François Séguin
Encyclopedia
François Séguin is a Canadian production designer
, art director
and set decorator
.
Production designer
In film and television, a production designer is the person responsible for the overall look of a filmed event such as films, TV programs, music videos or adverts. Production designers have one of the key creative roles in the creation of motion pictures and television. Working directly with the...
, art director
Art director
The art director is a person who supervise the creative process of a design.The term 'art director' is a blanket title for a variety of similar job functions in advertising, publishing, film and television, the Internet, and video games....
and set decorator
Set decorator
A set decorator is in charge of the set dressing on a film set, which includes the furnishings, wallpaper, lighting fixtures, and many of the other objects that will be seen in the film. Props and set dressing often overlap, but are provided by different departments...
.
Recognition
- 1986 Genie Award for Best Achievement in Art Direction - Night Magic - Nominated
- 1987 Genie Award for Best Achievement in Art Direction/Production Design - Exit - Nominated
- 1988 Genie Award for Best Achievement in Art Direction/Production Design - Marie s'en va-t-en ville - Nominated
- 1990 Genie Award for Best Achievement in Art Direction/Production Design - Jesus of MontrealJesus of Montreal-Plot and allegory:The film centers on a group of actors in Montreal, Canada who are gathered by Daniel, an actor hired by a Roman Catholic site of pilgrimage to present a Passion play in its gardens....
- Won - 1992 Genie Award for Best Achievement in Art Direction/Production Design - Being at Home with ClaudeBeing at Home with ClaudeBeing at Home with Claude is a 1992 Canadian drama film directed by Jean Beaudin and based on the play by René-Daniel Dubois.The film stars Roy Dupuis as Yves, a gay man who has just murdered his lover Claude , and is attempting to explain his reasons to the police investigator .At the 13th Genie...
- Nominated - 1992 Genie Award for Best Achievement in Art Direction/Production Design - LéoloLéoloLéolo is a 1992 film by Quebecois director Jean-Claude Lauzon.The film tells the story of Léo Lauzon , a young boy living in a Montreal tenement with his dysfunctional family. He uses his active fantasy life and the book L'avalée des avalés by Québécois novelist Réjean Ducharme to escape the...
- Nominated - 1992 Genie Award for Best Achievement in Art Direction/Production Design - La Sarrasine - Nominated
- 1996 Gemini AwardGemini AwardThe Gemini Awards are annual television broadcasting industry awards in Canada.First awarded in 1986, the Geminis celebrate the achievements of TV members of the Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television. Essentially, it presents awards for the best television productions in Canada. Awards are...
for Best Production Design or Art Direction - Million Dollar BabiesMillion Dollar BabiesMillion Dollar Babies is a 1994 television movie based on the fact based novel Time of Their Lives—The Dionne Tragedy by John Nihmey and Stuart Foxman and was an American/Canadian co-production by CBS, Cinar , and The CBC...
- Nominated - 1999 Jutra AwardJutra AwardThe Jutra Award is a Canadian annual cinema award that recognizes talent and achievement in the mainly francophone feature film industry in the province of Quebec...
for Best Art Direction - Le Violon rouge - Won (shared with Renée April) - 1999 Genie Award for Best Achievement in Art Direction/Production Design -Le Violon rouge - Won
- 2000 Genie Award for Best Achievement in Art Direction/Production Design - Souvenirs intimes - Won
- 2001 Genie Award for Best Achievement in Art Direction/Production Design - Possible WorldsPossible Worlds (film)Possible Worlds is a 2000 Canadian film adaptation of the play of the same name. The film is directed by Robert Lepage, and stars Tom McCamus and Tilda Swinton...
- Won (shared with Daniéle Rouleau) - 2003 Genie Award for Best Achievement in Art Direction/Production Design - Come l'America - Won
- 2004 Directors Guild of CanadaDirectors Guild of CanadaThe Directors Guild of Canada is a Canadian labour union, founded in 1962, which represents more than 3,700 professionals from 48 different occupations in the Canadian film and television industry. The DGC represents directors, assistant directors, location managers, production assistants and...
DGC Team Award - The Barbarian Invasions - Won (shared with Denys ArcandDenys ArcandGeorges-Henri Denys Arcand, is a Canadian film director, screenwriter and producer. He has won an Academy Award for Best Foreign Film in 2004 for The Barbarian Invasions...
, Hélène Grimard, Caroline Alder, Christian Fluet) - 2004 Directors Guild of Canada DGA Craft Award for Outstanding Achievement in Production Design - Feature Film - The Barbarian Invasions - Nominated
- 2007 Genie Award for Best Achievement in Art Direction/Production DesignGenie Award for Best Achievement in Art Direction/Production DesignThe Genie Award for Best Achievement in Art Direction/Production Design is awarded by the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television to the best Canadian film art direction/production design.-16th Genie Awards:* François Laplante, Le Confessionnal...
- La Rage de l'angeLa Rage de l'angeLa Rage de l'ange is a 2006 Canadian drama film directed by Dan Bigras. The film earned two Genie Award nominations in the categories of Best Achievement in Art Direction/Production Design and Best Achievement in Music - Original Song for the song L'Astronaute....
- Nominee