Christian Larouche is a Canadian film and television producer from Quebec.[1] He is most noted as producer of the film Louis Cyr (Louis Cyr: L'homme le plus fort du monde), which was the winner of the Jutra Award for Best Film at the 16th Jutra Awards in 2014.[2]
He began his career in the 1970s as a driver for Cinépix, the production firm of John Dunning and André Link,[3] working his way into greater roles with the company until making his debut as a producer with The Ideal Man (L'Homme idéal) in 1996.[4]
In 2000 he launched his own company, Christal Films.[5] The company made an aggressive push into film distribution in 2007;[6] although its distribution arm put the company into bankruptcy by 2008,[5] the studio arm survived as a division of Entertainment One, with Larouche remaining president of the division.[7]
In addition to his Jutra Award win for Louis Cyr, he was producer of the Best Film nominees The Collector (Le collectionneur) at the 5th Jutra Awards in 2003[8] and The 3 L'il Pigs (Les 3 p'tits cochons) at the 10th Jutra Awards in 2008,[9] and of Just a Breath Away (Dans la brume), a Canadian Screen Award nominee for Best Picture at the 7th Canadian Screen Awards in 2019.[10]
Filmography
[edit]- 1996 - The Ideal Man (L'Homme idéal)
- 1997 - The Ballad of Titus (La Ballade de Titus)
- 1997 - La Conciergerie
- 1997 - The Kid
- 1998 - Airspeed
- 1999 - The Witness
- 1999 - Elvis Gratton: Miracle à Memphis
- 2000 - Believe
- 2000 - The Bottle (La Bouteille)
- 2001 - Dead Awake
- 2002 - The Collector (Le Collectionneur)
- 2003 - Les secrets des grands cours d'eau
- 2004 - The Last Tunnel (Le Dernier tunnel)
- 2004 - L'Espérance
- 2004-07 - L'École des fans
- 2004 - Elvis Gratton: Derrière le rire
- 2004 - Elvis Gratton 3: Le retour d'Elvis Wong
- 2004 - Baby for Sale
- 2004 - On the Verge of a Fever (Le Goût des jeunes filles)
- 2005 - Maman Last Call
- 2005 - Miss Météo
- 2006 - Without Her (Sans elle)
- 2006 - La peau et les os, après...
- 2007 - Taking the Plunge (À vos marques... party!)
- 2007 - The 3 L'il Pigs (Les 3 p'tits cochons)
- 2008 - Afterwards (Et après)
- 2009 - Cadavres
- 2009 - Taking the Plunge 2 (À vos marques... party! 2)
- 2009 - Heat Wave (Les grandes chaleurs)
- 2009 - Mr. Nobody
- 2009 - Detour (Détour)
- 2009 - Noemi: The Secret (Noémie: Le secret)
- 2011 - Gerry
- 2011 - On the Beat (Sur le rythme)
- 2011 - The Happiness of Others (Le Bonheur des autres)
- 2012 - The Pee-Wee 3D: The Winter That Changed My Life (Les Pee-Wee 3d: L'hiver qui a changé ma vie)
- 2013 - Louis Cyr (Louis Cyr: L'homme le plus fort du monde)
- 2014 - Henri Henri
- 2015 - The Mirage (Le Mirage)
- 2016 - Wild Run: The Legend (Chasse-Galerie: La Légende)
- 2016 - Un jour mon prince
- 2016 - The 3 L'il Pigs 2 (Les 3 p'tits cochons 2)
- 2017 - Junior Majeur
- 2018 - Just a Breath Away (Dans la brume)
- 2019 - Before We Explode (Avant qu'on explose)
- 2019 - Heart Bomb (Une bombe au cœur)
- 2020 - You Will Remember Me (Tu te souviendras de moi)
- 2021 - Goodbye Happiness (Au revoir le bonheur)
- 2021 - Confessions of a Hitman (Confessions)
- 2022 - Suzanne et Chantal
- 2023 - Billie Blue (Cœur de slush)
References
[edit]- ^ Frédéric Bouchard, "FCIAT : Christian Larouche, très occupé par ses nouveaux projets". Lien Multimédia, October 31, 2017.
- ^ Julianna Cummins (March 24, 2014). "'Strong' showing from Louis Cyr at 2014 Jutra Awards". Playback.
- ^ Matthew Hays, "The professionally ambidextrous Christian Larouche". Playback, November 26. 2007.
- ^ "Homme idéal, L’ – Film de George Mihalka". Films du Québec, January 11, 2009.
- ^ a b Etan Vlessing, "Christal in bankruptcy protection". Playback, May 16, 2008.
- ^ Brendan Kelly, "Christal bursts out of Quebec". Variety, May 18, 2007.
- ^ Marise Strauss, "Larouche launches another Christal". Playback, May 8, 2009.
- ^ Brendan Kelly, "‘Seraphin’ tops list at Jutra noms". Variety, January 28, 2003.
- ^ "Huard's p'tits cochons film dominates nominations for Quebec's Jutras". CBC News. February 7, 2008.
- ^ Barry Hertz, "2019 Canadian Screen Awards lean toward Quebec and the obscure, and thank goodness for that". The Globe and Mail, February 7, 2019.