Yves Laferrière

Canadian composer and actor (1943–2020)

Yves Laferrière
Born	1943
Died	December 11, 2020 Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Nationality	Canadian
Occupation(s)	Composer Actor

Yves Laferrière (1943 – December 11, 2020) was a Canadian musician and composer.^[1] He was a two-time Genie Award winner, for Best Original Song at the 6th Genie Awards in 1985 for "Touch Me", which he cowrote with Paule Baillargeon and Marjolène Morin for the film A Woman in Transit (La Femme de l'hôtel),^[2] and for Best Original Score at the 11th Genie Awards in 1990 for Jesus of Montreal (Jésus de Montréal).

Filmography

Composer

The Red Kitchen (La Cuisine rouge) - 1980
La Phonie furieuse - 1982
Lucien Brouillard - 1983
Just a Game (Rien qu'un jeu) - 1983
A Woman in Transit (La Femme de l'hôtel) - 1984
Like a Heartbreak (C'est comme une peine d'amour) - 1985
Sonia - 1986
Transit - 1986
Le Chemin de Damas - 1988
Jesus of Montreal (Jésus de Montréal) - 1989
White Is the Night (Blanche est la nuit) - 1989
Impasse de la vignette - 1990
Babylone - 1990
Moody Beach - 1990
Solo - 1991
Montreal Stories (Montréal vu par...) - 1991
Kitty Cats - 1991
Le Complexe d'Édith - 1991
Between the Solitudes - 1992
The Sex of the Stars (Le sexe des étoiles) - 1993
Bandes-hommages 100 ans de cinéma - 1996
Poverty and Other Delights (Joyeux Calvaire) - 1996
The Secret Laughter of Women - 1999
Claude Jutra, portrait sur film - 2002
Plain Truth - 2004

Actor

Le Complexe d'Édith (Short, 1991)

References

^ Trussart, Antoine (December 13, 2020). "Le musicien Yves Laferrière s'éteint". La Presse (in French).
^ Jay Scott, "The Bay Boy's catch: 6 Genies". The Globe and Mail, March 22, 1985.