Maryse Legagneur
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| Occupation(s) | Film director, screenwriter |
| Years active | 1990s–present |
Maryse Legagneur is a Canadian filmmaker from Quebec, who released her narrative fiction debut film The Last Meal (Le Dernier repas) in 2024.[1]
The winner of the 1998-99 season of the amateur filmmaking competition series La Course destination monde, she began her career as a documentarian, creating films and reportage for various documentary television series.[2] She released her first theatrical documentary film, In the Name of the Mother and the Son (Au nom de la mère et du fils), in 2005.[3]
The Last Meal premiered at the 2024 Quebec City Film Festival, where it was the winner of the Grand Prix.[4] It subsequently won other film festival awards including Best First Feature at the 2025 Kingston Canadian Film Festival,[5] and the Marimbas Award for international feature at the 2025 Miami Film Festival.[6] It also received a Quebec Cinema Award nomination for Best First Film at the 27th Quebec Cinema Awards in 2025.[7]
