Luc Dionne
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Luc Dionne is an award winning screenwriter and director born in Quebec in 1960. Luc's work is largely directed towards the French speaking market. However, many within the industry accredit Dionne's successful Omerta
series as being an inspiration for David Chase
's hit series The Sopranos
.
Dionne's adaptation of Monica la mitraille won the 2005 Genie
for best screenplay. He was nominated for the same award in 2006 for Aurore.
Omerta television series
Omerta DisambiguationOmertà or Omertà, The Code of Silence is a Quebec television series of 11 forty-five minute episodes, created by Luc Dionne and aired from January to April 1996 on Radio-Canada...
series as being an inspiration for David Chase
David Chase
David Chase is an American writer, director, and producer of television series. Chase has worked in television for more than 30 years; he has produced and written for shows as The Rockford Files, I'll Fly Away, and Northern Exposure. He has created two original series; the first, Almost Grown,...
's hit series The Sopranos
The Sopranos
The Sopranos is an American television drama series created by David Chase that revolves around the New Jersey-based Italian-American mobster Tony Soprano and the difficulties he faces as he tries to balance the often conflicting requirements of his home life and the criminal organization he heads...
.
Dionne's adaptation of Monica la mitraille won the 2005 Genie
Genie Award
Genie Awards are given out to recognize the best of Canadian cinema by the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television. From 1949-1979, the awards were named the Canadian Film Awards...
for best screenplay. He was nominated for the same award in 2006 for Aurore.
As screenwriter
- 1996 : Omerta 1, The Code of Silence ("Omertà I - The Code of Silence") (TV series)
- 1997 : Omerta 2, The Code of Silence ("Omertà II - The Code of Silence") (TV mini-series)
- 1999 : Omerta 3, The Last Men of Honor ("Omertà III - The Last Men of Honor) (TV series)
- 2000 : Tag, Season I (TV series)
- 2002 : The Last Chapter I (The Last Chapter) (TV mini-series)
- 2002 : Bunker, le Cirque (TV series))
- 2003 : The Last Chapter II: The War Continues (Le Dernier Chapitre II, la Guerre Continue) (TV mini-series)
- 2004 : Monica la mitraille
- 2005 : Aurore
- 2009 : André Mathieu, le Dernier des Romantiques (The Last of the Romantics)
- 2010 : The Child Prodigy
As director
- 2005 : Aurore
- 2009 : André Mathieu, le Dernier des Romantiques
- 2010 : The Child Prodigy