André Melançon (February 18,éMelanç 1942 - August 23, 2016) was a Canadian actor, screenwriter and film director, best known for directing and writing several installments in the Tales for All series of children's films.
Career
The versatile André Mélançon – director, writer and actor – set out to become a youth guidance counsellor before he veered into film. His background in psychology and education helped orient his filmmaking toward films about, with, and for children. His first film was on Quebec separatist Charles Gagnon, then at the request of producer Jean Dansereau he directed a trio of short films for children in the early 1970s that confirmed the direction of his career. He turned to acting and won a Canadian Film Award for his performance in Bound for Glory (Partis pour la gloire). In the 1980s he directed The Dog Who Stopped the War, which won the Golden Reel Award, and Bach et bottine, and wrote, with Jacques Bobet, Tadpole and the Whale also a Golden Reel Award winner.
In 2012 Mélançon received the Prix Albert-Tessier, given to him by the Quebec government for his esteemed career in Quebec cinema. In 2013 he was awarded the National Order of Quebec and in 2015 he received the Lifetime Achievement Jutra-Award.