Julie Perron
Born in Montréal, Québec, Canada, Julie Perron obtained a Bachelor’s degree in cinema at Paris 7 University and a Master’s degree in educational technology at the University of Montréal before beginning her career as a filmmaker at the National Film Board of Canada in 2000. Her first film, Mai en décembre (Godard en Abitibi) (2000), is a look back at Jean-Luc Godard’s TV experience in northern Québec (Rouyn-Noranda) in December 1968. With her film, Perron shed light for the first time on this unknown event. After a chance meeting in Paris with the heroine of the French Resistance Lucie Aubrac, Julie directed Lucie, Timeless Fighter (2003). In 2013, Julie directed Living With Earth, filming in Greece an archaeobotanist who discovers seeds dating from the Neolithic. Julie Perron’s films have been widely seen and distributed on television and at international film festivals, media libraries, and cultural institutions in Canada and throughout Europe. She has also taught cinema at Montreal and Chicago, and is a member of Les Films de l'Autre since 2001.
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