English version - Directors Guild of Canada

JOSEE DROLET
1st Assistant Director
CARREER PATH:
FILM-TV (1980-2006 / 2013-...)
2015
AU SECOURS DE BÉATRICE II. TV Series (18 x 1h). Director: Alexis Durand-Brault.
Production: Attraction Images (Sophie Lorain, François Reid)
2014
NOUVELLE ADRESSE, the web series. Director: Louise Archambault. Production: Sphère
Média (Gilles Legaré)
CES GARS-LÀ II. TV Series (10 x 30 min.) Director: Simon-Olivier Fecteau. Production:
Zone 3 (Catherine Faucher, Guillaume Lespérance).
TV COMMERCIALS: SSQ Auto, Manulife (x2). Director: Alexandre Franqui. Production: Les
Enfants (Emmanuelle Bérubé, Geneviève Sylvestre). Couche-Tard. Director: Vincent Wilson.
Production: TVA ACCÈS (Derek Kennedy)
CANADIAN MUSEUM OF HUMAN RIGHTS. Interviews to be projected in the museum sets.
Directors: Raymond St-Jean, Michel Cayla. Production: M'Go Films (Michel Cayla)
2013
TV COMMERCIALS: Natrel, Uniprix. Director: Jonathan Bensimon. Production: Les Enfants
(Pascal Bascaron, Vissant Le Guennec)
FREDDY & ALICE. Short film. Director: Ben Steiger. Production: Les Enfants (Pascal
Bascaron)
Replacements: NOUVELLE ADRESSE. TV series (3 episodes x 1 hr). Directors: Rafael
Ouellette, Sophie Lorain. Production: Sphère Média. TOUTE LA VÉRITÉ (1 episode) .
Director: Line Charlebois. Production: Sphère Média (Gilles Legaré)
NOUVELLE ADRESSE WEB. Web series. Director: Richard Blaimert. Production: Sphère
Média. (Gilles Legaré)
2005-2006
TV COMMERCIALS: (St-Hubert, Vidéotron, Spécial 7, Nevada Bob, Banque Nationale, Métro).
Directors: Alexandre Franqui, Patrice Sauvé. Production: Jet Films (Nathalie Nadeau, Caroline
Dionne)
2004-2005
QUE DIEU BÉNISSE L'AMÉRIQUE. Feature film. Director: Robert Morin. Production: Coop
Video (Real Chabot)
TEN DAYS TO VICTORY. TV series (historical re-enactment), 1 épisode x 1hr. Director: Tim
Conrad. Production: Cineflix (Paule Gagnier)
2003
ELLES ÉTAIENT CINQ. Feature film. Director: Ghyslaine Côté. Production: Remstar, Forum
Films
A DIFFERENT LOYALTY. Feature film. Director: Marek Kanievska. Production: Forum
Films (Canada), Spice Factory (UK)
TV COMMERCIALS: Nicoderm, L’Oréal, Yoplait. Directors: Alexis Durand-Brault, Monic
Richard, Richard Ciupka. Production: Fabrique d’Images, Cinélande
2002
BLISS II TV series (3x1/2h). Directors: Jane Thompson, Anaïs Granofski. Production: Gala
Films (Ian Whitehead)
MAMBO ITALIANO Feature film. Director: Émile Gaudreault. Production: Cinémaginaire
(Denise Robert, Daniel Louis)
TV COMMERCIALS: Muslix, Loto Extra, Budweiser. Directors: François Gingras, LouisPascal Couvellaire. Production: Jet Films
2000-2001
SAVAGE MESSIAH. Movie Of the Week. Director: Mario Azzopardi. Production: Muse
Entertainment. (Irene Litinski, Bernard Zuckerman)
THE NEVERENDING STORY. TV series (7x1h). Director: Giles Walker. Production: Muse
Entertainment (Irene Litinsky, Steve Hewitt, Michel Chauvin), Film Factory (Germany)
1999-2000
ALL SOULS
TV series, 2 x 1 h. Director: Stuart Gillard, Rick Rosenthal. Production: Spelling TV, Muse
Entertainment (Irene Litinsky, Stuart Gillard, Mark Frost)
TV COMMERCIALS (Labatt Bleue, Becel, Home Dépôt, Danone) Directors: Charles Binamé,
Pierre Dalpé. Production: Cinélande, Kiss Films.
LARGO WINCH (1999-2000)
TV series, 5 x 1 h. Directors: Joe Scanlan, Podz. Production: Motion International, Paramount
TV (David Patterson, Ronald Gilbert)
THE ART OF WAR (2nd Unit)
Feature film. Directors: Christian Duguay, Jeff Ward. Production: Filmline. (Nicolas Clermont,
Peter Bray)
MOZART, L’ENFANT DE LA MUSIQUE.
Medium-length film. Director: Raymond St-Jean. Production: Cine Qua Non. (Michel Ouellet)
1998
THE SECRET ADVENTURES OF JULES VERNE
TV series, 22 x 1 h. Directors: Pierre de Lespinois, Pierre Gill, David Macloud. Production:
Filmline. (Neil Dunn, Pierre de Lespinois, Suzanne Dussault)
PENDANT CE TEMPS…
Short film. Director: Ghislaine Côté. Production: les Productions Lacerte (Robert Lacerte).
H.P. LOVECRAFT / BEYOND THE WALL OF SLEEP
Medium-length. Director: Raymond St-Jean. Production: Cine Qua Non (Michel Ouellet)
1992-1997
2nd AD on 14 feature films, 5 TV series (local, American, co-productions), 1st AD on various
short films and documentaries. List available upon request.
AND…
TEACHING (1998 - 2005)
In parallel with my professional activities I was mandated by INIS (National Institute of Image
and Sound) and AQTIS (Quebec’s professional association for film technicians) to develop and
teach various trainings related to the trade of Assistant Director.
PRODUCTION MANAGER / UNIT & LOCATION MANAGER / ASSISTANT DIRECTOR
Several independant film projects between 1980-1990
CIRQUE DU SOLEIL: CO-DIRECTOR GLOBAL SUPPORT / TOURING SHOWS DIVISION
(2006-2010)
My role was to provide services to international tours (North America, Brazil, Australia, Asia,
Europe) and Montreal studios, related to their needs for temporary specialized labor.
I was also Manager for the in house training program (Head of Tents) and its academic, strategic
and logistic aspects .
REAL ESTATE MANAGEMENT (2010-2013)
Management of residential renovation projects of various size: conception, budgets, requests for
proposals, on-site management
Management of short term rental apartments: design, creation of website, promotion, rental
management
LANGUAGES
French (mother tongue), English (spoken and written).
PERSONAL TRAVEL
France, Portugal, Spain, Italiy, West Africa (Senegal, Mali, Burkina Faso, Togo, Benin),
Indonesia, New Zealand, China, Argentina, Mexico, Costa Rica, Cuba, USA.
WORK RELATED TRAVEL
Western Europe, Malta, Russia, Japan, Australia, Brazil & Argentina, Taiwan, South Korea,
USA.
COMPUTER SOFTWARE KNOWLEDGE
Word, Excel, Outlook, Movie Magic Scheduling