Louise Carré (born February 1, 1936) is a Canadian film director and producer from Quebec, most noted for her 1980 film It Can't Be Winter, We Haven't Had Summer Yet (Ça peut pas être l'hiver, on n'a même pas eu d'été).William Johnson, "Two films share theme, but miles apart in style". The Globe and Mail, September 30, 1980.
An administrator with the National Film Board of Canada in the 1970s, she began her active filmmaking career as a screenwriter on Anne Claire Poirier's 1975 film Before the Time Comes (Le Temps de l'avant).Charles-Henri Ramond, "Temps de l’avant, Le – Film de Anne Claire Poirier". Films du Québec, April 27, 2009. In 1978 she launched her own production company, La Maison des Quatre.Michel Coulombe, "Entretien avec Louise Carré". Ciné-Bulles, Vol. 5, No. 4 (May-July 1986). pp. 4-9.
It Can't Be Winter, about a woman learning to become more independent after the death of her husband, won the award for Best Canadian Film at the 1980 Montreal World Film Festival.Pascal Mallet, "Un Festival sous le signe de l'austérité". Le Quotidien, September 2, 1980. She subsequently served for several years as director of the Rendez-vous du cinéma québécois.Léo Bonneville, "Louise Carré tourne…". Séquences, January 1986.
Carré followed up in 1986 with A Question of Loving (Qui a tiré sur nos histoires d'amour?),"Movie says daughters often pay for mothers' liberation struggle". Ottawa Citizen, May 26, 1986. but concentrated principally on producing, most notably on Mireille Dansereau's 1987 film Deaf to the City (Un sourd dans la ville),Charles-Henri Ramond, "Sourd dans la ville, Le – Film de Mireille Dansereau". Films du Québec, March 14, 2009. until returning to directing with the 1997 documentary film My Heart Is My Witness (Mon cœur est témoin).Kathryn Greenaway, "Mon Coeur is window on world of Muslim women: French-language documentary aims to change perceptions of their reality". Montreal Gazette, April 3, 1997.
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