Fred Pellerin

Fred Pellerin (born November 22, 1976) is a Canadian musician and storyteller from Saint-Élie-de-Caxton, Quebec. He is a three-time Juno Award nominee for Francophone Album of the Year, garnering nominations at the Juno Awards of 2011 for Silence, the Juno Awards of 2012 for C'est un monde, and the Juno Awards of 2020 for Après, and recorded "L'Hymne", the theme song for the film Snowtime! (La guerre des tuques 3D), in duet with Céline Dion.
Career
A graduate of the Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières, he began performing and touring as a story teller in the 2000s. His stories typically centre on the Mauricie region of Quebec where he grew up, often introducing some elements of magic realism into their depictions of smalltown life.<ref>Brendan Kelly, "Fred Pellerin again weaves his storytelling magic into film with Luc Picard". 'Montreal Gazette, November 26, 2012.</ref> In 2007, Pellerin and his brother Nicolas released their first album as a folk music duo; the album won a Prix Félix for Best Folk Album in 2008. He has since released the solo music albums Silence, C'est un monde and Plus tard qu'on pense, as well as several books and spoken word recordings of his stories. In 2012, he appeared on Dion's TVA special to promote the release of her album Sans attendre, performing Gerry Joly's "Mille après mille" as a duet with Dion.
In 2011, a story from his book Il faut prendre le taureau par les contes was adapted by Luc Picard for the film Babine. The following year, Picard released another film of an original Pellerin screenplay, Ésimésac.
With Francis Leclerc, he cowrote the screenplay for the 2017 film Barefoot at Dawn (Pieds nus dans l'aube), based on a novel by Félix Leclerc.The Time Thief (L'Arracheuse de temps), the third film adaptation of Pellerin's work, entered production in 2020 and was released in 2021.
Awards
He has won numerous Prix Félix from ADISQ.
In 2012, the government of Jean Charest named Pellerin to the National Order of Quebec. He initially declined the honour in solidarity with the 2012 Quebec student protests against Charest's government, but accepted it after Charest was defeated in the 2012 provincial election.
He received a Canadian Screen Award nomination for Best Adapted Screenplay at the 10th Canadian Screen Awards in 2022 for The Time Thief.
Discography
Fred et Nicolas Pellerin (2007)
Silence (2009)
C'est un monde (2011)
Plus tard qu'on pense (2014)
Après (2019)
Books
Dans mon village, il y a belle Lurette… (2001) —
Il faut prendre le taureau par les contes! (2003) — .
Comme une odeur de muscles (2005) — .
Bois du thé fort, tu vas pisser drette! (2005) — .
Zoom sur… Saint-Élie-de-Caxton (2006) —
L'Arracheuse de temps (2009) —
De peigne et de misère'' (2013)
References
External links
1976 births
21st-century Canadian short story writers
Canadian folk singer-songwriters
Canadian male singer-songwriters
Canadian storytellers
Canadian male short story writers
French-language singers of Canada
Canadian short story writers in French
Canadian screenwriters in French
Officers of the National Order of Quebec
Singers from Quebec
Screenwriters from Quebec
People from Mauricie
French Quebecers
Living people
Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières alumni
21st-century Canadian male singers
21st-century Canadian screenwriters
Magic realism writers
Members of the Order of Canada
21st-century Canadian singer-songwriters