Marie-Josée Saint-Pierre

Marie-Josée Saint-Pierre
Born1978
Murdochville, Quebec, Canada
EducationConcordia University, Université du Québec à Montréal
Occupation(s)Film director, film producer

Marie-Josée Saint-Pierre, born in Murdochville in 1978, is a Quebec director and producer of animated films. She is an associate professor at Université Laval, a theorist, and an author on women's animation cinema. [1][2][3]

Cinematographic Career

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In 2004, she founded the independent production company MJSTP Films, dedicated to the creation and production of her own films.[4] She specializes in animated documentaries. She notably uses the technique of rotoscoping and also incorporates archival footage into her creations.

Two themes stand out in her cinematic work: motherhood, which she explored in Post-Partum,[5] Passages,[6][7] Femelles,[8] and Your Mother is a Thief!;[9] and artistic creation, with McLaren's Negatives, [10][11][12]The Sapporo Project, Jutra,[13] Snowflakes, Oscar, and The Lauzon Theory. [14][15]

As a producer, she is also credited with The Blue Marble by Co Hoedeman and The Delian Mode by Kara Blake. [16]Her films have been showcased worldwide in competitive events, including the Directors' Fortnight at Cannes and the Toronto International Film Festival. [17]

She also served as artistic director and animator on Patricio Henríquez's feature documentary Uyghurs: Prisoners of the Absurd.[18]

Academic Career

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Marie-Josée Saint-Pierre studied in Montreal at Concordia University, where she earned a bachelor's degree in animation cinema and a master's degree in film production.

She then obtained a doctorate in Art Studies and Practices from the Université du Québec à Montréal, with a doctoral concentration in feminist studies from the Institute of Feminist Research and Studies (IRéF). Her graduate studies were funded by the Vanier CGS Scholarship.[19][20] Associate professor at Université Laval, her academic research focuses on research-creation using artificial intelligence tools in animation, as well as on women and animation cinema. [21]

Filmography

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Screenwriter, director and producer

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Screenwriter and director

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Producer

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Publications

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Marie-Josée Saint-Pierre is also an author on women and animated cinema: she has published books and scientific articles on the subject.[22][23][24]

Books

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  • Saint-Pierre, Marie-Josée (2024). Women and Film Animation: A Feminist Corpus at the National Film Board of Canada 1939-1989. CRC Press. ISBN 978-1-0326-8536-6.

Scientific publications

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  • Saint-Pierre, M.-J. et Lebel, E. (2023). Celebrating and Sharing a Heritage of Black People : Martine Chartrand, Animation Filmmaker. Recherches Féministes. vol. 35, no.1. doi:10.7202/1099910ar [25]
  • Saint-Pierre, M.-J. (2020). Quebec animation cinema and women's agentivity: an exploration of sexuality and desire through the works of three animators produced at the National Film Board of Canada. Animation Studies, The Peer-reviewed Open Access Online Journal for Animation History and Theory,Volume15. partie de ISSN 1930-1928[26]
  • Saint-Pierre, M.-J. (2019). Cinéma d’animation québécois et agentivité féminine: une exploration de la sexualité et du désir à travers trois oeuvres d’animatrices produites à l’Office national du film du Canada. Nouvelles Vues, Volume 20 (1-18).  doi:10.7202/1069291ar[27]

Book Chapter

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Other publications

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  • Saint-Pierre, M.-J. (2023) Compte-rendu: Johanne Jutras, Pornographies. Recherches Féministes. doi:10.7202/1108782ar[29]
  • Saint-Pierre, M.-J. (2023). Women and animated film: an introduction. International Animated Film Association Magazine. vol. 34, no.1. OCLC: 300299292[30]
  • Saint-Pierre, M.J. et Brun, J. (2023). Estelle Lebel (1945-2022), chercheuse, professeure, réalisatrice et militante féministe. Recherches Féministes. vol. 35, no.1.  doi:10.7202/1099891ar[31]
  • Saint-Pierre, M.-J. (2021) Compte-rendu: Julie Ravary-Pilon, Femmes, nation et nature dans le cinéma québécois. Recherches Féministes, vol. 34, no.1. (248-253). doi:10.7202/1076634ar
  • Saint-Pierre, M.-J. (2020). Francine Desbiens récompensée du prix René Jodoin aux 18e Sommets du Cinéma d’Animation de Montréal. Synoptique, An Online Journal of Film and Moving Images Studies, Volume 9.1 (162-167). partie de ISSN 1715-7641[32]
  • Saint-Pierre, M.-J. (22 mai 2014). I am caught up in the whirlwind of Cannes.  HuffPost Canada: the blog.[33]
  • Saint-Pierre, M.-J. (20 mai 2014). My first time at Cannes: the trip of my life! HuffPost Canada: the blog.[34]

