Roger Fournier

Roger Fournier (October 22, 1929 - May 31, 2012) was a Canadian writer and television director. He was most noted for his novel ''Le cercle des arènes'', which won the Governor General's Award for French-language fiction and the Prix France-Québec in 1982, and his screenplay for the film ''A Day in a Taxi (Une journée en taxi)'', for which he received a Genie Award nomination for Best Original Screenplay in 1983.

He was a longtime television director for Télévision de Radio-Canada, including on the series ''Moi et l'autre'' and ''Bye Bye'', and assisted in creating Gilles Vigneault's first concert tour. Provided by Wikipedia