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Canadian-born cartoon cartoonist Kricfalusi began his career by working on low end Saturday morning cartoons like The Jetsons (1962) revival and Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids (1972). In 1987, Kricfalusi's mentor, Ralph Bakshi, saved him by hiring him as supervising director on his show Mighty Mouse: The New Adventures (1987). The show was canceled after a scene where Mighty Mouse sniffed a flower to get superpowers and some people thought he was using cocaine. Soon afterwards, Nickelodeon bought his twisted brainchild The Ren & Stimpy Show (1991). But after continuous battles over script content and control, he was fired from his own show in 1992. After he was fired, he furthered his fight for creative freedom by founding a website where he sold dolls of his other characters. He then hired some of his old Ren and Stimpy co-workers and produced the first 'made for the web' cartoon series The Goddamn George Liquor Program (1997). He also created and produced "Weekend Pussy Hunt" another 'made for the web' series. Other work includes directing a Yogi Bear short for Cartoon Network, directing a music video for Björk. And in 2001 he returned to TV with the Saturday morning cartoon for Fox Kids called The Ripping Friends (2001), which he created and produced. By 2019, he released the cartoon by Kickstarter Cans Without Labels (2019).- Actress
- Soundtrack
Louise Portal was born on 12 May 1950 in Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada. She is an actress, known for The Barbarian Invasions (2003), Sous-sol (1996) and The Decline of the American Empire (1986).- Actress
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Hélène Bourgeois Leclerc was born in 1974 in Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada. She is an actress, known for Aurore (2005), Je me souviens (2009) and The Trotsky (2009).- Actor
- Soundtrack
René Simard was born on 28 February 1961 in Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada. He is an actor, known for J'ai mon voyage! (1973), The Beachcombers (1972) and Kids of the Round Table (1995). He has been married to Marie-Josée Taillefer since 8 August 1987. They have two children.- Editor
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- Sound Department
Richard Comeau was born in 1960 in Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada. He is an editor, known for Polytechnique (2009), An American Haunting (2005) and Two Lovers and a Bear (2016).- Eric Bernier was born in 1965 in Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada. He is an actor, known for Les hauts et les bas de Sophie Paquin (2006), Madame Lebrun (2015) and Nô (1998).
- Marie-Joanne Boucher was born on 29 March 1975 in Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada. She is an actress, known for Un petit vent de panique (2000), Virginie (1996) and Le Bonheur (2022).
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- Producer
Born in Chicoutimi, Québec. Michel began is artistic carreer in 1982 as an amateur comedian. In 1983, he became a successfull stand-up comic (which he still is), then went on to make his first movie in 1990 : The Comic Book Christmas Caper (1990).- Producer
- Writer
- Director
A film and litterature graduate of Montreal University, Marcel Jean is the author of several books on Quebec cinema (Le dictionnaire du cinéma québécois, avec Michel Coulombe, éditions Boréal, 1988 ; Le cinema québécois, éditions Boréal, 1991) and animated films (Le langage des lignes, éditions Les 400 coups, 1995; Quand le cinema d'animation rencontre le vivant, editions Les 400 coups, 2006). From 1984 to 1989 he was film critic at the Montreal daily Le Devoir. In 2007 some of his film critics were published in a book (Tout est mise en scène, editions Les 400 coups). He was curator of animation at the Cinematheque québécoise from 1996 to 1998 and in 1999 he became head of the animation studio for French program at the National Film Board of Canada. While working there he produced or coproduced several internationally awarded films, including Black Soul (Martine Chartrand, 2001), Aria (Pjotr Sapegin, 2001), Accordion (Michèle Cournoyer, 2004) and Sleeping Betty (Claude Cloutier, 2007). Marcel Jean has left the NFB in 2005. He has taught history and aestetics of film at the University of Montreal since 1986. He has also directed two fiction shorts (Le rendez-vous perprétuel, 1989; Vacheries, 1990) and three documentaries (among them, État critique, 1992). He wrote the script of Dehors novembre (Patrick Bouchard, 2005) and Les visages de Champlain (Jean-François Pouliot, 2008). Since 2005 he was invited programmer for different festivals: Festival du film d'animation d'Annecy 2005 and 2006 (France), 25FPS, International festival of experimental films and videos in Zagreb 2007 (Croatia), Ottawa International Animation Festival 2007 (Canada), Siena Short Film Festival 2008 (Italy), Rencontres internationales du cinéma d'animation de Wissembourg 2009 (France). Since 1986, Marcel Jean was a jury member in 27 national or international festivals or events.- Actor
- Soundtrack
Régis Simard was born on 9 March 1960 in Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada. He is an actor, known for J'ai mon voyage! (1973), A Child Like Any Other (1972) and Denis Lévesque - Le Show (2023).- Pauline Lapointe was born on 12 May 1950 in Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada. She was an actress, known for La Florida (1993), The Handyman (1980) and Entangled (1993). She died on 30 August 2010 in Montréal, Québec, Canada.
