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29-477: It is located at 355, boulevard De Maisonneuve (355, De Maisonneuve Boulevard East), in the city's Quartier Latin . The Institut national de l'image et du son is located next door. The Connaissance du cinéma, soon after renamed the Cinémathèque canadienne, was founded in 1963. In 1971 the institution was renamed Cinémathèque québécoise. The Cinémathèque complex was extensively redesigned from 1994 to 1997 by

58-466: A cultural and educational aim. The Cinémathèque's collections truly began to take shape in 1967 following two events organized by the institution. First, a retrospective of Canadian cinema, which took place during the festivities of the Canadian Centennial , projected copies of films that formed the core of the Cinémathèque's collections. A few months later, a world retrospective of animated cinema

87-628: A donation made by Camille Moulatlet, technician for Radio Canada , significantly enriched the institution's collection of equipment with a contribution of 63 cameras and 200 projectors. In 1994, the Cinémathèque officially expanded its mission to include television and thus decided to acquire programs produced by independent producers for its collections. In the late 1990s, the Cinémathèque adopted acquisition politics according to which its collections would only accept donations, not deposits, and its film collections would no longer accept film positives and magnetic scraps, becoming more restrictive in terms of

116-458: A prolonged disruption of commercial activity on that street. Vendôme station, on the Orange line , is also located on this boulevard. 45°30′39″N 73°33′54″W  /  45.510877°N 73.56508°W  / 45.510877; -73.56508 Daniel Langlois Daniel Langlois OC CQ (6 April 1957 – 2023) was a Canadian businessman who was the president and founder of

145-508: A small section of de Montigny, from Saint Laurent to Saint Urbain Street . During the last 20 years, the multifunctional character of De Maisonneuve Boulevard increased. Institutions already located along the street such as the Université du Québec à Montréal , Place des Arts and Concordia University have built new buildings. Other institutions have also built new buildings on the street such as

174-400: Is a non-profit, philanthropic organization endowed by Daniel Langlois and chartered in 1997 with the mission to support artistic and scientific projects and research dedicated to further general human awareness as well as the understanding of human relation with its natural and technological environment. The purpose of the foundation is to further artistic and scientific knowledge by fostering

203-471: Is named after the founder of Montreal, Paul Chomedey de Maisonneuve . It is a one-way street westbound. De Maisonneuve Boulevard is about 11 kilometres (6.8 mi) long and begins on Du Havre Street in the east end (one block east of Frontenac Street in the borough of Ville-Marie ), and ends at West Broadway in the city's west end (in the borough of Côte-des-Neiges-Notre-Dame-de-Grâce ) near Concordia University 's Loyola Campus. The street also runs through

232-522: The Grande Bibliothèque , Université du Québec à Montréal , Place des Arts , Les Cours Mont-Royal , both of Concordia University 's campuses (Sir George Williams and Loyola) and Montreal Forum . The Green line of the Montreal Metro runs under this street in between Papineau and Atwater . The Metro was constructed under this street to serve Saint Catherine Street , to the south, to avoid

261-625: The Grande Bibliothèque , the Cinémathèque québécoise and the Salle Pierre-Mercure . In the central business district, residential condominium buildings, such as Le Roc Fleuri and Le 1200 Ouest (Tours Lépine), have been constructed in the mid-2000s between the office towers which were built in the late 1980s and early 1990s. In 2007, the city completed a 3.4 km (2 mile) year-round bicycle path along De Maisonneuve through downtown Montreal , from Berri Street to Atwater Street . As of

290-473: The 2009-2010 winter season, it is the only bike path cleared of snow. A report blamed the path's construction for damage to an underground pedestrian tunnel, part of Montreal's Underground City . On June 16, 2008, Montreal city council voted unanimously to name the path after the late Montreal cycling activist Claire Morissette . Westmount Square , Dawson College and the seven linked downtown malls are located on this street. Other notable buildings include

319-572: The Centre de recherche et de documentation of the Daniel Langlois Foundation. 45°30′50″N 73°33′45″W  /  45.51389°N 73.56250°W  / 45.51389; -73.56250 De Maisonneuve Boulevard De Maisonneuve Boulevard (officially in French : boulevard De Maisonneuve ) is a major westbound boulevard located in downtown Montreal , Quebec , Canada. It

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348-555: The Daniel Langlois Foundation, Ex-Centris , and Media Principia Inc. He was founder and inaugural president of Softimage Inc., which is recognized in the fields of cinema and media creation for its digital technologies, in particular its 3-D computer animation techniques. Its software was used to create 3-D effects in such films as The Matrix , Titanic , Men in Black , Jurassic Park , and Terminator 2 . Langlois

377-463: The animated films that it had produced to the institution. The Cinémathèque also kept nearly 1000 scripts and agreed with the Société générale du cinéma in 1985 to receive all of its scripts three years after their releases. Between 1984 and 1988, France Film, Prisma Film, Jacques Lamoureux, Daniel Kieffer, and Bertrand Carrière all made significant donations of their photography to the institution. In 1992,

406-566: The architectural firm of Saucier + Perrotte . Awards for the design included the 1999 Governor General's Award for Architecture. In 2017 the Cinémathèque québécoise collaborated with the Vancouver Cinematheque, the Toronto International Film Festival and Library and Archives Canada mounted a retrospective of 150 culturally significant films. The Cinémathèque québécoise is a nonprofit organization dedicated to

