Rene Malo, ‘Decline of the American Empire’ Producer, Dies at 84
He helped build Quebec’s film industry through distribution companies, award-winning productions and advocacy for local films, including an Oscar-nominated title.
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René Malo Dies: Veteran Québécois Producer Was 84
Veteran Québécois filmmaker René Malo died on August 23 following a brief period of hospitalization at the Montreal University Hospital Center. He was 84. Malo is best known as the producer of Denys Arcand’s The Decline of the American Empire, which was nominated for the Best International Film Oscar. But he began his career as […]
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The producer of films and shows René Malo died on Sunday evening at the age of 84.
Man will have marked Quebec culture and carried flagship works such as "The Decline of the American Empire".
The years of the producer, exporter and distributor devoted to the seventh art were marked by his activism towards Quebec cinema.
René Malo, a film producer who worked with Denys Arcand and Micheline Lanctôt, died on Sunday at 84 years of age. He had started his career by producing on stage and on discs artists who became icons of Quebec music such as Diane Dufresne and Robert Charlebois.
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