Manon Barbeau has been Wapikoni Mobile's general director since 2004.
10 Facts About Manon Barbeau
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In 2021, Manon Barbeau has been elected president of the Cinematheque quebecoise.
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Manon Barbeau was born in Montreal, Quebec, on May 8,1949.
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Manon Barbeau's father is painter and sculptor Marcel Barbeau and her mother, Suzanne Meloche, is a poet and painter.
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Manon Barbeau graduated in cinema and communications from the Universite du Quebec a Montreal.
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Manon Barbeau has written for TV and, in 1991, published a novel, Merlyne, with Boreal.
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For over thirty years, Manon Barbeau has been working as a filmmaker, screenwriter and producer for numerous organizations, including Tele-Quebec, the National Film Board of Canada, Video Paradiso, La Maison des Cultures Nomades, Totam and Wapikoni Mobile.
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Manon Barbeau was president of the Documentary Network from 2006 to 2008.
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Manon Barbeau has often spoken publicly about documentary filmmaking and Aboriginal youth at various events and venues including L'Art en Marge, organized by the Institut Universitaire en Sante Mentale de Quebec, and at UNESCO for International Women's Day in 2014.
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Since 2004, Manon Barbeau has been the general director of Wapikoni Mobile, a mobile film studio that travels to remote First Nations communities.