Roger Fournier (October 22, 1929 - May 31, 2012) was a Canadian writer and television director."L'écrivain Roger Fournier est décédé". Le Téléjournal, June 1, 2012. He was most noted for his novel Le cercle des arènes, which won the Governor General's Award for French-language fiction and the Prix France-Québec in 1982, and his screenplay for the film A Day in a Taxi (Une journée en taxi), for which he received a Genie Award nomination for Best Original Screenplay in 1983."Top Genie prospects for Jack Miner movie". The Globe and Mail, February 10, 1983.
He was a longtime television director for Télévision de Radio-Canada, including on the series Moi et l'autre and Bye Bye,"Roger Fournier (1929-2012): un artiste au destin improbable". La Presse, June 11, 2012. and assisted in creating Gilles Vigneault's first concert tour.
Filmography Inutile et adorable (1963) À nous deux! (1965) Les Filles à Mounne (1966) Journal d'un jeune marié (1967) La voix (1968) L'innocence d'Isabelle (1969) Heads or Tails (Pile ou face) - 1971 Gilles Vigneault, mon ami (1972) La marche des grands cocus (1972) Moi, mon corps, mon âme, Montréal, etc. (1974) Les cornes sacrées (1977) Pour l'amour de Sawinne (1984) Les sirènes du Saint-Laurent (1984) Chair Satan (1989) La Danse éternelle (1991) Le retour de Sawinne (1992) Gaïagyne (1994) Les mauvaises pensées (1996) Le pied - contes érotiques et très cruels (1996) Le Stomboat (1999) Les miroirs de mes nuits (2000)
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External links
Fonds Roger Fournier (R11733) at Library and Archives Canada