Quick Facts
Biography
André Melançon (February 18, 1942 - August 23, 2016) was a Canadian actor, screenwriter and film director, best known for directing and writing several early installments in the Tales for All series of children's films.
Career
The versatile André Mélançon – director, writer and actor – set out to become a youth guidance counsellor before he veered into film. His background in psychology and education helped orient his filmmaking toward films about, with, and for children. His first film was on the separatist Charles Gagnon, then at the request of producer Jean Dansereau he directed a trio of shorts for kids in the early 1970s that confirmed the direction of his career. He turned to acting and won a Canadian Film Award for his performance in Partis pour la glorie. In the 1980s he directed The Dog Who Stopped the War, which won the Golden Reel Award, and Bach et bottine, and wrote, with Jacques Bobet, Tadpole and the Whale also a Golden Reel Award winner.
Filmography
Actor
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1973 | Taureau | Taureau | |
| 1973 | Réjeanne Padovani | Lucien Bertrand | |
| 1973 | Les Allées de la terre | ||
| 1975 | Partis pour la gloire | Lieutenant Laroche | Winner, Canadian Film Award for Best Actor |
| 1982 | Sweet Lies and Loving Oaths (Doux aveux) | Reynald | |
| 1982 | The Emperor of Peru (La Traversée de la Pacific) | Pirate | |
| 1984 | The Dog Who Stopped the War (La Guerre des tuques) | Daniel Blanchette de Victoriaville | |
| 1986 | Intimate Power (Pouvoir intime) | Poursuivant | |
| 1987 | The Great Land of Small (C'est pas parce qu'on est petit qu'on peut pas être grand) | Gardien | |
| 1988 | Unfaithful Mornings (Les Matins infidèles) | Angry motorist | |
| 1988 | He Shoots, He Scores (Lance et compte) | Sylvain | Second season |
| 1992 | El Lado oscuro del corazón | Erik | |
| 1992 | Coup de chance | TV | |
| 1993 | Refugio en la ciudad | ||
| 1993 | Because Why | Garbage Man #1 | |
| 1993 | A Wall of Silence (Un Muro de silencio) | ||
| 1995 | Le Billet de loterie (Une petite fille particulière) | Muche | TV |
| 1996 | Poverty and Other Delights (Joyeux Calvaire) | Armand | |
| 2001 | Vercingétorix : La légende du druide roi | Vercingetorix |
Director
| Year | Title |
|---|---|
| 1973 | Des armes et les hommes |
| 1974 | Le Violon de Gaston |
| 1974 | « Les Oreilles » mène l'enquête |
| 1974 | Les Tacots |
| 1978 | Les Vrais Perdants |
| 1978 | Comme les six doigts de la main |
| 1980 | L'Espace d'un été |
| 1984 | The Dog Who Stopped the War (La Guerre des tuques) |
| 1986 | Bach and Broccoli (Bach et Bottine) |
| 1987 | Le Lys cassé |
| 1989 | Summer of the Colt (Fierro, l'été des secrets) |
| 1990 | Rafales |
| 1991 | Nénette |
| 1996 | Le Boulard |
| 1997 | Cher Olivier |
| 2000 | Albertine in Five Times (Albertine, en cinq temps) |
| 2001 | Le Ciel sur la tête |
| 2002 | Asbestos |
| 2004 | Daniel and the Superdogs |
| 2013 | Les trains de la vie |