Jean-Daniel Lafond

His Excellency Jean-Daniel Lafond, CC (b. 1944) is a French-born Canadian filmmaker, and the husband to Governor General Michaëlle Jean, making him the Viceregal Consort of Canada.

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Jean-Daniel Lafond - 1944 - French - Canadian - Governor General - Michaëlle Jean - Viceregal Consort of Canada

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Lafond was born in France during the liberation of Paris. He subsequently taught philosophy from 1966-1971 "while pursuing research in audio-visual training and communications". In 1974 Lafond left France for Quebec and became a Canadian citizen in 1984. After teaching at the Université de Montréal he left the university to focus on film-making, radio and writing. He has written and directed several documentaries, including Les traces du rêve (1986), La manière Nègre (1991), Tropic North (1994), La liberté en colère (1994), Haiti in All Our Dreams (1995), Last Call for Cuba (1999), The Barbarian Files (1999) and Salam Iran, a Persian Letter (2002), which received the Gémeaux Award for Best Documentary, and Le Cabinet du Docteur Ferron (2003), about writer Jacques Ferron, a notorious and respected Quebec sovereignist.

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1974 - 1984 - Université de Montréal - Jacques Ferron

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Many of his films examine the process of democratic change in the perspective of hardline Quebec separatists, and take a negative view towards violence and state oppression.

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He has also developed an original body of work for radio in Canada (La Première Chaîne) and France (France-Culture), and has published several books with Éditions de l'Hexagone.

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La Première Chaîne - France - France-Culture

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He was awarded the Prix Lumières (1999) and he is co-founder of the Rencontres Internationales du Documentaire de Montréal (Documentary Film Festival of Montréal).

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Montréal

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Lafond has two daughters Estelle and Élise from a previous marriage and two grandchildren.

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