Catherine Therrien
Director | Screenwriter
Catherine Therrien is the writer and director of the web-documentary Le bruit des mots (The Sound of Words), about the impact of slam and poetry in adolescence. For television, she signed Lourd (Heavy), for VRAK, and she is the director of the series District 31, on Radio-Canada (Finalist in the 33rd Prix Gémeaux).
She directed the short films Jérémie n’a plus de batterie (Jérémie no longer has batteries), Obaska, Encore Fiancés (Still Engaged) and Saucisson (premiered at KINO 2017). Catherine is currently working on her first feature film, Fred a faim (Fred is Hungry) (Caramel Films).
As an author, she collaborated for a long time with Urbania magazine by signing different stories. She has also published her first short story in VLB Publishers. Catherine is also one of 20 authors nominated for the CBC Radio News Award 2017.
TV Shows
District 31 Season I, 2 & 3
2017-2019
Series, police thriller
Director episodes [email protected]
Production: Aetios Productions (Fabienne Larouche)
34th Gémeaux Awards – 15 nominations, including Best Director : daily drama series “Épisode 312”, 2019
33rd Gémeaux Awards – Nominated for Best Director drama “Épisode 141”, Montréal, 2018
Lourd
2015-2016
Co-creator & Director
Production: Attraction Images
Deux Hommes en Or
2014
Director
LP8
Génération Inc
2013-2014
Director
O’Dandy Médias (V télé)
La course Évasion autour du monde
2012
Video journalist
Évasion
Filmography
Fred a faim
In development
Feature film
Co-screenwriter with Éric Boulianne
Production: Caramel Films
Saucisson
2017
Short film | gastronomic tragedy
Director & screenwriter
Presented in first at Gala KINO 2017
Encore fiancés
In development
Short film
Director & co-screenwriter
Les petites patientes
In production
Feature film | documentary
Screenwriter & Director
Champlain
2013
Short film, documentary about Champlain Charest
Screenwriter & Director
Rendez-vous du Cinéma Québécois 2014, Official Competition
Jérémie n'a plus de batteries
2013
Short film
Director, writer and producer
Rendez-vous du Cinéma Québécois 2014, Official Competition
Obaska
2012
Short film
Director & co-screenwriter
Regard sur le court-métrage du Saguenay 2012 – Official selection
Borderline
2006
Short film, documentary, 29 min
Director & editor
Production: Locomotion
Caméléon Award, Best Documentary
Out of competition selection, Clermont-Ferrand
Web
Fourchette
2019
Webseries | 10 episodes
Director
Screenwriter Sarah-Maude Beauchesne
ICI Touv.tv
34th Gémeaux Awards – 5 nominations, including Best director webserie or digital media, drama “Épisode 2”, 2019
Lourd
2013
Webserie
Creator & Director
Vrak.tv
Finalist aux prix Gémeaux 2014, Meilleure émission ou série originale produite pour les médias numériques : fiction et meilleure interprétation féminine (Elisabeth Smith)
Jury award, Émission jeunesse Webfestival de La Rochelle
Finalist for a prix Gémeaux 2013, websérie de fiction
Voisins
2013
Web documentary on Le petit Beyrouth neighborhood
Director & Screenwriter
Picbois Productions
Le bruit des mots
2012
Webdocumentary - 85 min
Director, screenwriter and editor
Radio-Canada & Picbois Productions
Official Competition at Doc Market, Vision du Réel, Nyon, Swiss
Official honoree, Webby Awards, for «Documentary : individual episod»
Most Interesting Digital Video Project, 2012 Filminteractive Festival, Poland
Gémeaux Award 2012 for Best Webdocumentary
Hors d'ondes
2012
Webserie, fiction, 10x10 min
Director
Turbulent
Gémeaux Awards Finalist, interactive webseries
Deux steamés
2010-2011
Webserie, 20x5 min
Director and editor
Toxa
Gémeaux Awards, webseries variety, 2011
La main mon trésor
2009
Podcast, 90 min
Co-director, screenwriter and editor,
La Presse
Boomerang 2009, Interactive Media Awards