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| B. P. Paquette | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Benjamin Patrick Paquette March 17, 1975 London, Ontario, Canada |
| Residence | Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada |
| Education | Lasalle Secondary School, Sudbury |
| Alma mater |
Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema at Concordia University and Université de Montréal |
| Occupation | Filmmaker |
| Years active | 2004–present |
Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema at Concordia University
B. P. Paquette is a Canadian film director, screenwriter, film producer and academic.
Born in London, Ontario, Paquette spent his childhood and adolescence in Greater Sudbury. Shooting his first film at age 10, and after having made over a dozen student shorts (including the award-winning An Uneven Scroll), Paquette produced, wrote and directed two features while still a high school student, Maxwell’s Silver Hammer (1993) and A Descent Into Darkness (1994), and a third as a university student, Raining Angels (1997). Paquette then established his Montreal-based film production and distribution company Ourson Films in 1998.
Paquette graduated from Concordia University’s Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema in Montreal, Quebec with B.F.A. and M.F.A. degrees, respectively, in Film Production In 2007, Paquette was accepted into the inaugural class of the Ph.D. program in Film Theory at the Université de Montréal, the first program of its kind in Canada.
Since 2009, Paquette has been the director of, and a professor in, the Motion Picture Arts curriculum within the Bachelor of Fine Arts degree program at Thorneloe University, a federated partner of Laurentian University. Paquette was recruited to lead the establishment of an eventual film, TV and digital media production program. In 2011, Laurentian University began offering an Academic minor in Motion Picture Arts, while in 2013 it began offering an Academic major, the only one of its kind in Northern Ontario.
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