Paul Barbeau
Paul Barbeau, Quebec City Film Festival 2012
NationalityCanadian
OccupationFilm Producer

Paul Barbeau is a Canadian film producer.[1]

Director of independent films and producer of films like Romeo Eleven, Pieces of a Woman and Woman of the Hour.[2]

Barbeau produced more than 700 music videos for international artists such as (Celine Dion, Arcade Fire, Daniel Lanois, Tragically Hip, ) with NúFilms[3] which he founded with Bernard Nadeau, Stéphane Raymond and Jean-François Lord in May 2000. After several MuchMusic Video Awards,[4] Victoires de la Musique and Grammy Award[5][6] nominations, NuFilms ends production due to the financial impacts of illegal downloading of music during Napster's surge.[7][8] This inspires him to write and direct his 1st feature, Après la neige,[9][8] which premiered at the Shanghai International Film Festival.[10]

Under Reprise Films, Barbeau produces six Canadian features including Demain, Jo for Jonathan)[11] directed by Maxime Giroux, with the latter having its world premiere at the 2010 Locarno International Film Festival.[12][13] and Roméo Onze directed by Ivan Grbovic, (TIFF, KVIFF).

His 2nd film as writer/director We Have Forever premiered in Official Competition at the Mannheim-Heidelberg International Film Festival (IFFMH) also winning Best Director award at the Tallahassee Film Festival.[14]

His third feature as writer/director We Had It Coming, had its International premiere at the Prague International Film Festival in 2020.[15] Starring Natalie Krill, recipient of the Stars to Watch prize at the Whistler Film Festival.[16]

In recent years, Barbeau's focus has mainly shifted from directing to producing star-driven American feature films, co-producing films like Pieces of a Woman[17] and To Catch a Killer[18] and most recently, Executive Producer on Woman of the Hour,[19] directed by and starring Anna Kendrick.

Notes

  1. ↑ Punter, Jennie (2011-09-11). "Barbeau hopes 'Romeo' buzz lifts shingle". Variety.
  2. ↑ Hopewell, John (2019-04-23). "Cannes Festival: Media Luna Takes 'We Had It Coming,' 'The Friendly Man' (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Retrieved 2021-03-16.
  3. ↑ De Repentigny, Alain (2009-12-07). "Fini les clips pour Nú Films". La Presse (in French). Montreal.
  4. ↑ "Nominees". MuchMusic. Archived from the original on 2010-03-16.
  5. ↑ Tadros, Patricia (2006-09-14). "Du vidéoclip aux films de fiction : le parcours exaltant du producteur Paul Barbeau" [From music video to feature films: the exciting journey of producer Paul Barbeau]. CTVM (in French). Archived from the original on 2012-03-15.
  6. ↑ Laforest, Kevin (2009-12-03). "Ben Steiger Levine: de l'INIS aux Grammys!". Voir (in French).
  7. ↑ Kelly, Brendan (30 Sep 2012). "Après la neige a simple, emotional story". The Gazette. Montreal.
  8. 1 2 Piette, Anne Marie (24 Sep 2012). "Paul Barbeau, sous le signe de l'audace". pieuvre.ca (in French). Archived from the original on 2012-10-01.
  9. ↑ "Après la neige". Reprise Films. Archived from the original on 2011-12-06.
  10. ↑ "Canada comes out in force at the 15th Shanghai International Film Festival with 20 films, including one in official competition". Telefilm Canada. 2012-06-07. Retrieved 2021-03-16.
  11. ↑ "Jo pour Jonathan". Reprise Films. Archived from the original on 2010-11-23.
  12. ↑ van Hoeij, Boyd (2010-08-29). "Review: 'Jo for Jonathan'". Variety.
  13. ↑ Coccia, Luigi (2010-08-06). "I boschi e gli zombie di Locarno 2010" (in Italian). Cinemio.
  14. ↑ Festival, Tallahassee Film (2019-04-10). "2019 TFF Award Winners Announced!". Tallahassee Film Festival. Retrieved 2021-03-18.
  15. ↑ "Febiofest Prague 2020 Review: WE HAD IT COMING, Artful Thriller Battles Objectification, Masculinity". ScreenAnarchy. 2020-10-01. Retrieved 2021-03-16.
  16. ↑ "WFF Announces Stars to Watch". Whistler Film Festival. 2019-11-14. Retrieved 2021-03-16.
  17. ↑ Debruge, Peter (2020-09-05). "'Pieces of a Woman' Review: Vanessa Kirby Delivers the Performance of Her Career Opposite Shia LaBeouf". Variety. Retrieved 2023-11-23.
  18. ↑ To Catch a Killer - Variety Review
  19. ↑ Woman of the Hour sold to Netflix --
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