Director

Gilles Groulx

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Directed movies: 10Directed series: 0All crew credits: 16

TMDB ID: 1177597

IMDb ID: nm0343918

Known for: Directing

Born: September 30, 1931

Died: September 22, 1994

Age: 62

Place of birth: Montreal, Québec, Canada

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1955 - 2005

Years active: 51

Wikidata: Q3106281

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Biography

Gilles Groulx (August 30, 1931 in Montreal, Quebec – August 22, 1994) was a Canadian film director. He grew up in a working-class family with 14 children. After studying business in school, he went to work in an office but found the white-collar environment too stultifying. Deciding that the only way out was to become an intellectual, he attended the École du meuble de Montréal [fr] for a time and was a supporter of Borduas' automatiste movement. He also made 8 mm amateur films, which landed him a job as picture editor in the news department of the CBC. After three short personal films that confirmed his talent, he was hired by the National Film Board (NFB) at what was the beginning of the candid eye movement in 1956.

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