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André Melançon, director of the Quebec hit film La Guerre des tuques, has died at the age of 74. He had suffered from leukemia in recent years.

After receiving the Quebec government’s Albert Tessier Award in 2012 for achievement in Quebec cinema, and being named an officer of l’Ordre national du Québec in 2013, Melançon was honoured by his peers at the Jutra Awards in 2015.

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During a career that spanned more than 40 years, Melançon directed four movies in the Contes pour tous (Tales for All) series of family films: La Guerre des tuques (The Dog Who Stopped the War; 1984), Bach et Bottine (Bach and Broccoli; 1986), Fierro, l’été des secrets (Summer of the Colt; 1989) and Daniel et les Superdogs (2004). Melançon also co-wrote the Contes pour tous film La Gang des hors-la-loi (The Outlaw League; 2014), in which he had a minor role.

Melançon, a Rouyn-Noranda native, also worked on the police thriller Rafales, the miniseries Cher Olivier, the comedy Comme les six doigts de la main and the documentary Les Vrais perdants.

He worked on the televised adaptation of the 1995 Espace Go theatre production Albertine, en cinq temps, which featured his wife, Andrée Lachapelle.

Melançon was also an actor in many movies, including Taureau by director Clément Perron, Réjeanne Padovani and Joyeux Calvaire by Denys Arcand, and Le Côté obscur du coeur by Eliseo Subiela.

He also coached for several seasons in the Ligue nationale d’improvisation.