Onyx Films

Onyx Films was a film production business in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It was founded in 1962 by Pierre Lamy and his brother André Lamy.^[1]^[2] Their films include Le Viol d'une jeune fille douce ('The Rape of a Sweet Young Girl'), a satire. Gilles Carle worked with the film company on several productions.^[3]

The Canadian Post Office and Royal Canadian Mounted Police had contracts with Onyx to make films in 1971.^[4]

The 2010 documentary film La vie privée d'Onyx ('The Very Private Affair of Onyx') directed by Denys Desjardins is about the company's history.^[5]^[6]

Filmography

Pas de vacances pour les idoles ('No Vacation for Idols') (1965)^[7]^[8]
Le Viol d'une jeune fille douce ('The Rape of a Sweet Young Girl') (1968)^[9]
Deux femmes en or ('Two Golden Women') (1970)^[10]^[5]
Les Males ('The Males') (1971)^[11]
La Feuille d'Erable ('The Maple Leaf') (1971), a series directed by Aimée Danis, Gilles Carle, and other^[12]
All Ears to Gaspé (1974), a documentary film about Quebec's Gaspé region.^[13]^[14] The film documents the lifestyle of the Gaspesie people in the area of fishing and tourism as well as the departure of young people.^[12]^[15]
Carnaval d'hiver de Québec^[16]

References

^ "Lamy dead at 72".
^ Canada, National Film Board of. "Making Movie History: André Lamy" – via www.nfb.ca.
^ Creative Canada: A Biographical Dictionary of Twentieth-century Creative and Performing Artists (Volume 1). University of Toronto Press. December 15, 1971. ISBN 9781442637832 – via Google Books.
^ Maur, Nick Auf der; Chodos, Robert (April 17, 1972). Quebec: A Chronicle: 1968-1972. James Lorimer & Company. ISBN 9780888620255 – via Google Books.
^ ^a ^b "Entrevue avec Denys Desjardins - Rêves et détresses de notre industrie du cinéma". Le Devoir.
^ "L'Histoire insoupçonnée du cinéma québécois".
^ Project, Canadian Film (1996). Canada and Canadians in Feature Films: A Filmography, 1928-1990. Canadian Film Project, University of Guelph. ISBN 9780889554153.
^ "Pas de vacances pour les idoles – Film de Denis Héroux".
^ Pratley, Gerald (1987). Torn Sprockets: The Uncertain Projection of the Canadian Film. University of Delaware Press. ISBN 978-0-87413-194-9.
^ "article". nouvelles.umontreal.ca. November 18, 2020.
^ Pratley, Gerald (1987). Torn Sprockets: The Uncertain Projection of the Canadian Film. University of Delaware Press. ISBN 9780874131949.
^ ^a ^b "Documentation Sur la Recherche Féministe". Ontario Institute for Studies in Education. April 17, 1979 – via Google Books.
^ "Canadiana". National Library of Canada. April 17, 1976 – via Google Books.
^ Congress, Library of (April 17, 1978). "Films and Other Materials for Projection". Library of Congress. – via Google Books.
^ Media, National Information Center for Educational (April 17, 1978). "NICEM Update of Nonbook Media". Los Angeles, University of Southern California. – via Google Books.
^ Congress, Library of. "Films and Other Materials for Projection".

[1] "Lamy dead at 72".

[2] Canada, National Film Board of. "Making Movie History: André Lamy" – via www.nfb.ca.

[3] Creative Canada: A Biographical Dictionary of Twentieth-century Creative and Performing Artists (Volume 1). University of Toronto Press. December 15, 1971. ISBN 9781442637832 – via Google Books.

[4] Maur, Nick Auf der; Chodos, Robert (April 17, 1972). Quebec: A Chronicle: 1968-1972. James Lorimer & Company. ISBN 9780888620255 – via Google Books.

[auto-5] "Entrevue avec Denys Desjardins - Rêves et détresses de notre industrie du cinéma". Le Devoir.

[6] "L'Histoire insoupçonnée du cinéma québécois".

[7] Project, Canadian Film (1996). Canada and Canadians in Feature Films: A Filmography, 1928-1990. Canadian Film Project, University of Guelph. ISBN 9780889554153.

[8] "Pas de vacances pour les idoles – Film de Denis Héroux".

[9] Pratley, Gerald (1987). Torn Sprockets: The Uncertain Projection of the Canadian Film. University of Delaware Press. ISBN 978-0-87413-194-9.

[10] "article". nouvelles.umontreal.ca. November 18, 2020.

[11] Pratley, Gerald (1987). Torn Sprockets: The Uncertain Projection of the Canadian Film. University of Delaware Press. ISBN 9780874131949.

[feministe-12] "Documentation Sur la Recherche Féministe". Ontario Institute for Studies in Education. April 17, 1979 – via Google Books.

[13] "Canadiana". National Library of Canada. April 17, 1976 – via Google Books.

[14] Congress, Library of (April 17, 1978). "Films and Other Materials for Projection". Library of Congress. – via Google Books.

[15] Media, National Information Center for Educational (April 17, 1978). "NICEM Update of Nonbook Media". Los Angeles, University of Southern California. – via Google Books.

[16] Congress, Library of. "Films and Other Materials for Projection".

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