- Larry Tremblay is a writer, director, actor and kathakali specialist. He is the author of thirty books and is one of Quebec's most frequently staged and translated playwrights. Critics and scholars praise the diversity of genres he explores in his work.
In 2001, his play The Ventriloquist had three separate productions, in Paris, Brussels and Montreal. The Montreal production, under the direction of Claude Poissant, garnered six "Gala des Masques" nominations, including Best New Play, and won the Masque for Best Production. The Ventriloquist, already translated into eight languages, was recently produced in Torino, Mexico, Toronto, Ottawa, Bucarest and London (U.K.).
Thanks to an uninterrupted succession of new plays (Anatomy Lesson, Ogre, The Dragonfly of Chicoutimi, The Genie of Drolet Street, Blue Hands, Soap, Bagpipes, Panda Panda) Tremblay's work continues to earn international recognition. A Chair in love, created with composer John Metcalf, was one of four plays presented on stage in Montreal in 2006 and was preceded by Three Seconds when the Seine Stopped Flowing, Tales of a Heart, and The Axe which he also directed.
In 2007, he shared the stage with Carl Béchard performing in two of his shorter plays A Trick of Fate and The Trouble with Me.
His novel, The Bicycle Eater, published by Leméac, was unanimously praised by the critics, won the Prix Roman 2003 at the Salon du Livre in Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean and was a finalist for the Governor General's Award. In 2006, he was awarded the Canada Council Prize for his contribution to theatre. The prestigious French publisher, Gallimard Paris, published Piercing, a collection of three of his short stories.
In 2008, Abraham Lincoln Goes to the Theatre premiered at Espace Go in Montreal, directed by Claude Poissant (Théâtre Pàp), and was nominated for the Best Production 2007-2008 (Montreal) by the Quebec Critics' Association.
Larry Tremblay was a finalist in 2008 and in 2011 for the Siminovitch Prize. In 2010, in Calgary, the Alberta Theatre Project produced Abraham Lincoln Goes the Theatre, under the direction of Bob White. The same year, his play The Dragonfly of Chicoutimi was directed by Claude Poissant at the Festival TransAmériques (FTA), in Montreal.
In 2012, the SACD (Société des auteurs et compositeurs dramatiques), in partnership with France Culture, awarded his play, War Cantata, the Prix SADC for best world play written in French. It also won the CEAD (Centre des auteurs dramatiques) award, Le Prix Michel Tremblay, for the best play written in Quebec in 2012.
His play Child Object was also staged in 2012 in Quebec City by Christian Lapointe. In addition to his work in theatre, Larry Tremblay recently published three novels earning high critical acclaim: The Obese Christ (2012).
In 2014, The Orange Grove won the « Prix des Libraires du Québec », the « Prix littéraire des enseignants» and Le prix des collégiens in 2015 The Orange Grove has been published in 15 countries to date. Both The Orange Grove and The Obese Christ are presently under option for cinematographic adaptations.
Fall 2016: 4 new works were published: L'Impureté, (Impurity) a novel which is already in the top 10 French language books of 2016, Même pas vrai, an illustrated novel, and two plays: Le Garçon au visage disparu,(The Boy With The Missing Face) and Le Joker (The Joker).
In Spring 2017, The Orange Grove was awarded two international prizes: The Euregio (Student literary prize for Germany, Benelux and Netherlands) and The Folio Student Prize in France. Pereine Press published The Orange Grove in England in June 2017.
Larry taught acting and dramatic writing until 2009 and is associated professor at the Theatre School in Montreal. - Actor
- Writer
Mario Jean was born on 10 February 1965 in Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada. He is an actor and writer, known for Monica la mitraille (2004), Pinocchio 3000 (2003) and True North (2016).- Guy Corneau was born on 13 January 1951 in Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada. He died on 5 January 2016 in Québec, Canada.
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Hélène Grimard was born in Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada. She is known for The Barbarian Invasions (2003), The Red Violin (1998) and Mambo Italiano (2003).- Jean Pagé was born in 1946 in Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada. He was an actor, known for Les Boys IV (2005), Lance et compte (1986) and François en série (2006). He died on 10 December 2019 in Québec, Canada.
- Editorial Department
Considered to be one of the greatest goaltenders of all time, Georges Vezina was born in Chicoultimi, Quebec, He joined the Montreal Canadiens in 1910-11 and for the next 15 years, he played a total of 328 consecutive games and 39 more in the playoffs.
Nicknamed the "Chicoultimi Cucumber", for his grace and coolness under pressure, he comes from an era when there were no backup goaltenders on a team and goaltenders were not permitted to drop to their knees to stop a puck. He played a stand-up style of goaltending.
