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| name        = Christian Duguay
| birth_date   = {{birth date and age|1957|03|30}}
| birth_place  = [[Montreal]], [[Quebec]], Canada
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| occupation  = Director, producer, screenwriter, cinematographer
| years_active = 1984–present
| children = 4
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'''Christian Duguay''' (born March 30, 1957)<ref>{{cite news |title=Christian Duguay |url=http://toutlecine.challenges.fr/star/0006/00061802-christian-duguay.html |work=Tout Le Cines Challenges |publisher=[[Challenges (magazine)|Challenges]] |accessdate=June 4, 2015 |language=French |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151208114718/http://toutlecine.challenges.fr/star/0006/00061802-christian-duguay.html |archive-date=December 8, 2015 |url-status = dead }}</ref> is a Canadian film and television director, producer, screenwriter, and cinematographer. He has been nominated for three [[Primetime Emmy Award]]s, and is a two-time [[Gemini Award]] winner.

==Career==
Duguay graduated from the Film Production program of [[Concordia University]], in 1979. That year, his film ''Piece Interrompue Pour Piano Sauvage'', together with Harold Trépanier, took the Best Cinematography award at the 11th Canadian Student Film Festival.<ref>{{Citation
| title= The Montreal World Film Festival
| place= Montreal, Quebec, Canada
| edition= Awards - 11th Canadian Student Film Festival
| year= 1979
| url= http://www.ffm-montreal.org/en/student-awards/74-awards-11th-canadian-student-film-festival-1979.html
| access-date= 2018-12-09
| archive-date= 2019-03-30
| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20190330070703/http://www.ffm-montreal.org/en/student-awards/74-awards-11th-canadian-student-film-festival-1979.html
| url-status= usurped
}}</ref>
He began his professional career as a cameraman and jack-of-all-trades, working in documentaries, commercials and music videos. He became known as an expert with the [[Steadicam]] and shot many movies of the week in the [[United States]]. He is best known for directing the action films ''[[Screamers (1995 film)|Screamers]]'' (1995) starring [[Peter Weller]] and [[Roy Dupuis]], and ''[[The Art of War (film)|The Art of War]]'' (2000) starring [[Wesley Snipes]] and [[Michael Biehn]]. He directed the 1994 CBS/CBC drama, ''[[Million Dollar Babies]]'', starring [[Beau Bridges]] based on the [[Dionne quintuplets]]. In May 2003, he directed the [[Emmy Award|Emmy]] nominated miniseries ''[[Hitler: The Rise of Evil]]'', which aired on the CBC, and in 2009 a television mini-series about Saint [[Augustine of Hippo]].<ref>Lux Vide:[http://www.luxvide.it/en/augustine-49.html Augustine - The Decline of the Roman Empire] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190306041635/http://www.luxvide.it/en/augustine-49.html |date=2019-03-06 }}, 25.12.09</ref>  He followed this with ''[[Pius XII: Under the Roman Sky]]'' (2010), about [[Pope Pius XII]] and the occupation of [[Rome]] by the [[Nazism|Nazis]] during [[World War II]].

==Personal life==
Duguay was married to Liliana Komorowska, who appeared in many of his films, including ''[[Scanners III: The Takeover]]'', ''[[Screamers (1995 film)|Screamers]]'', and ''[[The Art of War (film)|The Art of War]]''. He has four children, Orlando, Sebastien, Natalia, and Victoria.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Pike|first1=David|title=Canadian Cinema Since the 1980s: At the Heart of the World|publisher=University of Toronto Press|isbn=978-1442698321|date=2012-12-06}}</ref>

==Filmography==
* ''[[Scanners II: The New Order]]'' (1991)
* ''[[Live Wire (film)|Live Wire]]'' (1992)
* ''[[Scanners III: The Takeover]]'' (1992)
* ''Adrift'' (1993)
* ''[[Snowbound: The Jim and Jennifer Stolpa Story]]'' (1994) (TV)
* ''[[Million Dollar Babies]]'' (1994) (TV)
* ''[[Screamers (1995 film)|Screamers]]'' (1995)
* ''[[The Assignment (1997 film)|The Assignment]]'' (1997)
* ''[[Joan of Arc (miniseries)|Joan of Arc]]'' (1999) (TV)
* ''[[The Art of War (film)|The Art of War]]'' (2000)
* ''[[Extreme Ops]]'' (2002)
* ''[[Hitler: The Rise of Evil]]'' (2003) (TV)
* ''[[Human Trafficking (miniseries)|Human Trafficking]]'' (2005) (TV)
* ''[[Lies My Mother Told Me]]'' (2005) (TV)
* ''[[Boot Camp (film)|Boot Camp]]'' (2007)
* ''[[Coco Chanel (film)|Coco Chanel]]'' (2008) (TV)
* ''[[Restless Heart: The Confessions of Saint Augustine]]'' (2010) (TV)
* ''[[Pius XII: Under the Roman Sky]]'' (2010)
* ''Cenerentola'' (2011) (TV)
* ''Anna Karenina'' (2013)
* ''[[Jappeloup]]'' (2013)
* ''[[Belle & Sebastian: The Adventure Continues]]'' (2015)
* ''[[A Bag of Marbles (2017 film)|A Bag of Marbles]]'' (2017)
* ''Ride Above'' (2022)

==Awards and nominations==
*2006, [[Directors Guild of Canada]] Craft Award (Outstanding Direction - Television Movie/Mini-Series) for ''Human Trafficking'' (2005) (TV)
*2006, [[Gemini Award]] (Best Dramatic Mini-Series) for ''Human Trafficking'' (2005) (TV)
*2006, nominated for a Gemini Award (Best Direction in a Dramatic Program or Mini-Series) for ''[[Lies My Mother Told Me]]'' (2005) (TV)
*2003, nominated for an Emmy Award (Outstanding Miniseries) for ''Hitler: The Rise of Evil'' (2003) (TV)
*1999, nominated for an Emmy Award (Outstanding Directing for a Miniseries or a Movie) for ''Joan of Arc'' (1999) (TV)
*1996, Gemini Award (Best Direction in a Dramatic Program or Mini-Series) for ''Million Dollar Babies'' (1994) (TV)

==References==
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==External links==

*{{IMDb name|0240995}}
* [http://www.cdfilms.net Homepage CDFilms Christian Duguay]

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[[Category:Film directors from Montreal]]
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[[Category:Canadian Screen Award winning directors]]

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