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| | Frappier, Roger |
 | | Roger Frappier left the NFB in 1986 and founded Max Films with Pierre Gendron, producing Jean-Claude LAUZON's Un Zoo La Nuit in 1987; it won a record 13 Genie Awards. |
 | | Members of the Cosmos collective went on to make three of the most celebrated works in recent Québecois cinema: Un 32 août sur terre (1998) and Maelström (2000) by Denis Villeneuve, and Un Crabe dans la tête (2001), directed by André Turpin, underscoring Frappier's eye for fresh talent. |
 | | Through his many public stands taken to uphold directors' rights, to decry the abolition of tax shelters, and to urge an increase in government investment in culture, Roger Frappier has acquired renown as an activist, which, taken with the quality of his work, makes him a true star of the film industry. |
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