He helped the Canadiens to five championship teams and to two Stanley Cup winning teams in the 1915-16 and the 1923-24 seasons.
His last game was on November 28, despite severe chest pains, which were the first signs of tuberculosis and he had to retire after one period. Stories were that when he left the team, what he wanted to take with him, was his jersey he wore when he helped the Canadiens win the Stanley Cup. Tuberculosis took his life on March 26, 1926.
In his honor, the Vezina Trophy is awarded to the top goaltender in the National Hockey League, as decided by the National Hockey League general Managers. The Trophy was presented to the NHL before the 1926-27 season by Montreal Canadiens owners Leo Dandurand, Leo Letourneau and Joseph Cattaranich.
Vezina was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1945 as one of the first inductees. In addition, 11 others who were inducted into the Hall that year. That class includes, Art Ross, for whom the NHL's scoring title is named after and Lord Stanley of Preston, The "Father" of the Stanley Cup.- Louis De Santis was born on 19 April 1927 in Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada. He was an actor, known for Aux frontières du possible (1971), Une histoire inventée (1990) and Quand je serai parti... vous vivrez encore (1999). He died on 26 April 2022 in Montréal, Québec, Canada.
- Sébastien Bouchard was born on 24 February 1982 in Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada. He is an actor, known for Hunting Grounds (2008).
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Tristan Lemieux was born on 12 February 1979 in Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada. Tristan is known for Not My Religion (2005).- A diver by mistake, Lysanne Richard learned from an early age to stay on top of what life throws at her: "My parents wanted to register me for swimming class, but there was no more room in my age group, so diving it was. Diving before I got into swimming! Eventually I fell in love with it, even though I had a hard time getting out of the water and never took swimming lessons afterwards, but I learned to manage."
Balance problems with her inner ears stopped her from diving at age 13 and it was 20 years later that the professional circus performer decided to take diving lessons again and apply for the World Series.
Since her first appearance on the competitive 21m platform during the debut year of the women's World Series in 2014 - while still breastfeeding her youngest daughter - the former character at Cirque du Soleil has collected the second most podiums in the World Series in the women's division: 14, including three wins in just 22 starts.
Richard leads the statistics for the most second places (six), and in the 2019 season finished on the podium five out of six times. Despite missing one event due to her recurring neck problems, the Canadian secured third place overall for the second season running.
An ambassador for the sport of cliff diving in her home country, the 39-year-old is the mastermind behind the high diving platforms in Montreal's Olympic diving facilities, a high diving tower in the outdoor swimming pool at Parc Jean-Drapeau, as well as a training centre in the countryside with a 22m tower. Together with the first high dive in her native region in the Saguenay Fjord, all these efforts share the same goal: make cliff diving more accessible and better known while creating a safer training environment for future generations.
Besides following the tough training regimen for an extreme sport and bringing up three kids, Richard works as a TV expert, published her biography in 2020, speaks at conferences and still finds time to enjoy her mountain biking and hiking passion, the latter mostly with her sister.
Strength and balance training quite often includes her children, who use mummy as equipment or obstacle, trampoline partner and love to watch Lysanne practise the Cyr wheel across the neighbourhood.
A creative mind by nature, the oldest female diver to win at the age of 36 defines herself as a creator of wind: "We create a wind given the speed that we reach in the air - I am always conquering this wind."
Successfully juggling and balancing all these aspects of her life make Lysanne Richard a candidate for conquering the overall World Series crown despite being the oldest diver in the permanent line-up in 2021. - Jacques Ménard was born on 29 January 1946 in Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada. He was married to Marie-José Ratelle. He died on 4 February 2020 in Montréal, Québec, Canada.
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Guy Latraverse was born on 5 July 1939 in Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada. He was a producer, known for Samedi de rire (1985), Fallu plaisante! (2010) and Notre père (2006). He was married to Michelle Dionne and Catherine Haller. He died on 14 October 2023 in Montréal, Québec Canada.- Producer
- Writer
Guy Cloutier was born on 11 February 1949 in Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada. He is a producer and writer, known for Loft Story (2003), Décibel (1999) and Les Mordus de la vidéo (1990).- Yvon Pedneault was born on 6 August 1946 in Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada. He was an actor, known for Lance et Compte (2015), Les Boys III (2001) and La Soirée du hockey (1952). He died on 26 August 2023 in Longueuil, Québec, Canada.
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Yann Tremblay was born on 7 October 1973 in Chicoutimi, Quebec, Canada. He is known for Journey to the Center of the Earth (2008), Underworld: Awakening (2012) and The Triplets of Belleville (2003).- Joanne Corneau was born in 1952 in Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada. She was an actress, known for Gerry Boulet: Toujours Vivant (1988), Corno (2013) and Tout le monde en parle (2004). She died on 21 December 2016 in Mexico.