Completed Research Projects

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As part of her academic research, she led the creation of two animation series, developed in collaboration with students under her supervision.

2021: Series of twenty-two documentary animated short films produced for the web documentary Les infirmières de la folie.[35][36]

2024: Series of four experimental animated short films ( Passer au travers, Espoir, Montages russes et Impuissance) produced for the project Visuallys For a Visual Language of Mental Health: Exploring the Power of the Image to Change Social Representations.

Awards

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Lauzon's Theory (2022) [37]

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Your Mother is a Thief! (2018)[42]

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  • Most innovative film Award, Reel 2 Real International Film Festival for Youth, 2019 (Canada) [43][44]

Oscar (2016)

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  • Animation, Yorkton Film Festival, 2017 (Canada)[45]
  • Audience Choice Award for Program A, New York City Short Film Festival 2016 (USA)[45]
  • Nomination at the Rendez-vous du cinéma québécois (Canada)[46]
  • Nomination for best animated short film at the 2016 Quebec Cinema Gala (Canada) [47]
  • Official selection Regard - Saguenay International Short Film Festival 2017 (Canada)[48]

Jutra (2014)[1]

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Femelles (2012)

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Best Short Documentary Film, St.Louis International Film Festival 2012 (USA)[53]

Passages (2008)[54]

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McLaren's Negatives (2006)

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  • Jutra Award for Best Animated Film 2007 (Québec) [56]
  • Honorable Mention best short film, Silverdocs 2006 (USA)[57]
  • Best Debut Film, Animation, Message to Man International Film Festival, St Petersbourg 2006 (Russia)[58]
  • Best Short Contemporary Film, Sapporo International Shortfest 2006 (Japan)[59]
  • Bear in Gold, Festival Der Nationen 2006 (Austria)[57]
  • Best Short Documentary Film, Animation Block Party New York 2006 (USA)[58]
  • 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 (Brazil)
  • Youth Jury Award for Most Inspirational Short Film, Reel 2 Real International Film Festival for Youth 2007 (Canada)
  • First Prize in the Documentary Section, 10 Mostra Internacional de Curtmetratges de Sagunt 2007 (Spain)
  • Best Documentary, PA Film Institute Festival 2007 (USA)
  • Platinum Remi, Best Animation, Worldfest Houston 2007 (USA)[57]
  • Special Jury Prize, Directing, Indianapolis Film Festival 2007 (USA)[57]
  • Best Documentary, Arizona International Film Festival 2007 (USA)
  • Special Jury Award for Best Animated Film, Ismailia International Film Festival 2007 (Egypt)
  • Best Documentary, Filmest Badalona Festival 2007 (Spain)
  • Honorable Mention, Best Short International Film, Festival International de Curtas de Belo Horizonte 2006 (Brazil)
  • Honorable Mention, International Animation Competition, Monterrey International Festival 2006 (Mexico)[57]
  • Special Mention Animation, Seddicorto International Festival 2006 (Italia)
  • Special Mention Animation, Luciana Film Festival 2006 (Italia)

Post-Partum (2004)

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  • Special Jury Prize for Most Innovative Approach, Guangzhou International Documentary Festival 2005 (China)
  • Gold Special Jury Award, Worldfest Houston 2005 (USA)[5]
  • GAIA Award, Moondance International Film Festival 2005 (USA)[5]
  • Shoestring Award, Rochester International Film Festival 2005 (USA)[5]
  • Artistic Development Award, Imperial Tobacco Canada Arts Council 2004
  • J.A. De Sève Graduate Award 2004, Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema (Canada)

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Professeur at Université Laval


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