Person

Léonard Forest

Directing · 1928–2024 · Chelsea, Massachusetts, USA

Léonard Forest (born 1928) is an Acadian filmmaker, poet and essayist. He was born in Massachusetts, United States, and grew up in Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada. He has worked at the National Film Board from 1953 to 1980 and was involved in about 130 films, either as director, producer, script-writer.

• Walls of Memory

  Director

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  Je

  Producer

• Marius Barbeau et l'art totémique

  Producer

• Télesphore Légaré, garde-pêche

  Producer

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  A Sun Like Nowhere Else

  Director

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  The Wedding Isn't Finished Yet

  Director

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  Haiti

  Director

• Portrait: Gerald Squires of Newfoundland

  Director

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  The Promised Land

  Producer

• Les acadiens de la dispersion

  Director

• 1980Portrait: Gerald Squires of NewfoundlandDirector
• 1972A Sun Like Nowhere ElseDirector
• 1971The Wedding Isn't Finished YetDirector
• 1968Les acadiens de la dispersionDirector
• 1964In Search of InnocenceDirector
• 1964Walls of MemoryDirector
• 1960JeProducer
• 1959Télesphore Légaré, garde-pêcheProducer
• 1959Fred Barry comédienProducer
• 1959The Promised LandProducer
• 1959Marius Barbeau et l'art totémiqueProducer
• 1957HaitiDirector
• 1956Pêcheurs de PomcoupDirector
• 1953Ti-Jean Goes LumberingNarrator
• 1953The Calèche DriverScript