Léonard Forest
- Directing
- January 17, 1928 · Chelsea, Massachusetts, USA
- March 19, 2024
Biography
Léonard Forest (born 1928) is an Acadian filmmaker, poet and essayist. He was born in Massachusetts, United States, and grew up in Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada. He has worked at the National Film Board from 1953 to 1980 and was involved in about 130 films, either as director, producer, script-writer.
Known for
Filmography
- Portrait: Gerald Squires of Newfoundland · Director
- A Sun Like Nowhere Else · Director, Editing
- The Wedding Isn't Finished Yet · Director, Editing
- Les acadiens de la dispersion · Director, Writer
- In Search of Innocence · Director, Writer
- Walls of Memory · Director
- Je · Producer
- Télesphore Légaré, garde-pêche · Producer
- Fred Barry comédien · Producer
- The Promised Land · Producer
- Marius Barbeau et l'art totémique · Producer
- Haiti · Director
- Pêcheurs de Pomcoup · Director, Writer
- Ti-Jean Goes Lumbering · Narrator
- The Calèche Driver · Script