Lyne Charlebois

Lyne Charlebois
Lyne Charlebois
Nationality	Canadian
Occupation(s)	film, television and music video director, photographer
Years active	1980s-present
Notable work	Borderline

Lyne Charlebois is a Canadian film and television director, most noted as the director and cowriter of the 2008 film Borderline.^[1]

Charlebois began her career as a photographer, who had one of her first jobs in the film industry shooting promotional stills for Jean-Claude Lauzon's 1987 film Night Zoo.^[1] She then became a music video director for artists including Daniel Bélanger and Laurence Jalbert.^[1] She won a Prix Félix for Best Video in 1991 for Marjo's "Je sais, je sais",^[2] and was a three-time Juno Award nominee for Best Music Video for Spirit of the West's "Political" at the Juno Awards of 1992,^[3] Mae Moore's "Bohemia" at the Juno Awards of 1993^[4] and for Gogh Van Go's "Tunnel of Trees" at the Juno Awards of 1995.^[5] She won the award in 1995.^[6]

She subsequently worked in television, directing episodes of Bliss, Tabou, Nos étés and Sophie, and made the short films Quel jour était-ce? in 2001 and Nous sommes tous les jours in 2006.

She collaborated with Marie-Sissi Labrèche on the screenplay for Borderline, and directed the film.^[1] At the 29th Genie Awards in 2009, Charlebois and Labrèche were cowinners of the Genie Award for Best Adapted Screenplay,^[7] and Charlebois was a shortlisted nominee for the Genie Award for Best Director;^[8] at the 2009 Prix Jutra, she won the award for Best Director.^[9]

Tell Me Why These Things Are So Beautiful (Dis-moi pourquoi ces choses sont si belles), her first feature film since Borderline, premiered at the 2023 Abitibi-Témiscamingue International Film Festival.^[10]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Borderline director aims for provocative, not perverse; Charlebois's debut is dark portrait of troubled soul". The Gazette (Montreal), February 4, 2008.
^ "Marjo wins four Felix awards". Ottawa Citizen, October 15, 1991.
^ "Complete list of Juno Award nominees". The Gazette (Montreal), February 13, 1992.
^ "Dion equals record for Juno nominations". The Globe and Mail, February 10, 1993.
^ "Strange bedfellows at the Junos: Newcomer multi-nominees range from Tragically Hip to Susan Aglukark". The Globe and Mail, February 9, 1995.
^ "Arden big winner at Junos: Calgary singer-songwriter earns three awards, while Aglukark and Dion score two each; Neil Young wins as best male vocalist and The Tragically Hip is named best group". The Globe and Mail, March 27, 1995.
^ "Night belongs to Passchendaele". Ottawa Citizen, April 5, 2009.
^ "Genie Award voters anoint The Necessities". The Globe and Mail, February 11, 2009.
^ "Two films share spotlight; The Jutras". The Gazette (Montreal), March 30, 2009.
^ Charles-Henri Ramond, "[FCIAT 2023 Dis-moi pourquoi ces choses sont si belles en clôture"]. Films du Québec, September 18, 2023.