Luc Bourdon

Luc Bourdon is a prolific director and one of the leading figures in video art in Canada. He has made more than fifty films of various genres - documentaries, fictions, experimental - many of which place the arts and culture as their subject. These productions share an emphasis on history and memory, which are also at the heart of his first feature film The Memories of Angels (2008), made for the National Film Board of Canada, and the historical sequel The Devil's Share (2017). Over the course of his career, Luc Bourdon has established himself as a tireless experimenter, offering a playful approach to image and sound processing. In addition to his work as a filmmaker, Luc Bourdon has collaborated with important figures from the theatrical world such as René-Daniel Dubois. He has also taught video and cinema in several establishments since 1994. From 2000 to 2003, he held the positions of artistic director and general manager of the Festival du nouveau cinema et des nouveaux médias de Montréal. From 2009 to 2012, he was the director of the documentary program at the National Institute of Image and Sound (INIS).