Catherine Legault

Catherine Legault is a Canadian film editor and director from Quebec. She is most noted for her work on the film Family Demolition (La démolition familiale), for which she won the Prix Iris for Best Editing in a Documentary at the 19th Quebec Cinema Awards in 2017.

As a director, she made her debut in 2019 with Sisters: Dream & Variations (Sœurs: Rêve et variations), a portrait of two Canadian visual artists undertaking a creative trip to Iceland. She followed up in 2024 with Larry (They/Them) (Larry (iel)), a portrait of photographer Laurence Philomène.

Filmography

  • Touched by Water - 2006
  • Le doigt dans l'oeil - 2007
  • Travelling Light: Artists on the Move - 2008
  • pilgrIMAGE - 2009
  • Des ailes aux talons - 2010
  • Hand to Hand - 2010
  • Le monde en coulisse - 2011
  • A Modern Castle - 2011
  • Léo - 2011
  • The Avenuers - 2011
  • Fair Sex (Les Manèges humains) - 2012
  • Mort subite d'un homme-théâtre - 2012
  • Floating Body - 2012 (editor and director)
  • The Invisible Red Thread - 2012
  • Crossing Victoria - 2013
  • Au-delà de l'image: Le monde de Michel Lemieux et Victor Pilon - 2014
  • Vivre selon Marguerite - 2014
  • The Wandering Muse - 2014
  • Family Demolition (La démolition familiale) - 2015
  • Kurdistan, de gré ou de force - 2015
  • Rebels on Pointe - 2017
  • My Mother's Letters (Les lettres de ma mère) - 2017
  • My Yiddish Papi - 2017
  • Exile to the Far West (Éxil au Far West) - 2017
  • The Sisters Bedroom (La Chambre des filles) - 2018
  • Sisters: Dream & Variations (Sœurs: Rêve et variations) - 2019 (editor and director)
  • Fanny: The Right to Rock - 2021
  • Chiliheads (Chiliheads, fous de piments forts) - 2021
  • Aiguille sous roche - 2021
  • Larry (They/Them) (Larry (iel)) - 2024 (editor and director)

Awards

Award Year Category Work Result Ref.
Prix Iris 2017 Best Editing in a Documentary Family Demolition (La démolition familiale) Won
2019 My Mother's Letters (Les lettres de ma mère) Nominated
2022 Fanny: The Right to Rock Nominated

References

  1. ↑ Scott Iwasaki, "Award-winning Canadian filmmaker wants to introduce ‘Larry (They/Them)’". Park Record, February 21, 2025.
  2. 1 2 Yan Lauzon, "Xavier Dolan amorce sa récolte". TVA Nouvelles, June 1, 2017.
  3. ↑ Gail Johnson, "Sisters: Dream & Variations follows the artistic journey of fiercely creative siblings to Iceland and beyond at 2021 R2R Film Fest". Stir, April 8, 2021.
  4. ↑ Justine Smith, "LARRY (they/them) is a documentary about art, life and gender identity in Montreal". Cult MTL, April 9, 2025.
  5. ↑ "Gala Québec Cinéma : 1991 de Ricardo Trogi mène la course avec 16 nominations". Radio-Canada (in French). April 11, 2019. Retrieved June 23, 2020.
  6. ↑ Stéphanie Nolin, "Gala Québec Cinéma 2022 : Vincent-Guillaume Otis sacré meilleur acteur". Showbizz, June 5, 2022.