Born in Montréal, Québec, Canada, Julie Perron obtained a Bachelor’s degree in cinema at Paris 7 University and a Master’s degree in educational technology at the University of Montréal before beginning her career as a filmmaker at the National Film Board of Canada in 2000. Her first film, Mai en décembre (Godard en Abitibi) (2000), is a look back at Jean-Luc Godard’s TV experience in northern Québec (Rouyn-Noranda) in December 1968. With her film, Perron shed light for the first time on this unknown event. After a chance meeting in Paris with the heroine of the French Resistance Lucie Aubrac, Julie directed Lucie, Timeless Fighter (2003). The film was well received by critics and audiences, and was nominated for a Gémeaux (TV award in Québec) for Best Documentary (biography) in 2004, and also won the Anna Magnani Award 2010 (Festival Laboratorio Immagine Donna, Florence, Italy). In 2013, Julie directed and produced Le Semeur (The Sower) selected at the 16th International documentary Festival of Montreal (RIDM), as well as at the 64th International Film Festival of Berlin and at the Festival Hot Docs of Toronto. Julie Perron’s films have been widely seen and distributed on television and at international film festivals, media libraries, and cultural institutions in Canada and throughout Europe. She has also taught cinema at Main Film (film coop in Montréal) and at the New Trier College (Chicago). She has been a member of Les Films de l'Autre since 2001.
