Laurent Gagliardi (born October 18, 1948, in Montreal, Quebec) is a Canadian screenwriter and film director.[1] He is most noted as cowriter with Léa Pool and Michel Langlois of the screenplay for The Savage Woman (La Demoiselle sauvage), for which the trio received a Genie Award nomination for Best Adapted Screenplay at the 12th Genie Awards in 1991,[2] and as the director of the films The Night of the Visitor (La Nuit du visiteur), which was a Genie nominee for Best Theatrical Short Film in the same year,[2] and When Love Is Gay (Quand l'amour est gai), the first documentary film on homosexuality ever released by the French division of the National Film Board of Canada.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Élie Castiel, "Laurent Gagliardi : confessions d’un cinéaste de son temps". Séquences, Iss. 176 (Jan/Feb 1995), pp. 10–11.
  2. 1 2 Christopher Harris, "Black Robe leads race for Genies; Film community notes surprising omissions in list of nominees". The Globe and Mail, October 10, 1991.
  3. ↑ Bruce DeMara, "Funny, serious looks at gay life". Toronto Star, November 6, 1995.


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