“I was born during the clash of the sewing machine and viewing machine.”

- Denys Desjardins

According to the Dictionnaire du Cinéma Québécois, Denys Desjardins is a “Jack of

all trades filmmaker with an inquisitive spirit, animated by his boundless adoration

for cinema that infuses most of his films.”

Producer, filmmaker, professor and film historian, Denys Desjardins has created several films and websites. He has contributed to the scripting and production of the Michel Brault and Pierre Perrault DVD boxed sets (NFB). Militant for the Spontaneous Movement for the Survival of the NFB (SMS-NFB), he is actively involved in maintaining and defending artistic institutions. He appears notably among the founding members of Québec Cinéma and Coalition Culture. Denys Desjardins is the designer and creator of the recently launched cinemaduquebec.com website.

Filmmaker Denys Desjardin’s complete filmography contains five fabulous gems;

see them for the first time or all over again. He contributes to preserve Québec film

history in many ways. In his films, he focuses on human behavior and his inspiration

stems from a variety of personas and real-life events. He depicts subjects with such

incredible magnitude that the images remain etched in our memories for many years

to come. With charm that stretches across the strands of time, you will fall in love

with Desjardins.