Denis Héroux

Denis Héroux wanted to become a teacher when he collaborated with Denys Arcand and Stéphane Venne on the 1962 film about life as a student, Seul ou avec d’autres. He went on to become a teacher in 1962 and for the next 6 years in addition to teaching, he also wrote two history books and continued to direct. By the late 1960s he had become one of the most successful independent filmmakers with hits like 1968’s Valérie and L’Initiation in 1970. He also became involved in film production and international co-production in the last half of the 1970s and was behind such flms as 1980’s Atlantic City, the cult hit Quest for Fire in 1981 and the 1991 Canada-Australia co-production Black Robe. He won a Best Picture Genie for Les Plouffe in 1981 and again in 1985 for The Bay Boy. He also received an Oscar nomination for Best Picture Atlantic City (1980). Denis Héroux was honoured with the Order of Canada in 1983 for his work in the film industry. Héroux was 75 when he died in Montréal.

We list his credits as a Producer first.

Features & TV Movies:
VR indicates Direct-to-Video Release

Seul ou avec d’autres (1962)

7 fois… par jour (1971)
C’est jeune et ça sait tout! (1974)
The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane (1976, co-producer)
Les liens de sang (1978)
Tomorrow Never Comes (1978, associate producer)
Violette Noziere (1978)
L’homme en colère (1979)
Us Two (1979)

Atlantic City (1980)
Les Plouffe (1981, executive producer)
Quest For Fire (1981)
Louisiana (TV-1984)
Le sang des autres (1984)
Le crime d’Ovide Plouffe (1984, executive producer)
The Bay Boy (1984)
Le matou (1985)
The Park is Mine (TV-1986)
Sword of Gideon (TV-1986, executive porducer)
God Bless the Child (TV-1988)
Eddie and the Cruisers II: Eddie Lives! (1989, executive producer)

Black Robe (1991, executive producer)
La guerre de l’eau (TV-1998)

Secret Society (2000, executive producer)

TV Series:
Jayce and the Wheeled Warriors (1985)
MASK (1985)

Counterstrike (1990, executive producer)
Bordertown (1990-1991, supervising producer)

Credits as a Director:
Seul ou avec d’autres (1962 co-director)
Jusqu’au cou (1964)
Pas de vacances pour les idoles (1965)
Valérie (1968)

L’Initiation (1970)
L’amour humain (1970)
7 fois… par jour (1971)
Bureau des inventeurs (1971)
Un enfant comme les autres… (1972)
Quelques arpents de neige (1972)
J’ai mon voyage! (1973)
Y’a toujours moyen de moyenner! (1973)
The Strikebreaker (1974)
Jacques Brel Is Alive and Well and Living in Paris (1975)
Pousse mais pousse égal (1975)
Born for Hell (1976)
The Uncanny (1977)