Background
The daughter of Jean Pintal and Anne-Marie Bélanger, she was born in Plessisville and studied at the Conservatoire Lassalle and the Conservatoire d"art dramatique de Montréal.
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Lorraine Pintal
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She debuted with the Théâtre du Nouveau Monde in 1973 in Mistero Buffo. Pintal directed a number of works for the Théâtre du Nouveau Monde as well as for the Compagnie Jean-Duceppe, the Théâtre de Quat"Sous and for the Théâtre Denise-Pelletier. She wrote and acted in the one woman performance Madame Louis 14.
Pintal has been artistic director for the Théâtre du Nouveau Monde since 1992.
As a stage director, she was recognized by the Association québécoise des critiques de théâtre (AQCT) for HA ha !.. in 1990 and Hosanna in 1991. Pintal also produced a number of television series: Le Grand Remous (1988-1990) and Montréal Petroquest Energy (1990-1992), as well as television plays: Hosanna (1991), Tartuffe (1997) and Bilan (2002).
In 2014, she was an unsuccessful Parti Québécois candidate in the Quebec riding of Verdun, losing to Liberal Jacques Daoust.
Achievements
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In the same year, she was a co-founder of the Théâtre de Louisiana Rallonge. Les oranges sont vertes received a Masque Award in 1998 for best staging and best production. She received a Gascon-Thomas Award in 2001 from the National Theatre School of Canada. In 2002, she was named to the Order of Canada.
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Nationality
Canada
Awards
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Masque Award; Thomas Award; Order of Canada
The Order of Canada is a Canadian national order, admission into which is the second highest honour for merit in the system of orders, decorations, and medals of Canada.The Order of Canada is a Canadian national order, admission into which is the second highest honour for merit in the system of orders, decorations, and medals of Canada.