Bernard Émond, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Bernard Émond

Canadian director

Date of Birth: 01-Sep-1951

Place of Birth: Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Profession: screenwriter, film director, film producer

Nationality: Canada

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Bernard Émond (born 1951, in Montreal) is a Québecois and Canadian director, screenwriter, novelist and essayist working in the French-language.
He studied anthropology at university and lived for several years in the Canadian north where he worked for the Inuit Broadcasting Corporation.
He began his film career making documentaries, later moving to feature-length films, all of which have been shot in Quebec.
He is noted for the humanistic, sometimes spiritual depth of his films, in particular his trilogy of feature films (2007, 2009, 2012) based on the three Christian virtues, faith, hope, and charity.
Other themes in his work include human dignity and frailty, and cultural loss.
He describes himself as an agnostic and a "conservative socialist."Bernard Émond is married to Catherine Martin, also a Quebec film director.
They live in Montreal.