Roger Frappier

Roger Frappier (born April 14, 1945) is a Canadian producer, director, editor, actor, and screenwriter.
Biography
Roger Frappier worked in all areas of the film business, from film critic to television commercial director to director/ producer of the experimental feature documentary Le Gand film ordinaire, until he found his true vocation as a hands-on producer. While at the National Film Board of Canada in the early 1980s, he assembled a group of writer/directors who collaborated on developing edgy, urban dramas. The script for Le Déclin de l’empire américain emerged from the process that Frappier had set in motion. With that film’s phenomenal success, Frappier rose to the ranks of the top producers of feature films in Quebec. He left the NFB in 1986 and founded Max Films with Pierre Gendron, producing Un Zoo la nuit in 1987, the winner of 13 Genie Awards, still a record. His many other films include Pouvoir intime, Anne Trister, Jésus de Montréal, Ding et Dong, le film and Cosmos. Members of the Cosmos collective went on to make two of the most celebrated works in recent Québécois cinema, Un 32 août sur terre and Maelström, underscoring Frappier’s eye for fresh talent. His 2003 production, the affable Seducing Doctor Lewis, became one of the highest-grossing films at the domestic box office in Canadian film history.
Filmography
As producer
1971 : Le Grand film ordinaire
1974 : On a raison de se révolter
1977 : Le Manitoba ne répond plus
1978 : Une journée à Forillon
1978 : Soils of Canada
1978 : Kouchibouguac
1978 : The Battle of the Châteauguay
1978 : Santa Gertrudis, la première question sur le bonheur
1979 : La Fiction nucléaire
1979 : La Loi de la ville
1980 : Le Deal mexicain
1980 : De la tourbe et du restant
1980 : Cordélia
1981 : Voyage de nuit
1982 : Comfort and Indifference (Le Confort et l'indifférence)
1985 : Une guerre dans mon jardin
1985 : Cochez oui, cochez non
1985 : Cinéma, cinéma
1986 : Sonia
1986 : Anne Trister
1986 : Intimate Power (Pouvoir intime)
1986 : The Decline of the American Empire (Le Déclin de l'empire américain)
1987 : Night Zoo (Un zoo la nuit)
1989 : Jesus of Montreal (Jésus de Montréal)
1990 : Un autre homme
1990 : Moody Beach
1990 : Ding et Dong : le film
1992 : Phantom Life (La Vie fantôme)
1992 : Lapse of Memory
1992 : El Lado oscuro del corazón (The Dark Side of the Heart or Le Côté obscur du cœur)
1993 : Love and Human Remains
1995 : Water Child (L'Enfant d'eau)
1996 : Cosmos
1996 : Not Me! (Sous-sol)
1998 : The Countess of Baton Rouge (La Comtesse de Bâton Rouge)
1998 : 2 Seconds (2 secondes)
1998 : August 32nd on Earth (Un 32 août sur terre)
1999 : Matroni and Me (Matroni et moi)
2000 : Mack Sennett, roi du comique
2000 : Life After Love (La Vie après l'amour)
2000 : Maelström
2001 : Tar Angel (L'Ange de goudron)
2002 : Chaos and Desire (La Turbulence des fluides)
2002 : Le Plateau (série TV)
2003 : How My Mother Gave Birth to Me During Menopause (Comment ma mère accoucha de moi durant sa ménopause)
2003 : Père et fils
2003 : Seducing Doctor Lewis (La Grande Séduction)
2005 : Tango, un giro extraño
2005 : Life with My Father (La Vie avec mon père)
2005 : Saint Martyrs of the Damned (Saints-Martyrs-des-Damnés)
2006 : The Secret Life of Happy People (La Vie secrète des gens heureux)
2008: Through the Mist (Dédé, à travers les brumes)
2010: Crying Out (À l'origine d'un cri)
2012: Liverpool
2013: The Grand Seduction
2013: Another House (L'autre maison)
2020: Chaakapesh
2021: The Power of the Dog
As director
1971 : Le Grand film ordinaire
1974 : L'Infonie inachevée
1977 : Samedi - Le Ventre de la nuit
1977 : Lundi - Une chaumière, un cœur
1978 : Le Ventre de la nuit
1984 : Le Dernier glacier
2000 : Die Fremde
2020: Chaakapesh
As editor
1970 : El Assifa
1971 : Pizzagone
1971 : Faut aller parmi l'monde pour le savoir
1974 : L'Infonie inachevée
As actor
1973 : Réjeanne Padovani : Un militant
2003 : Père et fils : Pharmacien
As scriptwriter
1984 : Le Dernier glacier
Awards and nominations
Awards
1987 : Genie Award for Best Motion Picture and Golden Reel Award with René Malo, The Decline of the American Empire
1988 : Genie Award for Best Motion Picture with Pierre Gendron, Un Zoo la nuit
1990 : Genie Award for Best Motion Picture and Golden Reel Award with Pierre Gendron, Jésus de Montréal
1991 : Genie Award Golden Reel Award, Ding et Dong : le film
2001 : Genie Award for Best Motion Picture with Luc Vandal, Maelström
2022 : Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture - Drama, The Power of the Dog
Nominations
1982 : Genie Award for Best Theatrical Short with Carole Mondello, Voyage de nuit
1987 : Academy Award for Best Foreign-Language Film with René Malo, The Decline of the American Empire
1990 : Academy Award for Best Foreign-Language Film with Pierre Gendron, Jésus de Montréal
1991 : BAFTA for Best Film Not in English with Pierre Gendron, Jésus de Montréal
1999 : Jutra Award for Best Film, 2 secondes
1999 : Jutra Award for Best Film, Un 32 août sur terre
2002 : Jutra Award for Best Film with Luc Vandal, L'Ange de goudron
2004 : Genie Award for Best Motion Picture with Pierre Grendon, Seducing Doctor Lewis
2007 : Jutra Award for Best Film with Luc Vandal
2007 : Genie Award for Best Motion Picture, La vie secrète des gens heureux
2009 : Jutra Award for Best Film with Luc Vandal, Borderline
2014 : Genie Award for Best Film with Barbara Doran, The Grand Seduction
2022 : Academy Award for Best Picture with Jane Campion, Tanya Seghatchian, Emile Sherman, and Iain Canning, The Power of the Dog
References
External links
Canadian male film actors
1945 births
Film directors from Quebec
Film producers from Quebec
Canadian screenwriters in French
Living people
Place of birth missing (living people)
Prix Albert-Tessier winners
Golden Globe Award-winning producers
Producers of Best Picture Genie and Canadian Screen Award winners