Roger Fournier

[AUTHORITY: WIKIPEDIA]
Roger Fournier (October 22, 1929 - May 31, 2012) was a Canadian writer and television director. He was most noted for his novel Le cercle des arènes, which won the Governor General's Award for French-language fiction and the Prix France-Québec in 1982, and his screenplay for the film A Day in a Taxi (Une journée en taxi), for which he received a Genie Award nomination for Best Original Screenplay in 1983.

Occupation novelist, short story writer, screenwriter, television director
Language French
Years active 1960s-1990s
Notable works Le cercle des arènes, A Day in a Taxi
Notable awards Governor General's Award for French-language fiction, Prix France-Québec

He was a longtime television director for Télévision de Radio-Canada, including on the series Moi et l'autre and Bye Bye, and assisted in creating Gilles Vigneault's first concert tour.