435-458: The case, and that two of the suspects, Jonathan Lehrer and Robert Snyder, had been charged with murder in a court in Roseau , Dominica's capital. Lehrer, a man from New Jersey , owns a property next to Langlois's and Marchand's luxurious eco-resort and had been involved in litigation with Langlois five years before the murders in a matter dealing with a public roadway. The Daniel Langlois Foundation

464-642: The cinematographic, televisual, and audiovisual heritage of Quebec, as well as international animated cinema. For these two fields of expertise, the organization's mission is to acquire, document, preserve, and showcase audiovisual works in and of themselves as well as all the related elements that shed light on their artistic, aesthetic, sociological, economic, and technical contexts (e.g., production documents, scripts, photographs, press articles, scientific and historical documentation, etc.). The Cinémathèque québécoise also seeks to collect significant works of Canadian and world cinema in order to make them accessible in

493-474: The couple had been missing for a few days. They reported that three people had been detained and were being questioned by police. "For years, the two men had fought bitterly over use of a public road. In 2019, Dominica’s highest court ruled that the road was indeed public and Langlois’ workers and guests could use it." On 6 December 2023, it was reported that in fact the police in Dominica had made four arrests in

522-536: The first stereoscopic 3-D computer animation in IMAX format (presented at Expo 86 ). He also had a hand in the 1985 film Tony de Peltrie , which garnered several international awards. Langlois also founded Softimage Inc., serving as its president and chief technology officer from November 1986 to July 1998. The company is recognized in the fields of cinema and media creation for its digital technologies, especially its 3-D computer animation techniques. Softimage software

551-542: The foundation initiated the development of DOCAM (Documentation and Conservation of the Media Arts Heritage). This international research alliance's primary objective is to develop new methodologies and tools to address the issues of preserving and documenting technological and electronic works of art. The Daniel Langlois Foundation, DOCAM, and its Centre for Research and Documentation are located in Montreal . In 2011,

580-621: The hospitality sector. Coulibri Ridge, which is part of this research process in Dominica , was awarded Gold and Platinum Winner as well as Grand Winner in the Hotel and Tourism Development category at the 15th Edition of the Grands Prix du Design 2022. On 1 December 2023, police in Dominica found a burnt out car near Galion containing the bodies of Langlois and his partner Dominique Marchand. According to Dominica News Online and other local sources,

609-587: The meeting of art and science in the field of technologies and the environment. The Foundation seeks to nurture a critical awareness of technology's implications for human beings and their natural and cultural environments, and to promote the exploration of aesthetics suited to evolving human environments. The Foundation Centre for Research and Documentation (CR+D) seeks to document history, artworks and practices associated with electronic and digital media arts and to make this information available to researchers in an innovative manner through data communications. In 2005,

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638-467: The network would be given to the Cinémathèque, accompanied by documents such as the negatives and positives of the films, storyboards, cut-outs, drawings and soundtracks. In 1969, the Cinémathèque acquired the library of Canadian filmmaker Guy L. Coté , composed of books, periodicals, and press clippings. The collection was managed by the Bibliotheque nationale du Quebec so that it could be accessible to

667-473: The presence of 5,000 photographs related to international films, 460 related to Canadian cinema, 300 related to animated films, and 1,500 related to important personalities in film. The 1980s would see a sustained growth in the Cinémathèque's catalogue, with several hundred films coming in each month. When the Cinémathèque moved to a new location in 1982, the National Film Board of Canada donated most of

696-467: The public via its location at 360 rue McGill. In 1981, the collection was moved to the current Cinémathèque building, where it became part of the Médiathèque Guy-L.-Coté. During the 1970s, the Cinémathèque sought to raise awareness among Québécois filmmakers of the value of the preservation of their films and related documents. In 1974, an inventory of the institution's photography collection revealed

725-417: The types of production materials it would accept into its vaults (workprints, film negatives, etc.). Moses Znaimer's donations between 2003 and 2007, composed of 289 old television sets, also marked an important moment in the Cinémathèque's collection of equipment. In 2008, the Cinémathèque's mission was further expanded to include other new forms of media. Three years later, in 2011, the institution acquired

754-523: The wealthy enclave of Westmount , and is cut in two by Westmount Park . De Maisonneuve was created as a single street in 1966, following the construction of the Montreal Metro . From west to east, De Maisonneuve took the route of: Western, from Decarie to Atwater Street ; St. Luc, from Atwater to Guy Street ; Burnside, from Stanley Street to Union Street; Ontario Street , from Union to Jeanne-Mance, and De Montigny, from Saint Laurent Boulevard to du Havre. Today, Ontario Street still remains, as does

783-486: Was born on 6 April 1957 in Jonquière, Quebec , Canada. He earned a bachelor of design degree from the Université du Québec à Montréal . Langlois worked for eight years as a film director and animator for private companies and the National Film Board of Canada . During this time, he made contributions to the film industry, especially to the field of computer graphics. He gained recognition for his work on Transitions ,

812-497: Was held at the 1967 International and Universal Exposition . For this event, the institution acquired 250 silent animated films by American pioneers in the medium, which formed the base of its animation collection. In order to pursue the development of its animation collection, the Cinémathèque signed an agreement with the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation in 1968 according to which the animated films produced by

841-438: Was used to create 3-D effects in such films as The Matrix , Titanic , Men in Black , Jurassic Park , and The Mask . Langlois was president and founder of the Daniel Langlois Foundation, Ex-Centris , and Media Principia Inc. In later years, Daniel Langlois was involved in sustainable development and research projects for the creation of self-sustainability for small communities and some industrial sectors such as

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