Career
After five years working as a reporter for the Montreal daily Le Devoir, Dansereau joined the NFB in 1955. He left the NFB in 1970 for the private sector. His 1977 feature Thetford au milieu de notre vie (co-directed with Iolande Cadrin-Rossignol) about life in a Québécois mining town became another career highlight.
His dramatic feature garnered 4 Genie Award nominations in 1983.
Most recently Dansereau made the dramatic feature which was nominated for best film and best director at the 2008 Jutra Awards. In 2005 he was awarded the Prix Albert-Tessier.