'' - 2001 *''[[The Negro (film)|The Negro]] (Le nèg')'' - 2002 *''[[Yule Croak]] (Petit Pow! Pow! Noël)'' - 2005 *''[[May God Bless America]] (Que Dieu bénisse l'Amérique)'' - 2006 *''[[Daddy Goes Ptarmigan Hunting]] (Papa à la chasse aux lagopèdes)'' - 2008 *''[[Diary of an Aid Worker]] (Journal d'un coopérant)'' - 2010 *''[[The Four Soldiers]] (Les Quatre Soldats)'' - 2013 *''[[3 Indian Tales]] (3 histoires d'Indiens)'' - 2014 *''[[Heaven Sent (2016 film)|Heaven Sent]] (Un Paradis pour tous)'' - 2016 *''[[Infiltration (2017 film)|Infiltration]] (Le problème d’infiltration)'' - 2017 *''[[Wild Feast]] (Festin boréal)'' - 2023 *''Six Neorealist Portraits (Six portraits néoréalistes)'' - 2026
===Short films=== *''La femme étrangère (The Woman from Elsewhere)'' (Documentary co-directed with [[Lorraine Dufour]], 1988) *''Le voleur vit en enfer (The Thief Lives in Hell)'' (Short film co-directed with Lorraine Dufour, 1984) *''Mauvais mal (Evil Madness)'' (Short film co-directed with Lorraine Dufour, 1984) *''On se paye la gomme (We Treat Ourselves to the Best)'' (Short film co-directed with Marcel Chouinard, 1984) *''Toi t'es-tu lucky (And You, Are You Lucky?)'' (Short film co-directed with Lorraine Dufour, 1984) *''Le mystérieux Paul (The Mysterious Paul)'' (Short film co-directed with Lorraine Dufour, 1983) *''A Postcard from Victoria'' (Short film co-directed with Lorraine Dufour, 1983) *''Ma richesse a cause mes privations (My Wealth Caused My Deprivations)'' (Short film co-directed with Lorraine Dufour, 1982) *''Il a gagné ses épaulettes (He Won His Wings)'' (Documentary co-directed with Lorraine Dufour, 1981) *''Gus est encore dans l'armée (Gus Is Still in the Army)'' (Short film co-directed with Lorraine Dufour, 1980) *''Ma vie c'est pour le restant de mes jours (My Life Is for the Rest of my Life)'' (Short film co-directed with Lorraine Dufour, 1980) *''Le royaume est commencé (The Kingdom Has Come)'' (Short film co-directed with Lorraine Dufour, 1980) *''Même mort il faut s'organiser (Even Dead You Have To Get Organized)'' (Short film, 1977)
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *{{IMDb name|0605583|Robert Morin}}
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