François Barbeau

Actor

July 27, 1935 — January 28, 2016 (80 years)
François Barbeau CM (July 27, 1935 – January 28, 2016) was an award-winning Canadian costume designer. He was a professor at the National Theatre School of Canada and the Université du Québec à Montréal who worked on over 700 productions in Quebec and around the world.

After taking sewing in high school, he began his career in the 1950s at the theatre The Caravan of Paul Buissonneau. He afterwards worked as a designer at the Théâtre du Rideau Vert. Among the films he worked on are Léolo (1992), for which he won the Genie Award for Best Costume Design, and Laurence Anyways (2012), sharing the Genie with Xavier Dolan. In film, Barbeau mentored fellow-costume designer and Genie winner Louise Jobin.

In 1996, he received the Governor General's Award, and in 2000 he joined the Order of Canada. He died on January 28, 2016. Dolan's 2016 film It's Only the End of the World is dedicated to him.

Source: Article "François Barbeau" de Wikipédia en français, soumis à la licence CC-BY-SA 3.0.

Movies & Shows on Plex

  • Afterglow
    Afterglow1997
  • Free Money
    Free Money1998

Known For

  • Cirque du Soleil: Dralion
    Cirque du Soleil: Dralion2001

Filmography

1975
Eliza's Horoscope · as Winter Tramp

2016
It's Only the End of the World · as Costume Consultant
2015
Autrui · as Costume Designer
2015
2014
Mommy · as Costume Design
2014
The Outlaw League · as Costume Designer
2012
Laurence Anyways · as Costume Design
2011
Pour l'amour de Dieu · as Costume Design
2007
The Secret · as Costume Designer
2004
Battle of the Brave · as Costume Design
2002
L'odyssée d'Alice Tremblay · as Costume Design
2001
Cirque du Soleil: Dralion · as Costume Design
1998
Free Money · as Costume DesignerOn Plex
1998
Arrival II · as Costume Design
1997
Afterglow · as Costume DesignOn Plex
1997
The Peacekeeper · as Costume Designer
1997
Twists of Terror · as Costume Design
1996
Caboose · as Costume Designer
1992
Leolo · as Costume Design
1992
La sarrasine · as Costume Designer
1991
The Quarrel · as Costume Designer
1988
Les portes tournantes · as Costume Designer
1984
Le Tartuffe · as Costume Design
1980
Atlantic City · as Costume Design
1978
1977
Angela · as Costume Designer
1975
The Christmas Messenger · as Costume Designer
1975
Lies My Father Told Me · as Art Direction
1975
Lies My Father Told Me · as Costume Design
1975
Eliza's Horoscope · as Art Director
1975
Eliza's Horoscope · as Costume Designer
1973
Kamouraska · as Art Direction
1973
Kamouraska · as Costume Designer