Rock Demers

Rock Demers
Born	December 11, 1933 Sainte-Cécile-de-Lévrard, Quebec
Awards	Order of Canada Governor General's Performing Arts Award

Rock Demers, CC (born December 11, 1933) is a Canadian film producer.

He is the founder of the film company Les Productions la Fête and has produced the Tales for All film series for children.

In 1991, he was made an Officer of the Order of Canada and was promoted to Companion in 2007.^[1] Demers received the Governor General's Performing Arts Award in 1998, Canada's highest honour in the performing arts.^[2]

Selected filmography

• Maria Chapdelaine (1983), appeared in film as an actor
• The Dog Who Stopped the War (French title La Guerre des tuques) (1985)
• The Peanut Butter Solution (1985)
• Bach and Broccoli (French title Bach et Bottine) (1986), also appeared as an actor
• The Young Magician (French title Le Jeune Magicien) (1987)
• The Great Land of Small (1987)
• The Tadpole and the Whale (French title La Grenouille et la Baleine) (1988)
• Tommy Tricker and the Stamp Traveller (1988)
• Bye Bye, Red Riding Hood (French title Bye bye chaperon rouge) (1989)
• Vincent and Me (French title Vincent et moi) (1990)
• Reach for the Sky (French title La Championne) (1990)
• The Case of the Witch Who Wasn't (French title Pas de répit pour Mélanie) (1990), also appeared as an actor
• The Clean Machine (French title Tirelire Combines & Cie) (1992), also appeared as an actor
• The Return of Tommy Tricker (1994)
• Summer with the Ghosts (2003)
• A Cargo to Africa (French title Un cargo pour l'Afrique) (2009)

References

1. "Order of Canada citation".
2. "Rock Demers biography". Governor General's Performing Arts Awards Foundation. Retrieved 4 February 2015.

External links

• Les Productions La Fête
• Rock Demers at The Canadian Encyclopedia
• Rock Demers at the Internet Movie Database
• Les Productions La Fête Inc. at the Internet Movie Database
• Les Productions La Fête official website