André Melançon

André Melançon was born in 1942 and grew up in his hometown of Rouyn-Noranda, in Abitibi-Témiscamingue. He became a psychoeducator before working for the Conseil québécois pour la diffusion du cinéma. In 1970, he made his first film, a documentary on the felquist Charles Gagnon, before shooting, in 1973, three short films centered on children: "Les oreilles" mène l'enquête, Les tacots and Le violon de Gaston. Childhood is also at the heart of his first two feature films: the comedy Comme les six doigts de la main and the documentary Les vrais perdants. In the early 1980s, producer Rock Demers began producing _Tales for All _and André Melançon directed the first in the series: La guerre des tuques before directing three others: _Bach et bottine _in 1986, Fierro... L'été des secrets in 1991 and Daniel et les Superdogs in 2004. In addition to being a filmmaker, Melançon has acted in some twenty films, notably under the direction of Clément Perron (Taureau, Partis pour la gloire) and Denys Arcand (Réjeanne Padovani, Joyeux Calvaire). His latest film, Les trains de la vie, was presented in 2013. The same year, he received the Officer insignia of the National Order of Quebec.