Hemingway: A Portrait


18m 1999

Brief Synopsis

The life story of Ernest Hemingway is illustrated through visits to sites around the world made famous by his writings.

Film Details

Release Date
1999
Production Company
Canadian Film Or Video Production Tax Credit; City of Key West; City of Pamplona; City of Rawdon; Dentsu; Eastman Kodak; Getty Images; Image Bank; Imagica; NBC News; Sodec; Stcvq; TTlTfilm Canada; Time, Inc.; UCLA Film & Television Archives; Wpa Film Library
Location
Productions Pascal Blais Studios Montreal, Quebec, Canada; Florida, USA; Spain

Technical Specs

Duration
18m

Synopsis

The life story of Ernest Hemingway is illustrated through visits to sites around the world made famous by his writings.

Crew

Roger Adm

Special Thanks

Stephanie Allard

Special Thanks

Andrea Kenyon And Associates

Casting

Eric Aubin

2nd Camera Assistant (Florida)

Pierre-jules Audet

Adr Supervisor

Patrice Audet-lapointe

Special Thanks

Carina Baccanale

35 Mm & 70 Mm Conform

Frederic Bach

Special Thanks

Rene Beaulieu

Special Thanks

Eric Beland

Swing Gang

Luce Belanger

Assistant Film Editor

Edouard Bellegarde

Archives Research

Monique Bergeron

Special Thanks

Solange Bernard

Property Assistant

Jean-francois Bernier

Special Thanks (Sodec)

Elise Bisaillon

Producer'S Assistant

Yannick Blain

Production Assistant (Montreal)

Pascal Blais

Creative Producer

Pascal Blais

Other

Pascal Blais

Script Consultant

Michel Bordeleau

Supervising Sound Editor

Denis Boudreau

Best Boy

Claude Boulet

Other

Karine Bourdon

Swing Gang

Victor Rejean Bourgie

Grip (Montreal)

Charles Braive

Supervising Producer (Spain)

Chantal Brault

Special Thanks (Sodec)

Dominique Brunel

Props Master (Montreal)

Dominic Cabana

Music Recording & Mixing

Frances Caissie

Special Thanks

Erik Canuel

Screenplay Collaboration

Jose Cardinal

Animal Trainer

Pierre Cardinal

Other

Remi Caron

Special Effects Technician

Juan Ramon Cayon Alcalde

Production Assistant (Spain)

Francesca Chamberland

Costume Designer

Martine Chartrand

Special Thanks

Julie Chenard

Dresser

Benjamin Ciolek

Adr Recordist

Paul Clermont

Special Thanks

Micheline Cloutier

Other

Michel Corriveau

Music

Stephane Cosentino

Special Thanks

Pascal Courchesne

Grip (Montreal)

Michel D'amour

Other

Jerome Decarie

Foley Artist

Louis Delaney

Re-Recording Sound Technician

Dominique Delguste

Re-Recording Mixer

A Majid Dellah

Special Thanks

Marc Desjardins

Other

Megan Desnoyers

Special Thanks

Stephane Dolen

Generator Operator

Deborah Drisdell

Special Thanks

Gilles Drouin

Special Thanks

Carole Dube

Special Thanks

Carole Dubuc

1st Assistant Director (Montreal & Spain)

Daniel Duceppe

Assistant Unit Manager (Montreal)

Johanne Dumoulin

Other

Francois Dupere

Key Grip

Lise Ethier

Assistant Art Director

Michael Fagin

Special Thanks

Michael Fagin

Selected Clips Of Ernest Hemingway Provider (The International Group Inc)

Thierry Fargeau

Video Operator (Montreal)

Pierre Fauteux

Other

Sidney Feinberg

Special Thanks

Stephane Fortier

Electrician

Micheline Fortin

Special Thanks

Paul Fraser

Production Consultant

Kim Frenette

Makeup Artist

Julie Garcia

Other

Patrick Garcia

Swing Gang

Richard Gariepy

Production Accountant

Gabriel Goulet

Special Thanks

Christian Gravel

Assistant Film Editor

Daniel Grou

Screenplay Collaboration

Pierre Guerin

Non-Linear Technical Supervisor

Adelard Guillemette

Special Thanks

Harry Gulkin

Special Thanks (Sodec)

Al Guthrie

Helicopter Pilot (Florida)

Joane Halle

Special Thanks

Carole Hemingway

Special Thanks

Patrick Hemingway

Special Thanks

Koichi Hirao

Associate Producer

Tokio Hiruma

Other

Howard Huxham

Other

Tateo Imamura

Script Consultant

Denise Jackson

Location Manager (Florida)

Denise Jackson

Other

Mario Janelle

1st Assistant Director (Florida)

Corinne Joudiou

2nd Camera Assistant (Spain)

Shoji Kaneko

Special Effects Supervisor

Michael Katakis

Special Thanks

Akinobu Kobayashi

Laboratory Production Manager

Toshiyuki Kochi

Negative Cutting

Andre Labrie

Special Thanks

Bernard Lajoie

Screenwriter

Bernard Lajoie

Creative Producer

Bernard Lajoie

Producer

Yves Lamarre

Driver (Montreal)

Christian Lamoureux

Special Effects Assistant Technician

Pierre Lampron

Special Thanks (Sodec)

