Claude Fournier (born July 23, 1931 in Waterloo, Quebec) is a Canadian film director, screenwriter, editor and cinematographer. He is one of the forerunners of the Cinema of Quebec. He is the twin brother of Guy Fournier. Career Claude Fournier began his career in journalism then moved to the Radio-Canada as a news cameraman. He joined the National Film Board of Canada in 1957 as a writer and director, and he worked on early cinéma-vérité films such as À Saint-Henri le cinq septembre and La lutte. He left the Board to work in the United States with famed documentary filmmakers Richard Leacock and D.A. Pennebaker, then returned to Montreal in 1963 to set up his own production company, Rose Films. In 1970, he directed Two Women in Gold (Deux femmes en or), one of the most successful Quebec films of its time. In the private sector, Fournier produced over 100 short films, co-wrote the Sophia Loren film A Special Day, a Canada-Italy co-production that was nominated for an Oscar, and directed The Tin Flute with Marilyn Lightstone and The Book of Eve with Claire Bloom. The Tin Flute was entered into the 13th Moscow International Film Festival. His 1988 TV series The Mills of Power (Les Tisserands du pouvoir) won him a Gémeaux Award for best direction of a television drama and a Genie Award for Best Screenplay. Donald Sutherland described him as "one of the truly wretched directors of the world." Also a published poet, novelist and essayist, Claude Fournier is one of the most durable and respected Quebec filmmakers of his generation. Filmography Features Two Women in Gold (Deux femmes en or) - 1970 The Master Cats (Les chats bottés) - 1971 Alien Thunder - 1974 The Apple, the Stem and the Seeds (La pomme, la queue et les pépins) - 1974 Far from You Sweetheart (Je suis loin de toi mignonne) - 1976 The Clean Up Squad (Les chiens chauds) - 1980 The Tin Flute (Bonheur d'occasion) - 1983 Page trois: un ordinateur au coeur - 1985 Heads or Tails (J'en suis!) - 1997 The Book of Eve (Histoires d'Ève) - 2003 My Only Love (Je n'aime que toi) - 2004 Documentaries Télésphore Légaré, garde-pêche (Short film, 1959) Alfred Desrochers, poète (Short film, 1960) La France sur un caillou (Short film Co-Directed with Gilles Groulx, 1961) La lutte (Short film Co-Directed with Michel Brault, Marcel Carrière and