Lyse Lafontaine

Lyse Lafontaine (born 1942[1]) is a Canadian film producer known for working with directors Jean-Claude Lauzon and Xavier Dolan.[2][3][4] She works at Lyla Films in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.[2]

Lyse Lafontaine
Born1942 (age 78–79)
NationalityFrench Canadian
Alma materUniversité de Montréal
OccupationFilm producer
AwardsPrix Iris Hommage

Early life

Born to La Presse reporter Gaston Lafontaine,[3] Lyse studied literature at the Université de Montréal and earned her degree.[5] She married Stéphane Venne and managed the rock band Offenbach in 1972. She became a stage manager on the 1974 film The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz, and married her second husband, moving to The Bahamas for two years before returning to Canada.[3]

Career

In 1976, Lafontaine served as location manager for the film The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane, starring Jodie Foster.[6] Lafontaine met Lauzon when he was pitching his screenplay for Léolo (1992), which other producers had rejected.[2] It became the first film she produced,[4] with Aimée Danis, for which they were nominated for the Genie Award for Best Motion Picture. While in Italy during filming, Lauzon gave Lafontaine a letter thanking her for her ineptitude in business, which he considered necessary to make a film with feeling. She kept it as a cherished keepsake.[3]

Working with Dolan, she produced Laurence Anyways (2012) and served as an associate producer for Mommy (2014).[2] Dolan's Laurence Anyways was inspired by Lafontaine's ex-boyfriend Luc Baillairgé, the father of her son Mikaël, who had a small part in Léolo.[3] With Dolan, she personally traveled to London in 2017 to work on his The Death and Life of John F. Donovan.[4]

In 2015, Lafontaine produced La Passion d’Augustine with François Tremblay,[7] winning the Québec Cinéma Award for Best Film.[8] On 1 June 2017 at the 19th Quebec Cinema Awards, she was awarded the Iris Hommage for 30 years of contributions to Quebec cinema.[9]

Filmography

Her films include:[1]

References
  1. "Lyse Lafontaine". British Film Institute. Retrieved 24 May 2017.
  2. Dillon, Mark (9 March 2015). "Playback Canadian Film & TV Hall of Fame: Lyse Lafontaine". Playback. Retrieved 25 August 2016.
  3. Petrowski, Nathalie (1 June 2017). "Lyse Lafontaine: la missionnaire aventurière du cinéma". La Presse. Retrieved 5 June 2017.
  4. Demers, Maxime (20 May 2017). "Un prix hommage pour Lyse Lafontaine". Le Journal de Montréal. Retrieved 5 June 2017.
  5. "Le prix Iris Hommage décerné à la productrice Lyse Lafontaine". Le Devoir. 11 May 2017. Retrieved 5 June 2017.
  6. "The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane". American Film Institute. Retrieved 5 June 2017.
  7. Simpson, Peter (20 August 2015). "Two very Canadian movie nights at Rideau Hall". The Ottawa Citizen. Retrieved 27 August 2016.
  8. Staff (21 March 2016). "La passion d'augustine wins big at Le gala du cinema Quebecois". Playback. Retrieved 3 February 2017.
  9. The Canadian Press (1 June 2017). "Gala des artisans Québec Cinéma: Juste La Fin du monde obtient trois prix Iris". La Presse. Retrieved 2 June 2017.
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