Andre Laperriere

Stunt Rigger

Louis Larocque

Generator Operator

Gilbert Larose

Stunt Coordinator

Richard Larose

Special Effects Assistant Technician

Ghislain Larouche

Safety Crew

Marie Claire Le Flaguais

Special Effects Technician

Daniel C Leblanc

Special Thanks

Pierre Leblanc

Special Thanks (Sodec)

Melanie Lefebvre

Property Assistant

Sylvain Lefebvre

Music Recording & Mixing

Dany Lemay

Safety Crew

Maricruz Lerga Oronoz

Location Manager (Spain)

Joelle Levie

Special Thanks

Princeton University Library

Archival Material Provider

Mark R Liens

Other

Effy Ligris

Makeup Artist

Alex Low

Other

Alexander Low

Other

Zenaide Lussier

Legal Advisor

Francois Macerola

Special Thanks

Jean-yves Martel

Executive Producer

Jean-yves Martel

Production Accountant

Robin Martin-smith

Production Assistant (Florida)

Luis Antonio Martinez

Grip (Spain)

Seiya Maruoka

Supervisor

Daniel Masse

Sound Recordist

Sylvie Masse

Sound Editor

Nicoletta Massone

Costume Designer

Normand Mckay

Special Thanks

Normand Mckay

Production Support

Normand Mckay

Other

Peter Measroch

Post-Production Supervisor

Denis Menard

Best Boy

Annie Meunier-carus

Hairdresser

Nancy-ann Michaud

Casting (Andrea Kenyon Casting)

Enza Miliziano

Special Thanks

Masayuki Mitsuhashi

Other

Sylvain Mongeau

Grip (Montreal)

Robert Morissette

Special Thanks

Motoo Nozato

Production Support

Taketoyo Ogiwara

Production Support

Shizuo Ohashi

Executive Producer

Unai Larraya Oloriz

Production Assistant (Spain)

Alexandra Page

Set Production Assistant (Montreal)

Daniel Palacios

Grip (Spain)

Denis Papillon

Editor

Louis-martin Paradis

Assistant Film Editor

Jacques Patoine

Special Thanks

Denis-eric Pednault

Assistant Sound Editor

Robin Pelletier

Other

David S Perez Gutierrez

Production Assistant (Spain)

Steven Plotkin

Special Thanks

Yves Plourde

Special Thanks

Marielle Poupelin

Production Coordinator

Luc Prefontaine

Sound Designer

Luc Prefontaine

Sound Editor

Michel Proulx

Art Director

Pierre Provost

Gaffer

Alain Ranger

Legal Advisor

Claude Rheaume

Special Thanks (Sodec)

Sylvain Richard

Assistant Sound Editor

Karie Richards

Assistant Sound Editor

Anita Ben Sabat

Location Manager (Montreal)

Ikuo Sato

Production Support

Charles Scribner

Special Thanks

Pierre Seager

Production Assistant (Montreal)

Marcel Seguin

Special Thanks

Line Shank

Production Accountant

Tatsuo Shimamura

Producer

Jocelyn Simard

1st Camera Assistant

Martial Simard

Electrician

Marc Sincennes

Special Thanks

Elizabeth Siry

Property Assistant

Michel Siry

Production Manager

Michel Siry

Line Producer

Allen Smith

Director Of Photography

Pascal St Martin

Grip (Montreal)

Johannes St-arnould

Special Thanks

Michel Steinmetzer

Electrician

Yoshiaki Tamura

Laboratory Production Manager

Filipe Teixeira

2nd Assistant (Montreal)

Normand Thauvette

Special Thanks

Pierre Therien

Production Assistant (Montreal)

Marc Thier

Unit Manager (Florida/Montreal)

Peter Thillaye

Supervising Sound Editor

Andre Toupin

Special Thanks

Yanik Tremblay

Other

Mario Trepanier

Safety Crew

Monty Triz

Props Master (Montreal)

Yoshitaka Tsutsui

Associate Producer

Douglas E Turner

Re-Recording Mixer

Myriam Vezina

Casting (Andrea Kenyon Casting)

Antonio Vidosa

Special Effects Supervisor

Jacques Villeneuve

Special Thanks

Francesca Waltzing

Script Supervisor (Montreal)

Noboru Watanabe

Other

Jennifer Wheeler

Special Thanks

Robert Wilson-smith

Location Manager (Montreal)

Shigeto Yamaguchi

Other

Film Details

Release Date
1999
Production Company
Canadian Film Or Video Production Tax Credit; City of Key West; City of Pamplona; City of Rawdon; Dentsu; Eastman Kodak; Getty Images; Image Bank; Imagica; NBC News; Sodec; Stcvq; TTlTfilm Canada; Time, Inc.; UCLA Film & Television Archives; Wpa Film Library
Location
Productions Pascal Blais Studios Montreal, Quebec, Canada; Florida, USA; Spain

Technical Specs

Duration
18m

Quotes

Trivia

Miscellaneous Notes

Winner of the 1999 Genie Award for Best Short Documentary.

Released in United States September 1999

Released in United States Summer September 1, 2000

Film is distributed on a double-bill with Alexander Petrov's animated "The Old Man and the Sea" (Canada/Japan/1999), as the live-action prologue.

Imax

Released in United States September 1999 (Shown in New York City (Sony IMAX Theater) as part of program "Best of IMAX: A Giant Screen Film Festival" September 3-23, 1999.)

Released in United States Summer September 1, 2000