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Oscar

Marie-Josée Saint-Pierre
2016 | 12 min 08 s

Prizes and awards

  • Audience Choice Award for Program ANew York City Short Film Festival 2016

  • Official SelectionRegard- Festival international du court métrage au Saguenay 2017

Synopsis

Biography of Oscar Peterson

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Marie-Josée Saint-Pierre: Oscar, beyond the legend

Promotional Materials

Team


Marie-Josée Saint- Pierre
Filmmaker and Producer


Photo
Photo : Lou Cognée




Jocelyne Perrier
Producer (MJSTP Films)


Photo
Photo : Diane Ayotte




Marc Bertrand
Producer (NFB)


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Photo : NFB



Images




Archives de la Ville de Montréal.
Photo: Archives de la Ville de Montréal.

Montreal at night.


Oscar Peterson and father.

Archives de la Ville de Montréal.
Photo: Archives de la Ville de Montréal.

Cabaret Dancers - Montreal.
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.
Photo: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.

Oscar Peterson

Credits

A FILM BY
MARIE-JOSÉE SAINT-PIERRE

ANIMATION AND COMPOSITING
EHSAN GHARIB

ANIMATION AND DRAWINGS
BRIGITTE ARCHAMBAULT

EDITING
OANA SUTEU KHINTIRIAN

COPYRIGHT CLEARANCE
SYLVIA MEZEI

SOUND DESIGN
OLIVIER CALVERT

ADDITIONAL VOICE
MARK CAMACHO

VOICE DIRECTION
FRANÇOIS GODIN

FOLEY
LISE WEDLOCK

RECORDING
GEOFFREY MITCHELL

SOUND MIX
SERGE BOIVIN
TECHNICAL DIRECTOR
PIERRE PLOUFFE

PRODUCTION COORDINATOR
MICHÈLE LABELLE

TECHNICAL COORDINATOR
DANIEL LORD

ONLINE EDITING
SERGE VERREAULT
ADMINISTRATOR
DIANE RÉGIMBALD

ADMINISTRATIVE TEAM
DIANE AYOTTE
KARINE DESMEULES

ACCOUNTING
BENOIT GAUTHIER INC.

LEGAL ADVISERS
LUSSIER & KHOUZAM

STOCK SHOTS

ORIGINAL INTERVIEWS AND FOOTAGE FROM OSCAR PETERSON: KEEPING THE GROOVE ALIVE
GAPC ENTERTAINMENT

CBC STILL PHOTO COLLECTION
CBC LICENSING

DANY GIGNOUX

ANDRÉ LE COZ
WITH THE COURTESY OF JANINE LE COZ

ARNOLD VAN KAMPEN

GETTY IMAGES MICHAEL OCHS ARCHIVES / DAVID REDFERN

CANADIAN PACIFIC ARCHIVES (IMAGES A.21390 TO A.21399)

LIBRARY AND ARCHIVES CANADA

CBC, INTERVIEWS BY JEFF DAVIS AND PETER GZOWSKI

© BETTMANN / CORBIS

ARCHIVES DE MONTRÉAL
NFB/ONF
CBC/RADIO-CANADA
GETTY IMAGES
GAPC ENTERTAINMENT

MUSIC

DAISY’S DREAM / OSCAR PETERSON (TOMI MUSIC COMPANY)
PERFORMED BY THE OSCAR PETERSON TRIO
COURTESY OF THE VERVE MUSIC GROUP,
UNDER LICENSE FROM UNIVERSAL MUSIC CANADA INC.

WHEN SUMMER COMES / OSCAR PETERSON (TOMI MUSIC COMPANY)
PERFORMED BY OSCAR PETERSON
COURTESY OF REGAL RECORDINGS LTD,
A NIGHT IN VIENNA, INTERNATIONAL VERSION

HYMN TO FREEDOM / OSCAR PETERSON (TOMI MUSIC COMPANY)
PERFORMED BY OSCAR PETERSON
COURTESY OF REGAL RECORDINGS LTD,
A NIGHT IN VIENNA, INTERNATIONAL VERSION

MARCH PAST / OSCAR PETERSON (TOMI MUSIC COMPANY)
PERFORMED BY THE OSCAR PETERSON TRIO
COURTESY OF THE VERVE MUSIC GROUP,
UNDER LICENSE FROM UNIVERSAL MUSIC CANADA INC.

A LITTLE JAZZ EXERCISE / OSCAR PETERSON (TOMI MUSIC COMPANY)
PERFORMED BY THE OSCAR PETERSON TRIO
WITH KIND PERMISSION OF EDEL GERMANY GMBH OP /
RUSSELL GARCIA & OSCAR PETERSON (TOMI MUSIC COMPANY)
PERFORMED BY THE OSCAR PETERSON TRIO
COURTESY OF THE VERVE MUSIC GROUP,
UNDER LICENSE FROM UNIVERSAL MUSIC CANADA INC.

PLACE ST-HENRI / OSCAR PETERSON (TOMI MUSIC COMPANY)
PERFORMED BY THE OSCAR PETERSON TRIO
COURTESY OF THE VERVE MUSIC GROUP,
UNDER LICENSE FROM UNIVERSAL MUSIC CANADA INC.

NIGHTTIME / OSCAR PETERSON (TOMI MUSIC COMPANY)
PERFORMED BY OSCAR PETERSON
COURTESY OF REGAL RECORDINGS LTD,
A NIGHT IN VIENNA, INTERNATIONAL VERSION

TIGER RAG / E. EDWARDS, D. LA ROCCA, H. RAGAS, A. SBARBARO, L. SHIELDS
(EMI ENTERTAINMENT WORLD INC.)
PERFORMED BY ART TATUM
COURTESY OF SONY MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT CANADA INC.

A VERY SPECIAL THANKS TO
KELLY PETERSON

EXECUTIVE PRODUCER
JULIE ROY (NFB)

PRODUCERS
MARC BERTRAND (NFB)
JOCELYNE PERRIER
MARIE-JOSÉE SAINT-PIERRE

OSCAR
A COPRODUCTION

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