Marie-Josee Saint-Pierre

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Marie-Josée Saint-Pierre (b. 1978) is a documentary filmmaker and film animator.

1 History
2 Films
3 Awards
4 Selected Screenings
5 See also
6 External links

[edit] History

Born in Murdochville, Quebec she is a French Canadian filmmaker based in Montreal, Canada. Saint-Pierre has a B.F.A. Honors in Film Animation (2002) as well as an M.F.A. in Film Production (2005), both degrees from The Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema (Concordia University). Saint-Pierre's documentary work shows new approaches in documentary film, blurring the lines between documentary and drama. She is currently directing a new autobiographical animated documentary film called "Passages" where she explores her personal transformation into motherhood. The award winning director and film animator has directed several short animation and documentary films including Post-Partum and McLaren's Negatives. She founded MJSTP Films, an animation and documentary production company in 2004. Overall, her work has been screened in prestigious festivals all around the world. She has lectured in the art of the animated documentary in Europe and in Canada.

[edit] Films

Her award winning films include

McLaren's Negatives (2006)
Post-Partum (2004)
Ombilicus (2003)
Natural Selection (2001)

She is currently directing *Passages (2008)

[edit] Awards

Her awards for the film McLaren's Negatives include :

JUTRA for best animated film (Québec)

Sterling Short Honorable Mention Silverdocs 2006 (USA)

Best Debut Film (Animation): Golden Centaur & 1,500$ USD Message to Man International Film Festival 2006 (Russia)

Best Short Contemporary Film Sapporo Shortfest 2006 (Japan)

Bär in Gold Festival Der Nationen 2006 (Austria)

Best Short Documentary Film Animation Block Party New York 2006 (USA)

Best Animation Film Dokufest 2006 (Kosovo)

Best International Documentary Santiago International Short Film Festival 2006 (Chile)

Best Director Animation Monstramundo 2006 (Brazil)

Best Script Animation Monstramundo 2006 (Brasil)

Honorable Mention, Best Short International Film Fest. Int. Curtas de Belo Horizinte 2006 (Brazil)

Honorable Mention, Int. Animation Competition Monterrey International Festival 2006 (Mexico)

Special Mention Animation Seddicorto International Festival 2006 (Italia)

Special Mention, Animation Luciana Film Festival 2006 (Italy)

[edit] Selected Screenings

A. Alternativa Festival (Spain) Anchorage Festival (Alaska) Anima Mundi Film Festival (Brazil) Animation Block Party (USA) Annapolis Film Festival (USA) Annecy Int. Animation Festival (France) Antimatter Underground Film Fest. (Canada) Arcipelago Int. Film Fest. (Italia) Asiana Int. Film Festival (Korea) Assolo Film Festival (Italia) Atlantic Film Festival (Canada) Austin Film Festival (USA) B. Borges en Curt Int. Fest. (Spain) Bradford Animation Festival (UK) Brno 16 (Chez Republic) Buster Int. Film Fest. (Denmark) C. Calgary int. Film Fest. (Canada) Carrousel Int. du Film de Rimouski (Canada) Cinanima (Portugal) Cinéma Québec in Paris (France) Cinéma tout écran (Switzerland) Chicago Int. Film Fest. (USA) Cinema Nouvelle Génération (France) Cucalorus Film Festival (USA) D. Denver Int. Film Fest. (USA) Docupolis Film Fest. (Spain) Dokufest Festival (Kosovo) E. Edinburgh Int. Film Fest. (Scottland) Encounters Int. Animation Fest. (UK) Exground Film Fest. (Germany) F. Femina Film Festival (Brazil) Fest. Chileno Int. Short Film Santiago (Chile) Festival Der Nationen (Austria) Fest. Int. Cinéma en Abitibi (Canada) Fest. Int. Curtas belo Horizonte (Brazil) Filmfest Osnabrück (Germany) Filmplatform (Denmark) G. Golden Horse Festival (Taiwan) Golden Lion Film Festival (Africa) H. Hamburg Int. Short Film Fest. (Germany) Hamptons Int. Short Film Fest. (USA) Holland Animation Festival (Holland) I. Images en Vues (Canada) Imago Film Festival (Portugal) Interfilm Berlin (Germany) Int. French Film Fest. in Acadia (Canada) Int. Short Film Fest. in Drama (Greece) J. Jerusalem Int. Film Festival (Israel) K. Kansas Int. Film Festival (USA) Kassel Int. Dokumentarfilm (Germany) Krok Animation Festival (Ukraine) L. Leeds Int. Film Fest. (UK) Leipzig Int. Film Fest. (Germany) London Int. Animation Fest. (UK) Los Angeles Int. Film Fest. (USA) Luciana Int. Short Film Fest. (Italia) M. MadCat Film Festival (USA) Mecal Short Film Fest. (Spain) Melbourne Int. Animation Fest. (Australia) Message to Man Int. Film Fest. (Russia) Mill Valley Int. Film Fest. (USA) Monterrey Int. Film Fest. (Mexico) Morbegno Film Fest. (Italia) N. New Zealand Film Fest. (NZ) Nickel Ind. Film Fest. (Canada) O. Odense Int. Film Fest. (Denmark) Open Air Film Fest. Weiter (Germany) Osnabrück Film Fest. (Germany) Ottawa Int. Animation Fest. (Canada) P. Palm Springs Int. Short Film Fest. (USA) Potenza Int. Animation Fest. (Italia) R. Rencontres Int. Documentary Montreal (Canada) S. San Diego Woman Film Fest. (USA) San Francisco Int. Animation Showcase (USA) Sao Paulo Int. Film Fest. (Brazil) Sao Paulo Int. Short Film Fest. (Brazil) Sapporo Shortfest (Japan) Seattle Int. Film Fest. (USA) Short Cuts Cologne (Germany) Silverdocs (USA) Sopot Film Festival (Poland) Split Festival (Croatia) St-John Int. Woman Film Festival (Canada) St-Louis Int. Film Fest. (USA) Sydney Film Festival (Australia) T. Tallgrass Festival (USA) Tarfest (USA) Toofy Animation Festival (USA) U. Uppsala Int. Film Festival (Sweden) V. Valley Arts Alliance (USA) Vancouver Int. Film Fest. (Canada) W. Whistler Film Fest. (Canada) Z. Zlin Int. Film Fest. (Chez Republic) Zwerweek (Germany)