Julie Roy
Roy at the Cinémathèque québécoise, in 2017

Julie Roy (born May 11, 1973) is a Canadian producer of animated films, who has been the head of Telefilm Canada since 2023.[1] She was previously the executive producer of the French animation studio at the National Film Board from 2014 until her Telefilm appointment.[2]

Born in Montreal, Roy won a Canadian Screen Award for Best Animated Short at the 1st Canadian Screen Awards in 2013 as producer of the film Paula.[3] In the same year, she was also nominated as a producer of Bydlo and Edmond Was a Donkey (Edmond était un âne).[4] At the 4th Canadian Screen Awards, she was nominated twice in the same category as producer of Carface (Autos Portraits) and In Deep Waters (Dans les eaux profondes). In 2016, she was NFB co-producer on Franck Dion's The Head Vanishes.[5] In 2017, she produced Matthew Rankin's The Tesla World Light, which premiered at the 2017 Cannes Film Festival.[6]

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References

  1. ↑ Barry Hertz, "For new Telefilm leader Julie Roy, the future of Canadian film looks bright, with caveats". The Globe and Mail, November 2, 2023.
  2. ↑ "NFB Names Julie Roy Executive Producer". Animation World Network, April 30, 2014.
  3. ↑ "Rebelle (War Witch) sweeps Canadian Screen Awards". Maclean's, March 3, 2013.
  4. ↑ "Introducing the Canadian Screen Awards, and their 2013 nominees". Maclean's, January 15, 2013.
  5. ↑ "[César 2017] Franck Dion : Une tête disparaît - l'interview - Focus on Animation". Focus on Animation (in French). 2017-01-06. Archived from the original on 2018-03-03. Retrieved 2017-01-28.
  6. ↑ "TESLA : LUMIÈRE MONDIALE". Semaine de la Critique du Festival de Cannes. Cannes Film Festival.


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