Speaker Patrice Sauvé
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Patrice Sauvé is known as an audacious visual master. Following cinematic studies at Concordia University, he broadened his horizons by working on cultural shows, public affairs magazines and documentaries. However, it was in 2001 that he found his true voice with the cult series "La vie, la vie", which was twice awarded with a Prix Gémeaux (2001, 2002) for best directing in a dramatic series. He then directed the sci-fi series "Grande Ourse" (Prix Gémeaux 2004), "L’héritière de la Grande Ourse" (Prix Gémeaux 2005), the dramatic comedy "Ciao Bella" (Gemini Awards 2005), the miniseries "Vertige" (Prix Gémeau 2011), a thriller broadcast in 2012 on the Serie+ Network and most recently the comedy "Karl & Max" in 2015 and the police thriller "Victor Lessard" March 2017. After Cheech in 2006, Grande Ourse, la clé des possibles in 2009, Patrice Sauvé third feature film "Ça sent la coupe", featuring Louis-José Houde, is released February 2017.
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